Commando – Alternate Comms.

SBS TV & that Commando “scandal”

| Afghanistan, Commando, Paul Dibb, SBS TV, Sophie McNeill

Reality show proposal: Dibb’s Deli. Australia’s premier Arm chair General Professor Paul Dibb and his views on Army cooks. EXPERTS WITH EGG ON THEIR FACES? By Sasha Uzunov Lance Corporal Andrew Jones was first and foremost a trained Australian soldier who was also an army cook. His tragic death at the hands of a rogue […]

MEDIA SHERIFF’S BADGE

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| Afghanistan, Commando, Defence Department, Dutch, Fairfax, SASR, The Age, Tom Hyland

More to SAS-Dutch Afghan story…..Some big name journalists at Fairfax newspapers have a “special licence” or media sheriff’s badge to investigate but freelance journalists are not afforded the same privilege…. It is also called Selective Freedom to Scrutinise Syndrome (SFTSS).read on… Online opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9078&page=0 A special licence […]

BYE, BYE BATTALION – 4RAR

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| 4RAR, Commando

Photo: Alpha Company, 4RAR (Cdo), Holsworthy Barracks parade background, marches off to deploy to East Timor in 2001. (Photo by Sasha Uzunov) BYE, BYE BATTALIONby Sasha “Uzi” Uzunov A very sad day for those of us who served as non-commando riflemen with Australian army unit, The 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment – Commando – […]