Defence force members!

Absolutely Disgraceful and disrespectful behaviour of our war dead! WW II – Commonwealth Military Cemetery in Libya.

This is how our Muslim brothers celebrated ANZAC day. A view of our peaceful Muslim friends who we helped free from persecution from Colonel Gadhafi, this is obviously their way of saying thanks. (Farken arseholes!)

Every time a joke and or cartoon is made about the Koran or Mohammad the whole world turns upside down and we are all viewed and then labelled as racists!

However, these radical scrotes appear to do whatever they like, whenever they like and no one says anything, especially our left wing folks in our world’s society. Why are the world’s media failing to properly report this type of disrespectful behavior? Why are the world’s western politicians cowering like freighted dogs towards the radical elements of the Muslim world!

Whether we like it or not lounge lizards, unless the Muslim world properly assimilates with the rest of the world, conflict is inedible!

PS, see this video whilst it's available and before it is removed! http://www.youtube.com/embed/RtgbvotqVFE?rel=0

Regards,

RLI

Thanks mate......the sheep need to spk up!

I had the honour of having beers and an excellent chat with the son of Jack Sue on Anzac Day, was a very humbling moment indeed


Never underestimate the power of the Tap.

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came across this just now got coaght with a lump in my throat

lest we forget and give thanks for what every defense force member give

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What a waste .......damn good kid. These are our heroes, not bloody rugby or Aussie rules players.

Changes to the Defence Act regarding Stolen Valour

24 April 2013

The Government has today announced that it will seek an amendment to the Defence Act to make it an offence for people to wear a service medal in a manner that falsely indicates that it has been conferred on them, when it has not.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Senator David Feeney said the proposed amendment will address concerns expressed by the veterans’ community over the incorrect wearing of unofficial decorations.

“We will be amending the Defence Act to include an offence of wearing an unofficial service decoration on the left breast,” Senator Feeney said.

An unofficial service decoration is one that has not been officially conferred on an individual.

“The proposed offence will be in addition to the protections for service decorations that are already contained in the Defence Act, and is in line with suggested changes to the Defence Act that have been raised by veterans and the Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Ex-Service Matters,” Senator Feeney said.

The amendment will also be in line with Commonwealth guidance regarding the wearing of unofficial service decorations that appears on the Government’s ‘It’s an Honour’ website.

“Such an amendment is an example of the Government’s commitment to veterans and former members of the Defence Force and the honour system that reflects the sacrifices they have made for our country and people,” Senator Feeney said.

Media contacts:
Senator Feeney’s Office: Jeffrey Von Drehnen 0477 348 476
Defence Media Operations (02) 6127 1999

PS, about time!

Regards,

RLI

This guy should be slammed with the full force of the law

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G'day Russ,

Where the fark was this dick-brain photographed?

PS, Definite candidate for the ANZMI website!

Regards,

RLI

Melbourne I believe mate, I reckon once they get more info on him he will be up in lights


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G'day mate,

I am glad that someone had the decency to photograph that parasite! I am looking forward to read more about this scrote!

Regards,

RLI

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I am glad that someone had the decency to photograph that parasite! I am looking forward to read more about this scrote!

Regards,

RLI

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Another pic of the scumbag taken from his Facebook page

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Is there a blurb on his page? I passed this on to our community guys......lots of anger!

The plot thickens

Another pic, story to follow

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Defence White Paper focuses on mental health

Simon Cullen reported this story on Saturday, May 4, 2013 08:20:00

ELIZABETH JACKSON: As Australian troops are gradually withdrawn from Afghanistan, there'll be more young veterans living in the community than at any other time since the Vietnam War.

Since then, there's been a greater understanding of the long-term mental health effects of war, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Government's new strategic vision for Australia's defence forces includes $25 million to help deal with the problem, but some are already questioning whether that will be enough.

From Canberra, Simon Cullen reports.

SIMON CULLEN: Throughout 2010, Major-General John Cantwell was the commander of Australia's forces in Afghanistan. He returned home with the mental scars of battle.

It's an issue that's been given extra prominence through yesterday's release of the 2013 Defence White Paper.

In unveiling the new strategic plan, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced there'd be $25 million set aside to boost mental health care for service personnel.

