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25.01.2022 National Conference 2018 Presentation Commodore Mark Hill CSC RANR Director General Australian Navy Cadets and Reserves
22.01.2022 An Examination of Part time personnel in Armed Forces/ Significance and Strategy for Global and Local Resources Dr Pamela Schulz OAM Executive Committee Member of the Defence Reserves Association
21.01.2022 CPL Natalie Eagles, 27 Squadron Townsville - RAAF Reserve, writes about her TASMAN Scheme experience:
21.01.2022 Jane McAloon National Chair - Defence Reserves Support Council
20.01.2022 RADM Jenny Firman, Surgeon General ADF Reserves spoke to the Conference about "Current and proposed initiatives for ADF Health Reserves to enhance capability as part of the Total Force"
20.01.2022 The Hon Gai Brodtmann MP Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security and Defence
19.01.2022 Inside this issue: A Reflection on Deployment as Chaplain to OP Anode - CHAP Mark Dunn, Being Left Behind - FLTLT Paul Dare, Training for Success - CAPT Lucy Saaroni, Sharpening the Sword - 11 BDEs Junior Officer Development Program, The DRA submission to the Review of the RANR - CAPT Joseph Lukaitis RANR, Recommendations from the Review of the RANR - CAPT Joseph Lukaitis RANR, Tasman Scheme Expanded - Call for Nominations - MAJ Catherine Neuhaus, Victorias Light Horse Regi...ments Honoured - MAJ Colin ODell (Retd), Helping Reservists Manage their Army Careers - LTCOL Murray Duckworth, The Modern Victorian Soldier - CAPT Lucy Saaroni & WO2 Bob Creelman, The Dead Prussian: Is Clausewitz Still Relevant - LTCOL Mark Smith, An Audio unit for the SA Boer War Memorial - LTCOL Murray Alexander, Book Review: An Unending War - reviewed by LTCOL John Boyce, Book Review: Keepers of the Gate - reviewed by MAJ Bob Harvey-Hall, Vale - Commander Malcolm Hedges, Vale - Brigadier William (Bill) Hocking See more
17.01.2022 A Risk-Based Approach to Transitioning the Air Force People Element of Capability to Enable a 5th Generation Air Force From a Service Category 2-5 Perspective Group Captain Tony Hindmarsh Project Officer - Director General Reserves - Air Force
17.01.2022 This issue contains: Deployed to Iraq during the Battle for Mosul - MAJGEN Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Training with the Rifles - LT Elizabeth Normand, Profile on the Director General Australian Navy Cadets and Reserves: CDRE Mark Hill, Army Reservists on Exercise Reapers Run - CAPT Lucy Saaroni, Memorial to National Servicemen - CAPT Barry Presgrave (Retd), Book Review - "Militia Units of Maryborough 1860 -1901" - reviewed by LTCOL Nev. Taylor, VALE Colonel James Wood, Key Presentat...ions from the 2017 DRA National Conference: Australian Army Reserve Transformation: A Total Force - LTGEN Angus Campbell, Role of the DVA in Providing Assistance to Reservists - Graig Orme, DRSC: Working with Employers to Support Reservists - Jane McAloon, Current and Proposed Initiatives Affecting the ADF Reserves - RADM Bruce Kafer, Reserve Contribution to Navy Capability - CDRE Mark Hill, Army Reserve Initiatives and Report on ABCANZ Conference - BRIG Mike Annett, Designing the Future Air Force Reserve Force - GPCAPT Tony Hindmarsh, Government position on opportunities for the Reserve Forces to improve ADF capability, Opposition position on opportunities for the Reserve Forces to improve ADF capability. See more
17.01.2022 Congratulations to these two well deserved recipients
17.01.2022 Australian War Memorial honours Dominion Yachtsmen Scheme On Thursday, 4 May, a plaque dedication ceremony was held at the Australian War Memorial to honour the little known Dominion Yachtsmen Scheme. They volunteered for duty in the darkest days of 1940 when the Admiralty called on the Dominions for men to serve in the Royal Navy. The plaque dedicated at the Australian War Memorial is a significant step in telling their story, a small band of men from Australia who did us and their service proud, and of whom we are proud. - See more at: http://dra.org.au/latest-news-//dominion-yachtsmen-scheme/
17.01.2022 Head Cadet Reserve & Employer Support Division, MAJGEN Iain Spence, addressed the Conference on Reserve Policy and ForceNet.
