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Emu feathers on a slouch hat are a powerful symbol of the Australian Light Horse, and two army veterans are combining their skills so the tradition lives on.
Cops may soon phase out their British-era slouch hats, with officials set to discuss long-pending uniform upgrade on April 4; this move aims to modernise force’s look Karnataka Police may soon ...
An Australian army officer lost his security clearance after ASIO deemed him loyal to Israel over Australia. He admitted to withholding information about Israeli military training and stated he ...
The Australian Army is exploring the options and benefits of a wide range of UGVs. The Australian Army is experimenting with UGVs and how they might best be employed, though none have been procured at ...
When he became Australia’s World War I Prime Minister, the Anzacs draped a big slouch hat around his pint-sized ... that Australia should have its own army & navy, and making speeches about ...
(David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Army seeks to lean more heavily on aerial drones, with a comprehensive upgrade program for all size classes now in the ...
For the more casually dressed Akubra workers, the gold medal is their recently renewed contract with the Australian Defence Force to produce slouch hats for the army. “There’s no two ways ...
Private Samuel Pearse is one of Australia’s 101 Victoria Cross winners ... having the same toe injury and also wearing the same slouch hat in which the fallen soldier was buried.
The Labor government and the Defence Department announced yesterday that foreign nationals from countries in the US-led Five Eyes spying network will be able to join the Australian military.
China said on Tuesday that one of its fighter jets warned off an Australian military helicopter in the Yellow Sea because it was “disrupting” naval training, after Washington and Canberra ...
The government’s defence doctrine became clearer yesterday: Australia is going to stick ... is going to stare down the critics who want slouch hats turning up at every world trouble spot.
Service in our Army connects and unites us across generations. Today more than a quarter of a million Australians wear – or have worn – the slouch hat and Rising Sun badge … proudly continuing the ...