JULIA GILLARD: The critical importance of looking after the health and wellbeing of our serving and ex-service men and women, including in relation to mental health disorders.

SIMON CULLEN: The Veterans Counselling Service will be extended to border protection staff, those involved in dealing with disaster zones, and people hurt in training accidents as well as their families.

It'll also cover the families of veterans killed in operational service and include a new post-discharge screening assessment carried out by a GP.

Major-General John Cantwell:

JOHN CANTWELL: I think we've got the right level of prominence in a paper such as the Defence White Paper, which stands as the highest statement of government policy in regards to Defence.

SIMON CULLEN: By the end of this year, most Australian troops will have returned from Afghanistan.

There's growing recognition within the Defence Force that many will require mental health care and support in readjusting to life back in Australia.

Former Defence Force chief Admiral Chris Barrie isn't convinced the extra $25 million will be enough.

CHRIS BARRIE: I think it's a step in the right direction in the sense that we've allocated some serious money to dealing with the sorts of issues that are going to crop up. But I'll also say there's more than just throwing money at it to solve this problem.

I think that getting families really involved in this is important. They're the people that are going to recognise there's been a change, if there is a change. They'd be the first point of contact, I'd say, in recognising PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in any way.

SIMON CULLEN: General John Cantwell says families often bear the brunt of the mental health challenges facing veterans and he's hopeful there'll be further changes to the way the Defence Force deals with the issue.

SIMON CANTWELL: I think there will still be quite a few difficulties for our veterans who are seeking the help that they deserve. And this is largely because they are dealing with a large bureaucracy and these are always difficult things to do, particularly if one is mentally unwell. It's the worst time to wrestle with some bureaucrat over form-filling.

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Retired Major-General John Cantwell ending that report from Simon Cullen in Canberra.

Regards,

RLI

$25 million, but a drop in the ocean! How much do we spend on boat people???

Is this dick-head for real!

DEFENCE Minister Stephen Smith reiterated the need for a regional pivot in the federal government's defence white paper despite an unclear means to pay for the ambition.

"It's not a budget document, it's a white paper. I've seen people say that since we didn't meet 2 per cent of GDP it's the worst day for defence since the fall of Saigon," Mr Smith told Sky News's Australian Agenda.

Speaking of power in his own backyard, Mr Smith said he believed Labor would at least hold the three federal seats it already holds in Western Australia - including his own - and that the election would "go down to the wire".

PS, Is this dick-head for real, that the election will go down to the wire!

Regards,

RLI

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G'day folks,

Thanks Russ for posting these two photos up for me.

Another dick-brain spotted wearing a chest full of tin in Hobart! I have mates in Tasmania trying to find out who this tosser is!

Regards,

Paul

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Russ, did you serve with Xxxxx

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Was an OC over there.

It's all about respect. Part 1

The Defence Minister appears to merely tolerate those in the armed forces, writes John Cantwell.

It's all about respect. Does the Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, respect the men and women of the Australian Defence Force? Regrettably, the answer appears to be ''no''.

In recent years, I've found myself in the company of several defence ministers for extended periods. In 2008, as the senior military officer running the force structure review as part of the present defence white paper, I spent long hours over many sessions briefing the then minister, Joel Fitzgibbon. It was a painful process.

Fitzgibbon was out of his depth. He simply didn't get it. Not only could he not understand what we were trying to tell him, he didn't put in the time to try to get across his brief. When he was required to sell the concepts and costs to his cabinet colleagues, I found myself having to prepare additional PowerPoint charts to explain to him the briefing that had already been simplified to the point of banality. He was an auto-electrician in a suit. But at least Fitzgibbon occasionally expressed a desire to do the right thing by the service personnel who delivered our military capability.

There was a sigh of relief around the Defence precinct on Canberra's Russell Hill when Fitzgibbon was forced to resign and was replaced by the vastly experienced and influential John Faulkner. I spent several days with Faulkner when I was commander of forces serving in Afghanistan and the wider Middle East area of operations. Two things struck me about his attitude towards our Diggers and the risks they take every day.

First, Faulkner was genuinely concerned about the soldiers he met in Afghanistan. He spoke sincerely to them of his gratitude for the sacrifices they were making. I admired the way he was able to distinguish between his personal abhorrence of war and the necessity, as Defence Minister, to make the people we send to war understand that he supported them unreservedly.