17.01.2022 THE AUSTRALIAN RESERVIST - ISSUE 26 This issue contains: - Modernisation and Army Reserve Force Posture - CAPT Michael Trainor - Serving with the Colorado Army National Guard - MAJ Stuart Cumming... - XX Leadership, XY Leadership or just good Leadership - CAPT Louise Broadfoot - Full Circle - COL Michael Bond - Reflections on Contemporary Service - MAJ Sally Heidenreich - A World of Opportunity at Headquarters 1 Division - MAJ Adam Christensen - Muslim Participation in WW I - MAJ Kevin Walsh (Retd) - 11 BDE Soldiers win MILSKILS Trophy - CAPT William Heck & PTE Julia Whitwell - A Soldier at Sea - Deploying on Operation Resolute - LCPL Aaron Hayhurst - Working with the NZDF Chaplaincy Team - CPL Natalie Eagles - Trans-Tasman Cooperation enhances Investigative Services - FLLT Nicholas OConnor - My Kapooka VIP Challenge 2015 Experience - Mr. Wes Allen - A Tour of ANZAC Cove April 2015 - Mr. John Bradbury - Book Review: Memoirs of an ANZAC - reviewed by LTCOL John Boyce (Retd) - Book Review: PNGVR: A History 1950 - 1973 - reviewed by LTCOL John Morkham (Redt) - Vale - Brigadier Keith Rossi Presentations from the 2015 DRA National Conference: - Total Force Fact or Fiction : The Government view - Senator David Fawcett - Total Force Fact or Fiction : The Opposition view - David Feeney MP http://dra.org.au/content/319/australian-reservist
16.01.2022 Minister Responds to DRA on Reservists who Served in the Solomon Islands eligibility for NLHC The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Veteran Affairs & Minister for Defence Personnel, responds on 14 April 2017 to MAJGEN Barry of the Defence Reserves Association regarding the eligibility of Reservists who had served in the Solomon Islands for Non-Liability Health Care (NLHC). http://dra.org.au//minister-responds-to-dra-on-reservists/
16.01.2022 Don't miss this movie when it is released on 8 August
16.01.2022 Brigadier Michael Annett Director General Reserves - Army
16.01.2022 RADM Michael Slattery, Judge Advocate General, addressed the Conference on the "Capability provided by Reserve Legal Officers to the ADF". Photo courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.
15.01.2022 This issue contains: Prince of Wales Award Report: Georgia on my mind - MAJ Duncan Munro, Feeding the Army - PTE Daniel Kamateros CAPT Lucy Saaroni, Helping keep the Peace: Serving on Operation MAZURKA -MAJ Murray Stewart, Commemorating the Battle of Beersheba 100 Years on - Images by CPL Nunu Campos, The Light Horse Today and its Forebears - MAJ Duncan Munro, The Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2017 - Changes to Reserve Service Protection, Mental Health: It is not just a p...roblem for the Military - Leonie Christopherson, The Tulugal Programe: Producing Optimised Cavalry Scouts -CAPT Lucy Saaroni, The Peoples Republic of China: Quo Vadis - BRIG Robert Atkinson, Ready Set Mud: Adding something new to the Milskills Competition -CAPT Lucy Saaroni, The Road from Regular to Reserve Service - SGT Matthew French CAPT Lucy Saaroni, and Book Review -"Romseys Tribute 1914 to 1919" -reviewed by LTCOL Neville Taylor See more
14.01.2022 YouSaid - Reserves February 2017 A snapshot from the February 2017 YourSay Reserves survey. YouSiad - Reserves February 2017Thank you to everyone who participated in the February 2017 YourSay Reserves survey. A total of 7770 ADF Reserve members responded and in doing so, these participants provided comprehensive insights into the views of Reserve service which will inform workforce reform, people policies, programs and services for the benefit of all ADF members.... http://dra.org.au/latest-news-item/25420/yousaid-reserves/
