Project Overlander
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that the Government had taken the next step in the $7.5 billion Project Overlander that will provide the Australian Defence Force with around 7,500 new vehicles over the next decade.
Project Overlander will replace the current fleet of Land Rovers, Unimog, Mack and S-Liner trucks and their associated trailers and modules.
These new vehicles represent a significant increase in capability, replacing multiple vehicles fleets that have been in service since the early 1980s
http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2...-–-land-121-2/
Near the end of the article on defense announces major army restructure it states ;
''The 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) will form the core of the Army's contribution to a future amphibious force capable of conducting humanitarian and disaster relief and other operations, particularly in the immediate region.''
I thought 3RAR where taking on the amphibious role?
In a lot of other articles regarding the amphibious role it was stated that 3RAR would be used.
3RAR gearing up for Ghan and settling in to Townsville.They have also been the online Batt for last 2 or 3 years...enough.Originally Posted by AusTiger666
Its going to rotated amongst 1,2,3 anyway.
Never trust a journo. 3 were allegedly told 4-6 weeks ago that they were not getting it.
41st Royal New South Wales Regiment.
Photos taken from www.defence.gov.au
Again, 41st Royal New South Wales Regiment.
Nice pics stormovik, nice to see someone else posting photos on here
Afghanistan
Lance Corporal Brendan Smits, the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment takes a knee while on patrol to clear an irrigation canal of Improvised Explosive Devices.
Captain Julie Williams from the Female Engagement Team patrolling in Naychin, in the Miribad Valley.
Combat Engineers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment searching for Improvised Explosive Devices on a recently constructed canal.
Combat Engineers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment searching for Improvised Explosive Devices on a recently constructed canal.
Private Kenton Harvie from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment on patrol through Naychin, in the Miribad Valley.
As a patrol moves through the Dasht (desert) searching for Improvised Explosive Devices, life rolls on for the local residents, who have lived with conflict for over 30 years.
Private Mark Gneil (Left) and Private Ivan Valjan from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment move to provide security for Engineers to conduct a search.
Sapper Nathan Wren, from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (Left) searches a canal for Improvised Explosive Devices while Sapper Trent Prestage provides security.
Lieutenant Stephen Ryan gives the order to move while leading a patrol to clear an irrigation canal of Improvised Explosive Devices.
Once more, 41st Royal New South Wales Regiment.
HMAS Choules to be commissioned
The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Choules will be commissioned in Perth today in memory of the last known veteran of both world wars.
Claude Choules was Australia's oldest man when he died in a Perth nursing home in May at the age of 110.
British-born Mr Choules served in the Royal Navy during World War I and witnessed the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.
continued
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-1...sioned/3727686
Alfa
Hey does anyone on here have the Packmans current details?
No idea on currency of details.
Avinex Pty Ltd60 Heathcote Rd, Moorebank, NSW 2170
p: (02) 9602 8991
Cheers Digrar.
Navy officer guilty of spanking female sailor
A senior naval officer has been found guilty by a military court martial of ******ly abusing a young female sailor.
The general court martial found Lieutenant Commander John Alan Jones, 58, guilty of seven charges of committing an act of indecency against the young woman who was a subordinate of his on a Royal Australian Navy ship in 2010.
The offences included telling the woman to take down her trousers, pulling down her underwear as well as laying her across his lap and spanking her bare buttocks.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-1...-abuse/3728378
Alfa
The Hawkei progresses... but not the Bushmaster ute.
read the restBENDIGO manufacturer Thales is a step closure to securing a $1.5 billion defence contract.
The federal government announced yesterday that Thales’ Hawkei prototype had beaten two overseas light protected mobility vehicles during testing.
Thales will receive federal funds to create another six Hawkei prototypes for the Land 121 Phase Four program.
Provided both parties finalise contract arrangements by 2015, Thales will provide up to 1300 Hawkeis from 2016.
But it wasn’t all good news for Thales yesterday.
The government overlooked Thales’ Bushmaster utes for the Land 121 Phase Three replacement program.
German company Rheinmetall MAN won that contract...
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/...l/2390444.aspx
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