Second, he took the deaths of Australian soldiers very personally. When I briefed him on the circumstances of the deaths of two of our soldiers, killed by a roadside bomb, he was visibly pained by the description of what had happened. He sat for long moments grim-faced, then said, in an uncharacteristically quiet voice, ''That's the most appalling thing that anyone has ever briefed me on.'' Towards the end of his tour, Faulkner told me, ''I want you to know that if there is anything, anything, that you need here, you only have to ask.'' I believed him.

Faulkner spent only a little over a year as Defence Minister before returning to the backbench. When his replacement, Stephen Smith, made his first visit to the troops in Afghanistan I made sure he understood what was going well and what wasn't. I warned him of potential problems. I briefed him on the nuanced, often sensitive relationships with our coalition partners in Afghanistan. I provided a frank assessment of the quality of Afghanistan security forces we were training. Throughout, Smith sat immobile, taking no notes, making no comment. At the conclusion of this briefing, to which the then chief of the Defence Force Angus Houston added his insights, I asked if he had any questions. There were none. It must have been a cracking brief.

Regards,

RLI

Part 2

Later in the tour, in the joint US-Australian headquarters at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, I saw the same stony-faced response to similar briefings. At one stage the commanding officer of the taskforce charged with mentoring the Afghan 4th Brigade provided a detailed, honest appraisal of his troops' daily battles with insurgents, the progress of the local soldiers and prospects for the future. The CO asked if the minister had any questions. The 20 or 30 Australian and American officers in the room looked to Smith for comments, questions, words of encouragement. His response? ''No, thank you'', followed by a glance at me with the question, ''What's next?'' Inspirational, it wasn't.

That same day I escorted Smith to one of our forward patrol bases, which were established when we expanded our operations into an area previously covered by Dutch and French troops, who had recently departed. The CO of the mentoring task-force had sensibly rebalanced his force to cover the new territory. But the Australian and Afghan troops there had been in constant and occasionally heavy contact with the enemy. They were under the pump.

We gathered the dirty, tired Diggers together at the end of Smith's tour. Media crews travelling with the minister turned on their cameras and he made a lacklustre speech clearly pitched at the audience back home. He talked ''at'' the soldiers, not to them. He then turned to walk back to the helicopter pad. ''Minister,'' I said, ''perhaps you might take a couple of questions from the soldiers before you go?'' The look I got in response was poisonous. ''Well, are there any questions?'' he asked the soldiers.

''Yes, sir,'' one said. ''We got moved out here earlier than we were supposed to and we're spread a bit thin on the ground. Can we get some additional troops sent out from Australia?'' It was a reasonable question, at least from the perspective of a soldier fighting in a scrubby valley in Afghanistan. Smith launched into a long spiel about supporting the coalition and fighting terrorism and building capacity in the Afghan security forces and making a contribution and all the phrases that work well in Canberra. It didn't work so well when delivered to blokes who would soon start another patrol along paths hiding improvised bombs designed to kill them. There were no other questions.

Walking towards the helicopter for the ride back to Tarin Kowt, Smith said to me, ''Don't set me up with unscheduled questions like that again''. He was not happy.

After 38 years as a soldier and as a commander, I'd learned to read people, quickly and accurately. Reflecting on Smith's visit, the abiding impression I was left with was that he merely tolerated people like me and the troops I commanded. I cast around in my mind for the element that seemed to be missing in his dealings with the men and women of the ADF who I led. Then I had it: respect. Smith had no respect for those who chose to serve in uniform for their country. It was an uncomfortable insight.

Based on the utterances of Smith, both last year and this week, in relation to the commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy and the inexcusable Skype scandal, I sense that the judgment I formed in 2010 was on the money. There's no respect, and it works both ways.

Good onya Sir, the Defence Minister is certainly a fark-stick and an embarrassment to those men and women that wear the uniform!

Regards,

RLI

Smith is more into scoring goals with the left over alleged abuse! Sgt, don't yell at me, I'm upset when you do and I'll report you to Minister Smith :(

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You're correct, I removed his name from the original post. Great guy, is now a red hat in the Middle East. Probably a Bde Comd in the near future.

