I'm wanting to buy a nice edc knife for a friend that's in bootcamp and wanted to know what's popular and what the restrictions are.

To be frank the French subs are better than the Virginia class and we would have our own sovereignty whilst operating them. We have a lot more in common with Europe than the US with regards to morals and heritage. I know it's a technology agreement also, but sovereignty and not being aligned with a country that is threatening to invade its allies should obviously be a priority.

Brits have introduced their own HOSM like medal and one of the first qualifying activates/ops is the Gaza stuff, wonder if we will see a push for a clasp to the HOSM

Humanitarian Medal - Morocco, Libya and Gaza (HTML) - GOV.UK

I left defence a couple years ago and now I'm trying to get some qualifications recognised, as I don't have PMkeys access anymore how am I supposed to get my proof of posting history and deployments qualifications etc?

Given the extraordinary population difference between the surrounding powers (China, Japan, India, Indonesia) and Aus, it seems like a mug's game to think we could repel a full-scale invasion via conventional means.

DFAT says "Australia is committed to the goal of a world without nuclear weapons". I realise that it looks good on your CV for bureaucrats to go the 164th Workshop on Abolishing Nukes in Zurich and get a free lanyard or whatever, but practically speaking, nukes aren't actually going away altogether any time soon, are they?

If the US undergoes severe decline, or severs its connection with Australia, being known as a power which has nukes that can reach all the capitals of Asia seems like a good deterrent to potential invaders.

Stupid question but what is the best lanyard because the one they give you with retractable string the spring decided to break. so I'm stuck with using a dog clip which always seems to keep falling off.

Find it odd that the eligiblity period is only 10 days (23rd FEB to 04 MAR) when many individuals did more than double that after 4th of march and entire units were deployed after 4th of march. Who comes up with these dates and how do they determine 10 days is how long the floods occurred for?

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Uniforms would be the DCPU patturn btw as this is about 1985 or so.

A mate is picking up his commission so a couple of us want to get him a nice hat. The issued ones are plastic and are quite uncomfortable in summer so we would like to get him a nice fabric one like ones that Gieves and Hawkes sells.

Unfortunately those ones are like 500 bucks and from what I've read, aren't the best quality. Does anyone know where I could get my hands on a fabric peaked cap?

Does anyone know where to find the documentary Voodoo Medics? I’ve been looking everywhere but I can’t seem to find anything :(

It was apparently on prime but now you can’t view it anymore

As a preface, the standards I'm being held to are nowhere near the PESA, but it's what I need to pass testing. I figured r/adfcadets would be useless as the majority of cadets are twigs or morbidly obese and don't know what grass is.

I'm currently training for the 2WG barrier testing in a week (cutting it fine, I know). I can confidently complete the required endurance march while unweighted (5.5km in 50 minutes iirc, I did 47:30 roughly at ~6.7kmh and frankly im extremely.unfit). The catch is it must he completed with webbing (12kg). My webbing ordinarily weighs in at around 6-10kg depending on MEI, though I can artificially increase it. I attempted training with 10kg plate in my patrol order pack, however it was significantly more difficult than my webbing. How would you advise completing this? I would prefer to attend my gym (significant veteran members as it is located on RSL land) as it provides the controlled conditions as the testing will (somewhat) be. I currently think the best course of action would be to attend at night when it is sparsely populated, or just suck it up and go during a less busy time during the day.

Opinions?

Planning on going in a few months, apart from the usual packing lists is there anything worthwhile bringing up to Darwin for 5 months?

Hi All.

Served out my 7 year ROSO in the Army.

I've enjoyed my time in Defence and will never look back with regret but my focus has changed and I cannot do the required ex on ex/ course on course due to family reasons that my COC won't listen to and due to this I am no longer motivated to work for Defence.

I have been on the fence with a discharge to chase something else on the outside, but with my family in mind it's a no brainer now.

Has anyone else made the jump out and landed well on their feet? I've got a potential job lined up and I'm close to making the choice but just how long does it really all take?

The unit is expecting a fair bit of commitment from me this year, will they make it hell if I try to discharge now?

Any help/ guidance is greatly appreciated 👍🏻

Good evening all,

I'm just wondering if there's an ESO/ charity that helps look at and provide feedback on veteran resumes, I'm not entitled to CTAS or anything like that unfortunately so I'm looking for a low cost organisation that can help me land a job in pretty much any industry.

Hey guys, I’ve noticed over the last few months that whenever I wear my Danners boots (from the Q Store) my lower back feels really brittle and hips feel unstable and it causes a weird pain, with any other shoe or runners I don’t have this at all, just wanted to know whether or not anyone else has experienced this and knows a remedy for it, I believe it might just be the way my feet sit in the shoe and cause micro discomforts that build all the way up the leg, I was thinking maybe insoles or just a new pair of boots?

How are the T8 NFS for support?

Cheers

Hi there. When I was in the Army we would spit polish our boots with Kiwi Parade Gloss. Unfortunately, this polish doesn't appear to be available any more. What is used now to polish boots/Sam Brownes?

A guy I know has been in the army for 20 years now, he's been a digger his whole career and every time they try to promote him he turns it down.

He's also been posted to Darwin the entire time and refuses to leave.

He's not a bad soldier, he does his job, doesn't have any disciplinary or physical issues and still does pt with everyone else.

The thing that gets me is he's just skating by, has no ambition or goals, he just comes to work, does his job and goes home.

Surely it's got to come to a point where they'll say it's time to either take rank or fuck off.

Brand new Army reservist here looking for some advice please. I'm heading to Canberra and Albury for courses over winter this year and wondered how the issued gear goes in the cold/wet and what I should invest in? (Must-have and niceties. Mostly barracks, a little bit of field.

https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-01/Australia%20Day%202025%20Honours%20List%20-%20Military%20Awards.pdf

For those interested, hopefully it works. Play a game if you wish, try to guess the percentage of enlisted vs Officers, or look for the funny's.

Question from a civvy. Love him or hate him, Trump is making waves in the news by threatening military actions against NATO allies, ie Greenland and Canada. In the ridiculous possible future where war is declared what happens to AUKUS? Surely we don’t get dragged into that conflict?

Edit: Cheers guys and gals. It seems I’d gotten AUKUS and ANZUS mixed up and didn’t actually understand the policies properly. Hope youse had a ripper Straya Day