13.01.2022 A wonderful example of reserves responding ...
12.01.2022 Interesting post ...
12.01.2022 Group Captain Tony Hindmarsh CSC Project Officer - Director General Reserves - Air Force
12.01.2022 Major General Neil Wilson AM RFD (Retd) DRA Vice President Army
11.01.2022 Senator Linda Reynolds at the Defence Reserves Association 2019 Conference
11.01.2022 This issue contains: Deploying on Operation ACCORDION - COL Jenny Cotton, Observations on Exercise Talisman Sabre - 2017 - WO1 Cameron Moore, Reinforcing Battle Group Cannan: The bullet red from the 2 DIV Gun - LTCOL Mark Smith, New Awakenings for Veterans and their Families - Chaplain Gary Stone, Unleashing Barbara - A Case for Re-equipping Army Reserve Artillery - LT David Box, South Vietnam 1967: A CMF Observer Remembers - COL John Coulson, Crossing the Blue Line - SGT Mark Doran, Remembering Support to UN Assistance Mission to Rawanda - CAPT Marty Tanzer, What was the Australian Contribution to the Allied Victory in WW1 - BRIG Robert Atkinson, Book Review - Serving Our Country - reviewed by LTCOL John Boyce, Book Review - A Heavy Reckoning: War Medicine & Survival in Afghanistan & Beyond
10.01.2022 Important message for Reserves
07.01.2022 A great Reservist story ...
06.01.2022 Rear Admiral Bruce Kafer AM CSC RANR Head Reserve and Youth Division / Commander ADF Cadets
06.01.2022 Veteran Affairs acknowledges feedback from DRA ...
06.01.2022 CDRE Bruce Kafer, Director General Navy Cadets & Reserves & AIRCDRE Delahunty, A/Director General Reserves Air Force spoke to the Conference about the "Role & contribution of the Naval and Air Force Reserves as part of the Total Force"
05.01.2022 The President and Victorian Committee members request the pleasure of your company at the Reservists Reunion Lunch. Originally celebrating Victorias Third Division 1916 1991, this lunch continues to be a unique opportunity for past and present Reservists to keep in touch with old friends.
04.01.2022 RESERVE FORCES DAY 1 July Reserve Forces Day was inaugurated in 1998 to acknowledge the service and achievements of the Reserve Forces of the Australian Defence... Force both past and present. It also recognises the support of families and employers, which is itself a contribution to the defence of the Nation. A considerable number of Reservists enlisted at the outbreak of World War 1, serving in German New Guinea with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) and then with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Western Front and in the Middle East. Reservists continue this tradition today, serving in peacekeeping, humanitarian and other defence roles throughout Australia and overseas. Port Adelaide volunteers, many of them pre-war Reservists, almost completely made up Don Company of the 10th Battalion AIF in 1914. The company was formed at Morphettville, trained in Egypt, and landed on Gallipoli Peninsula at dawn on 25 April 1915 under Captain Mervyn James Herbert, with Captain Felix Giles as his 2IC subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel Felix Gordon Giles DSO VD (1885-1950). Herbert was shot in the shoulder and hand by a sniper on 27 April, and was evacuated from Anzac Cove on 28 April. Giles assumed command of Don Company and served continuously until the evacuation from Gallipoli. Herbert later told a reporter about the Gallipoli landing: The Port Adelaide boys deserve great credit for the part they played. He also said: The Port Adelaide boys always had a reputation for daring. At the time of his funeral in 1964, the 76 year old Herbert from West Croydon was called, one of SAs best known Army officers of World War I. Of note, he was the last surviving company commander of the 10th Battalion who had landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. This paper, Decorated Volunteers, was published in the journal of the Defence Reserves Association The Australian Reservist in November 2003, pages 28-29. It won the Orchard Prize for the best original article published by the Defence Reserves Association in 2003. Defence Reserves Support; Defence Reserves Association; 10th Battalion AIF; 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment;
04.01.2022 MAJGEN Steve Porter, Commander 2nd Division, spoke about Plan BEERSHEBA, contributing to the Army's Total Force
02.01.2022 Brigadier Simon Gould Suakin Branch People Capability Division
02.01.2022 It is with sadness we advise that Major General Francis Eric Poke, AO, RFD, ED (Retd) passed away on Friday 02 November 2018. He was 95 years old.
01.01.2022 Meeting the challenges for Reservists to Serve - 25 August 2018 Vibe Hotel Canberra Airport The National Conference is a tri-service all ranks conference that will be addressed by a panel of distinguished speakers including: - Government Defence speaker - Opposition Defence speaker... - Senior Officers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) - Leading commentators on Defence matters See more
01.01.2022 This issue contains: Army Reserve Innovation - LTCOL John Molnar, Training the Millennials - CPL Tim Scully, Reservists Lead Creation of On-Line News Programme - SQNLDR Deanna Nott, An Anaesthetist on Active Service - CAPT James Hook, The Community of Veterans - COL Marcus Fielding, The Effects of Economic Rationalism on the Reserve - SQNLDR Alan Lyons, VALE Lieutentant Colonel Edward Lynes, and selected presentations from the 2016 DRA National Conference.