G'day lounge Lizards!

The Norwegian Royal Guard

These guys are what I call precision at it's best. Watch the whole Video in Full Screen, Keep in mind this is being done on ice no yards marked off like on a football field!

All the precision drill is being performed on ICE ! The rifles are U.S. made Garand M-1 rifles (WWII), and they are heavy weapons (4.63 kg) and with bayonets fixed, yet.
When that one guy goes on his own, i bet you have never seen a rifle spun that fast! Enjoy!

http://sorisomail.com/email/16993/ex...mperdivel.html

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RLI

I thought I might add a sub thread in here, Havey Norman and Annaconda offer army discount. Just show your ID card, most times they don't want to see it :)

M E D I A R E L E A S E

Thursday, 16 May 2013

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Hardie 0418 432 909

Budget again fails military superannuants

Military superannuants have been denied fair indexation in yet another Labor Budget proving once and for all that the only way to deliver fair indexation is to change the Government.

Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson, said the Gillard Labor Government’s 2013-14 Budget failed to deliver on the number one concern of veterans and their families.

“It is now clear that the only way to deliver fair indexation is to change the Government”, Senator Ronaldson said. “Saturday, 14 September 2013 is the day to make Fair Indexation happen.”

“I can guarantee if a Coalition Government is elected on 14 September 2013 that next year’s Budget will contain the funds necessary to deliver our fair indexation commitment to DFRB and DFRDB military superannuants aged 55 and over.”“Only the Coalition can and will deliver fair indexation.”

Senator Ronaldson said other measures in the Budget, whilst welcome, were actually re-announcements of commitments made in recent weeks which belatedly acted on old advice.“Labor has announced funding for mental health services, but the additional funding and associated services won’t be available until after 1 July 2014.”

“The extension of non-liability mental health treatment, at a cost of $14.6 million, comes with a qualification requirement of a minimum of three years’ full time service for ex-service personnel to access it.”

“This is at odds with the DVA-preferred recommendation in the 2011 Review of Military Compensation Arrangements which called for a full extension to all ex-service personnel.”
“The widening of services to veterans’ families attending counselling services at the VVCS has similarly been deferred for the next 14 months, despite these recommendations going to the Department in 2011.”

Senator Ronaldson said the Coalition was absolutely committed to the Centenary of Anzac and would work hard in Government to ensure the commemoration period was the success it must be.

“This sixth Labor Budget leaves many areas of concern unaddressed. Labor’s legacy of debt and deficit, waste and mismanagement, chaos, division and indecision will give veterans no comfort that Labor has an agenda for veterans’ affairs into the future”, Senator Ronaldson said.

Regards,

RLI

I guess age 55 is better than nothing......should be no age limitation!

Four hospitalised after Puckapunyal army base tanks crash

From: AAP

May 22, 2013 2:19PM

THREE men have been flown to hospital with serious injuries after two army tanks collided at a Victorian army base.

Ten people were injured when the vehicles collided about 10.30am (AEST) at the Puckapunyal Army Base in central Victoria.

Three men were airlifted to Melbourne hospitals in serious but stable conditions, Rural Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said.

A fourth person was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital by road in a stable condition. A further six people suffered minor injuries and were being assessed at a medical centre on the army base.

Mr Mullen said it was unlikely the six people would be taken to hospital.

The Australian Defence Force and Victoria Police are investigating the collision.

A police spokeswoman said officers would investigate whether there was any criminal negligence stemming from the crash.

If there was no negligence, the investigation would be handled by the Defence Force, she said.

I think they were ASLAVs.....

G'day folks,

I was saddened to watch this shear act of brutality occur in the streets of London this morning on the news to a fellow brother in-arms!

Regards,

RLI

London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again?

By Nick Hunt, CNN
May 23, 2013 -- Updated 0227 GMT (1027 HKT)

London (CNN) -- Security experts are starting to analyze events leading up to the horrific cleaver attack of a man believed to be a British soldier on the suburban streets of London.
One key line of inquiry they'll be following among the many leads: How does this attack relate to other incidents around the world?

CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank says the precedents are not hard to detect. "It's early in the investigation in terms of looking at the culprit and motivation but there's a track record of Islamist extremists inspired by al Qaeda ideology targeting soldiers in the West," he said.

