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Edition 1444 June 27, 2019 The soldiers’ newspaper Aussies and Kiwis forge closer bonds at Taji Centre FIERCE WELCOME New Zealand’s Cpl Sam Prosser performs a ceremonial challenge to newly arrived NZDF members before Australian soldiers join a welcoming ceremony at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Cpl Oliver Carter 2 Queen’s Birthday honours Recognising our READ US ONLINE achievements Member (AM) in the Military Joint Experimentation Framework Division Maj Samantha Duffy within Defence. Col James Brown answers questions in class during a visit on Col M For exceptional service and leader- For outstanding devotion to duty as ship in the field of rotary wing oper- Exercise Suman Warrior. Photo: Sgt Robert Nyffenegger the CO 2 Cdo Regt, 2016 to 2017. ations and capability management. 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Cross (DSC) facebook.com/ Maj Timothy Hurley Lt-Col Trent Groves Sgt Gayle Walkom AustralianArmy Col Robert Calhoun For distinguished performance of For outstanding devotion to duty as For meritorious devotion to duty For distinguished command and duties in warlike operations as a Staff Officer Grade Two Postings as the unit welfare officer and within the Directorate of Officer youtube.com/ leadership in warlike operations squadron commander in TGT-6 Batugade Platoon Commander at AustralianArmyHQ while deployed as the commander of supporting the Iraqi Army NCO Career Management – Army. 3CSSB. TGT-6 in Iraq from December 2017 Academy from November 2017 to to June 2018. May 2018. Col Andrew Haebich Lt-Col Julian Williams For outstanding devotion to duty For meritorious achievement as the ISSN: 0729-5685 (Print) Member P Maj David Phillips in the establishment of the Joint senior medical officer of 2 Health ISSN: 2209-2218 (Online) For distinguished command and For distinguished performance of Experimentation Directorate and Support Coy. June 27, 2019 defence.gov.au/news/armynews Queen’s Birthday honours 3 Honours recipient Sgt Gayle Walkom with Ashley Toomer, the child of two of her soldiers at 3CSSB, a hero for hungry during a spouse medallion ceremony. Photo: Pte Ukrit Paensuwan Kapooka troops Sgt Max Bree WE ALL remember thinking excitedly of our next meal at Kapooka. Not usually When I was a anticipating a culinary sensation, but relief from hunger brought on by continuous recruit I was so activity. But the hungry stomachs of today’s hungry I would recruits have been calmed thanks to 1RTB’s WOPTI WO2 Dean King. have eaten the “There was a gap identified in the ‘ amount of food recruits were receiving,” wrapper [of the he said. “Studies conducted by DSTG and power bar] as well. universities said there was probably a gap in the amount of nutrients recruits were – WO2 Dean King, being fed and there were shortfalls around honours recipient calcium and iron for females.” WO2 King helped facilitate the purchase of a tonne of protein bars and a tonne of energy bars for a trial of in- weight data from more than 1000 recruits, between-meal snacks across four platoons. those with low BMI now put on about The bars supplemented recruits’ diets 2kg, those who had a normal bodyweight with an extra two megajoules of energy.