Alternate Comms.

Alternate Comms.

Back up frequency for Team Uzunov Blog

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Category: Australian Army

AUSSIE COMMANDOS PAY POLITICAL PRICE?

No Comments
| 1 Commando Regiment, Afghan war, Afghanistan, Australian Army

Australian commandos in Afghanistan face political pressure from media over incident. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1008/S00486/commandos-pay-political-price.htm AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS PAY POLITICAL PRICE?28 August 2010 By Sasha Uzunov Australian commandos involved in a botched raid which resulted in 5 civilian deaths in Afghanistan could face courts martial because of intense political pressure from the media, as TEAM UZUNOV writing for www.scoop.co.nz […]

Read More »

OVERLAND HYPOCRISY ON TERROR LEAK

No Comments
| Australian Army, Holsworthy Barracks, Simon Overland, terror attack, Victoria Police

IN DEFENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORT: Overland hypocrisy on terror raids By Sasha Uzunov Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland is on the warpath over the publication of a story in The Australian newspaper on 4 August 2009 hours before a major raid on suspected Melbourne based terrorists who allegedly planned to attack Holsworthy […]

Read More »

SHOOTING FROM THE LIP

No Comments
| Australian Army, marksmanship principles, OPI, SHOOTING, Victoria Police

SHOOTING FROM THE LIP: Office of Police Integrity spinBy Sasha Uzunov Award-winning reporter Cameron Stewart together with Greg Sheridan, Mark Dodd and Patrick Walters form The Australian newspaper’s dream team of defence/national security experts but it seems Stewart has trouble understanding the basics of ballistics. Cameron “James Bond” Stewart who previously worked as a civilian […]

Read More »

2006 WARNING: BIKIE THREAT TO ARMY

No Comments
| Australian Army, Bikies, Defence Department, Holsworthy Barracks, weapons

The Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper ran an “exclusive” story titled “Army in lockdown over bikie threats” by Simon Benson April 07, 2009… It reads: “MILITARY facilities are in lockdown across southwest Sydney over fears bikie gangs may try to break in to weapons armouries. The security alert at Holsworthy army base has been elevated to […]

Read More »

REMEMBRANCE DAY – PHOTO ESSAY – MELBOURNE

No Comments
| Armistace Day, Australian Army, Melbourne, November 11, Remembrance Day, Shrine of Remembrance, Vietnam Veterans, WWI

REMEMBRANCE DAY SPECIAL PHOTO-ESSAY IN STEP: Victorian State Premier John Brumby (without hat) gives an eyes right salute to the eternal flame as he marches up the steps to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 November 2008… The Premier has gone out of his way to make himself known as the Veterans’ Premier… THE SHRINE […]

Read More »

WILL EDDIE JOIN THE ARMY?

No Comments
| Australian Army, Channel 9, Eddie McGuire

CHALLENGE TO EDDE MCGUIRE:EDDIE ASKED TO JOIN THE ARMYBy Sasha Uzunov Channel 9 television personality and Collingwood Football club president, Eddie McGuire, has come up with an idea to solve youth violence on our streets–send the young offenders into the Australian Army. In theory it sounds like a good idea but it would help to […]

Read More »

MINISTER SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP

No Comments
| Afghanistan, Australian Army, Joel Fitzgibbon

Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon. Photo: ADF MINISTER SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP by Sasha Uzunov copyright 2008 The Taliban must be rubbing their hands with glee at the news that our Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, keeps on changing his mind about the war in Afghanistan. Months ago it was a tough talking Minister, now it is […]

Read More »

EXPERT: COMBET FOR PRIME MINISTER

No Comments
| Abrams tank, Australian Army, Defence Department, Defence Minister, Greg Combet, Joel Fitzgibbon, Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister

(ADF archival photos): Greg Combet (right)- future Defence Minister or PM? Expert questions Rudd’s leadershipCOMBET SHOULD BE PRIME MINISTER By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 Former Trade Union boss and current ALP Federal MP Greg Combet should become Australia’s Prime Minister, according to an influential political commentator. Mr Bruce Haigh, a retired Australian diplomat and expert comments […]

Read More »

No Comments
| Afghanistan, Australian Army, Dr Brendan Nelson, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Oruzgan, Taliban

photo credit: ADF “FAILED” NELSON-HOWARD DOCTRINE ON AFGHANISTAN?By Sasha Uzunovcopyright 2008 The political and military fallout of the Taliban ambush attack on Australian soldiers in Afghanistan can be traced back to the failure of 2006 Nelson-Howard doctrine on the Afghanistan war. Nine Australian Special Forces soldiers in Afghanistan were recently wounded in some of the […]

Read More »

TALIBAN PRISONER CONTROVERSY

No Comments
| Abu Ghraib, Australian Army, prisoner, Taliban

LETS NOT JUMP ON ABU GHRAIB BANDWAGONBy Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 A report in today’s The Australian newspaper by Mark Dodd has revealed that Australian soldiers are detaining Afghan Taliban suspects in dog pens, which are culturally insensitive. Before we jump on the Abu Ghraib Iraqi prisoner scandal bandwagon here, let us get all the facts […]

Read More »

Posts navigation

1 2 Next

Find Us

sashauzunov@hotmail.com

You can donate via Go Fund Me – your donation big or small would be appreciated to keep this blog up and running.

http://www.gofundme.com/team-uzunov-blog

Search

Find Us

sashauzunov@hotmail.com

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – Alternate Comms acknowledges Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pays respect to their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging.

 

Alternate Comms. 2023 . Powered by WordPress