Other areas the security services would look at, he added, would include which groups -- if any -- were behind the attack and whether it was home-grown.

Cruickshank said that there had been plots in the past when attackers had tried to target military personnel: the fact that Wednesday's murder happened near a military barracks in southeast London was significant.

"It's not clear if this particular officer was specifically targeted or he just happened to be walking through this area and was a target of opportunity," said Cruickshank, "but it seems that more than one individual was part of this attack, so this could well have been planned. We just don't know."

CNN affiliate ITN has broadcast a video showing a man at the scene of the attack with bloody hands and holding a meat cleaver, saying: "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you." He then continues: "The only reasons we killed this man this is because Muslims are dying daily. This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for to

That's shocking and saddening not to mention disgusting cowardly attack on a person not just a soldier.

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Guns don't kill people, people with mustachios kill people

Absolutely disgusting. These two guys have now changed the rules and unfortunately a lot of innocent people will suffer.

What's more concerning is how we don't treat these attacks as hate crimes.

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Lets not upset the PC do gooders !

G'day folks,

I found this to be a very interesting article. Enjoy!

Regards,

RLI

Tony Blair says murder of Lee Rigby PROVES 'there is a problem within Islam'

Monday, Jun 03 2013

• Ex-PM says 'the ideology behind his murder is profound and dangerous'
• Bold intervention comes of ever of Cameron Commons speech
• Blair urges governments to 'be honest'

By Glen Owen, Mail on Sunday Political Correspondent

Tony Blair today makes his most powerful political intervention since leaving Downing Street by launching an outspoken attack on ‘the problem within Islam’.

The former Prime Minister addresses the shocking killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich by going further than he – or any front-rank British politician – has gone before over the issue of Muslim radicalism.

Writing in today’s Mail on Sunday, he departs from the usual argument that Islam is a peaceful religion that should not be tainted by the actions of a few extremists. Instead, Mr Blair urges governments to ‘be honest’ and admit that the problem is more widespread.

‘There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology which is a strain within Islam,’ he writes.

‘We have to put it on the table and be honest about it. Of course there are Christian extremists and Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu ones. But I am afraid this strain is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view about religion and about the interaction between religion and politics that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.’

He adds: ‘At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the world view goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So by and large we don’t admit it.’

Mr Blair’s comments are likely to be seized on by critics who will argue that by leading us into the Iraq War he has helped to swell support for radical Islam around the globe.

Outspoken: The former Prime Minister addresses the shocking killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, pictured, by going further than he - or any front-rank British politician - has gone before over the issue of Muslim radicalism

The former PM’s remarks come as David Cameron prepares to make a Commons statement about the Woolwich murder tomorrow afternoon. The statement will come just hours after the first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Tackling Extremism and Radicalisation Task Force (TERFOR) – made up of senior Ministers, MI5, police and moderate religious leaders – tomorrow morning.

‘President Assad is brutally pulverising communities hostile to his regime.’ Mr Blair says that ‘the overwhelming desire of the West is to stay out of it’, which he goes on to describe as ‘completely understandable’.

He suggests that ‘the problem within Islam’ can start to be tackled by ‘educating children about faith here and abroad’.

Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a former Foreign Secretary and chairman of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, said: ‘Much of what Tony Blair says is sensible.

‘The Islamic terrorists who kill people have the silent support of many more in their community who share their ideology, if not their methods.

‘But even combined, they represent only a small minority of British Muslims, and we must never forget that.

‘However, he appears to be still trying to justify the Iraq War rather than acknowledging that that war provided an unprecedented opportunity for the Sunni and Shia extremists to slaughter so many of their co-religionists.’

Whitehall sources said that it would be a ‘preliminary meeting’ to draw up the agenda for a full meeting within days. The group, which the Muslim Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi, will examine new powers to muzzle hate preachers.

Mr Cameron’s Commons speech is also expected to address the situation in Syria. In his article, Mr Blair, who is trying to establish a Palestinian state through his work as a peace envoy, also addresses the Syrian situation, warning: ‘We are at the beginning of this tragedy .  .  . Syria is in a state of accelerating disintegration.

Funny how they can never tell the truth when in power. There is only one solution to the problem and the US showed us how back in WW2