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8 NEWS Army February 4, 2010 Cowboys tackle the jungle he tough get going: The Cowboys NRL team with their mentors on a pack march. Photos by LCpl Mark Doran Child Care Vacancies Available! 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New enrolments that enrol before 08/03/2010 receive one week free. Mention this ad to receive 1 week FREE* By Maj Al Green IF TEAMWORK among the Cowboys looks a little slicker, the reason might lie in a patch of jungle just west of Tully. The Army and the Cowboys NRL club came together in December in a preseason three-day training camp from hell. The jungles of Tully arguably present one of the toughest military training environments in the world. The footballers had their private possessions confiscated before being issued military kit as a prelude to a 5km march deep into the rainforest. It was testing from the start with a midnight “kick off” and a PT session that lasted until first light. For Carl Webb, not knowing what to expect added to the challenge. “It was tough but we all got through it together and had fun with it,” he said. Practical lessons covering fieldcraft, radio procedures, first aid and field hygiene were held to equip the ‘recruits’ with the basics for jungle survival. When darkness fell it became pitch black under the jungle canopy. Those expecting a peaceful sleep were disappointed; sharp-toothed creatures, not all of them friendly, foraged around the camp and the players had to maintain a watch throughout the night. If the Cowboys weren’t strong on teamwork at the start they certainly were by the end of day two. First came a 5km stretcher carry Veterans in good health SEPARATE studies of East Timor and Bougainville veterans found that health levels compared favourably with soldiers who did not deploy to the operations. The studies found mortality and cancer rates for the Bougainville and East Timor veterans were no different to the rates of personnel who did not deploy. They also found that there were no significant differences in symptoms of post-traumatic stress for East Timor and Bougainville veterans compared to non-veterans. Overall rates of high-risk drinking behaviours were also low among veterans of both studies. Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science Minister Greg Combet said the studies helped Defence understand the unique physical, mental and emotional impacts of deployments. SKYDIVE AUSTRALIA THE EAST COAST through difficult terrain and Jarra Creek – chest deep in places. Just when they thought it couldn’t get harder the players found a trailer in their path that needed to be relocated to a site two hours away along a steep and muddy track. Then ropes were used to haul stores up and down ravines on yet another ‘special mission’. By nightfall the hungry footballers had earned the remainder of their ration pack but seemed a little disappointed at the meagre portions after all that hard work. According to Shannon Gallant the experience was tough but worthwhile as the team united. “We’re fitter and better for it, but I’ll have blisters through to the new year,” he joked. Capt Sebastian Aleksandrowicz who helped coordinate the training said the benefit for the participants was the level of mental and physical toughness, beyond sheer athleticism, required to build teams in challenging environments. “It’s also about developing leadership skills and building respect for one another – not that those are lacking here – but we can certainly help to enhance those qualities,” Capt Aleksandrowicz said. Coach Neil Henry agreed it was great to get the players out of their comfort zone. CLOTHING UPDATE Trousers khaki Trousers khaki heavyweight are available from clothing stores for purchase. Skirt khaki Skirts khaki heavyweight are available from clothing stores for purchase. 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Army February 4, 2010 Stressing? Help is at hand In focus: Problems A NEW video production on combat stress reaction awareness is being produced by Joint Health Services to support Army Mental Health. The DVD is presented by John Schumann, the author of the song I was only 19, which will be used as an integral element of the production. Mr Schumann relates his own experiences with Vietnam veterans to the stress issues that face our soldiers on contemporary deployments, training activities and life in general. A Defence spokesperson said the aim was to encourage soldiers to seek help early if they are experiencing problems. “[The video] is to help commanders, colleagues and families to understand that help is available and effective. “Importantly, having problems doesn’t mean discharge – rather all soldiers are integral to capability and that we aim to help and then return them to work.” Mr Schumann has interviewed Army identities including Commander 1 Div Maj-Gen Michael Slater, CO 1 Psych Unit Lt-Col Brian Johnston and staff and soldiers from 3 Bde. CA Lt-Gen Ken Gillespie gave personal anecdotes from UN operations. Schumann and his band play for troops in East Timor – Page 16 ADF joins the cyber fight By Sgt Andrew Hetherington AUSTRALIA joined the worldwide cyber warfare fight with the official opening of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) on January 15. Defence investigated about 200 electronic security incidents on its own networks every month in 2009. The CSOC was set up last July at cost of $3 million and is a unit of the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD). Defence Minister John Faulkner said old assumptions about geographic boundaries and time zones were obsolete. “Cyberspace is always open for business,” Senator Faulkner said. “But this also brings great chalenges to those who guard our elecronic borders.” Lynn Moore, Head of CSOC, aid the unit drew on DSD’s experise and high powered computng resources to understand cyber hreats. “CSOC operations and response eams react to significant threats on overnment networks and informaion,” Ms Moore said. “We also assist agency informaion communication technology staff n developing mitigation strategies.” CSOC will also provide advice nd threat assessment to government through its relationship with the Computer Emergency Response Open for business: Defence Minister John Faulkner at the CSOC Operations Centre. Photo by Brian Doherty Team Australia. Ms Moore said the most common incidents against Defence networks involved spoofing and phishing. “Spoofing is a way of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified,” she said. “Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames through the use of socially engineered emails. “The threat actor creates an email that appears to be genuine to convince the victim to open it and download malicious software. In some cases malicious emails appeared to be from familiar sources and friends. “The CSOC provided advice and mitigation strategies to many agencies regarding these types of activities,” Ms Moore said. don’t mean a discharge – the aim is to help soldiers and return them to work. Photo by LAC Aaron Curran Accelerate savings. 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The number of days paraded on an annual basis by reservists has risen steadily,” he said. “Expenditure associated with this increase has, until this financial year, been accommodated within the flexibility afforded by the overall military workforce budget.” He said this might have led to a perception that ARTS was less constrained by budget pressure, but that perception was not true. “Further to this, $9.6 million of Defence supplementation has covered the increased costs caused by the new graded pay scales,” he said. As a result of this funding boost, no reduction in the number of days paraded will be necessary to offset the new pay scales. CA also said that cutbacks to reserve ammunition allocation also were untrue. He said ammunition was managed to ensure forces were prepared for operations and deployments. The training priority for the ARes was to provide support to, prepare for, and deploy on operations. “Training and preparation for these will be funded first. Army is carefully managing its training days budget to ensure capability is delivered in the highest priority areas within the funding available,” he said. “Reservists are performing magnificently on operations because of the strong training conducted. Army will continue working hard to support these initiatives, but must operate within priorities and budget constraints.” fleetnetwork.com.au lateralaspect.FNW1110
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