Well it's about time we had a current listing of as many courses as possible on one medium that most can use.
The above CD will run in your DVD-Rom on your computer or if you have a DVD Player then this Video CD is for you.
Offered as a means of recalling all those who have been through an ADG Course and completed such.
Most images have been scanned from photo's sent in to me for includion on our web site or scanned from past copies of the Blue Beret.
This is presented in a Slide Show format and will allow you to freeze any one slide for more time to peruse.
Hopefully this CD will encourage more to our reunion next Anzac Day 2004 in Newcastle NSW.
To order your copy of this VCD enclose $20-00 inside an envelope and post it to the Pom at
Bob Cornwell
90 Station St
Weston 2326
New South Wales
Ph No 02 49 362 093
Doing this will include free postage to your address.
By FLGOFF Harriet Pointon
Fundraising efforts by Flight Sergeant Face Linden and Corporal Dominic “DJ” Gallagher, of the Ground Defence Section at RAAF Base Pearce, have raised an amazing $12,000 for toddler Ashleigh Watson.
Ashleigh, daughter of Pearce Transfield employee Tony Watson, is only two-a-half years old but has spent the first 15 months of her life in hospital and has had 10 major operations.
She suffers from CHARGE Syndrome, which affects only 85 children in Australia and is a condition which includes a group of health problems such as loss of vision, hearing loss, genital defects, heart problems and general development issues.
Ashleigh and her family will head off to America to attend an important international conference on CHARGE Syndrome and to pick up a new feeding machine for Ashleigh, who is feed through a gastric tube in her stomach.
The $12,000 raised at Pearce by the Ground Defence Section goes a long way to funding this important trip for the family.
FSGT Linden has been supported in his fundraising efforts by businesses and sporting groups such as the Eagles and Kangaroos AFL teams, the Perth Glory Soccer team, Kmart Racing and Dick Johnston Racing.
The Sergeants’, Officers’ and Airmen’s Messes have contributed $500 each to the worthy cause and a tin rattle around the base raised $1000 in just over an hour.
No. 79 Squadron supported the event by donating a simulator ride for the raffle and social clubs around the base made generous contributions as well.
No. 130 Squadron of the Republic of Singapore Air Force contributed $2788.
“Support has been overwhelming,” FSGT Linden said.
“It’s great the base community has come together to support the Watson family. Tony is our colleague and we were certainly going to do all we could to help him and his family.
“The result is something the RAAF Base Pearce team can be very proud of.”
Tony, his wife Lisa, Ashleigh and her sister Stephanie head off to America towards the end of this month. They will bring back a wealth of information that can be shared with other families in Australia affected by CHARGE Syndrome.
Anyone interested in contributing to the appeal should contact FSGT Linden on (08) 9571 7610.
No. 1 Airfield Defence Guards Aircraftman Andrew Kutnyj and Leading Aircraftman Leigh Chillingworth put on a display in Adelaide on Reserves Forces Day. Photo by SQNLDR Deanna Nott.
Submitted by Stephen Brasher
VA72 Thursday 24 July 2003
STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND DOCTORS SECURES VETERANS' HEALTH
Doctors' services for eligible veterans and war widows are assured, with the
overwhelming majority of Local Medical Officers taking up a new agreement to
treat Gold Card holders under the repatriation system.
The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Danna Vale, said almost 13,000 general
practitioners, or 97 per cent of registered Local Medical Officers, had
taken up the Federal Government's offer of increased remuneration under a
new three-year agreement announced by the Prime Minister as part of the A
Fairer Medicare - Better Access, More Affordable package.
"The LMO scheme has been the heart of veterans' health services throughout
the history of Australian repatriation," Mrs Vale said.
"The implementation of this new agreement has been a key issue for the
Government, in recognition of the high priority placed by the veteran
community on securing the future of services under the Gold Card and White
Card.
"The overwhelming response demonstrates the commitment of doctors to working
with the Government to ensure that veterans enjoy comprehensive, quality
health care."
Almost 280,000 veterans and war widows have a Gold Card, entitling them to
free medical treatment for any medical condition. Another 58,000 veterans
have a White Card, which entitles them to treatment for any condition
accepted as being related to their service.
Under the new agreement, which came into effect at the beginning of July,
GPs registered under the LMO scheme are eligible for a veteran access
payment of $3 for each service to Gold and White Card holders. This is in
addition to the 100 per cent of the Medicare Benefit Schedule fee already
paid to LMOs for treating veteran patients.
"The new agreement makes no change to the way veterans and war widows access
their care - they simply need to present their Gold or White Card to their
doctor," Mrs Vale said.
"However, the agreement means veteran and war widow patients can be assured
that they still have access to the care they need and the care they are
entitled to.
"The Department of Veterans' Affairs is still processing applications from
doctors taking up the new agreement and I would encourage those few
remaining LMOs to respond to the offer.
"The LMO scheme is a traditional and successful partnership and we welcome
the continued commitment of doctors to the health and well-being of the
Australian veteran community," the Minister said.
Media Contact: Rachael Thompson (02) 6277 7820 or 0417 265 289
Pom
I need you to change my e-mail address from the current one to fred71@primus.com.au
Thanks mate.
Gavin Sharp
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Pom,
I don't know if this counts as being put on the roll of honour, however Kev
Close(now WOD) and I were on escort duties, when Timor was on. Our task was
to escort "items" across to Timor.
We were not attached to the squadron, but were based in Darwin. I believe
that we were the only two adg's who were tasked with special duties.
My nic is Skip.
SGT Terrick Smith
SNCOIC GDTS
28 Squadron
041 98 66949
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Just found the web site. Being an exADG (direct entry no course no.)
I found it interesting there hasn't been more input from the school with
photos of course etc.
By the way Ski's name was Zyzniewski. I believe he duxed the Army sniper
course I could be wrong.
CPL Russell (Chuck) Connors
NCO COMMS TRAINING
SAN
RAAF SALE EAST
VIC 3852
* 03 51466871
* 03 51466389
* Russell.Connors@defence.gov.au
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G'day mate, just to let you know, there were also ADGs in East Timor with
No. 381 and No. 382 ECSS. I was there with 381 at Komoro. Other ADGs
there with me were SGT "Hooch" Turner, SGT Dave Gay (Laurie's son), and SGT
Blake Cameron. GDEFOs were FLTLT Chris "Ding Ding" Hayden, and FLTLT
Damien Reitsma. We were there as the GDCP/S3 Cell.
Up at Baucau with 382 was CPL Jadam "Louie" Losick. I can't remember who
else was at Baucau.
WGCDR Gary "Zac" Penny was in the Air Operations HQ in Dili.
Regards,
Brash.
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HISTORY ACCORDING TO 6TH GRADERS
The following were answers provided by 6th graders during history. Watch the spelling! Some of the best humor is in the misspelling.
1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.
2. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the Ten Commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.
3. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.
4. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.
5. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
6. Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out "Tee hee, Brutus."
7. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard Shaw.
8. Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."
9. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking.
10. Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper.
11. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet.
12. Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
13. Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
14. Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation. On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth's career.
15. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between, he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large.
6. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.
17. The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up. Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick raper, which didthe work of a hundred men. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbits. Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the Organ of the Species. Madman Curie discovered the radio. Karl Marx became one of the Marx Brothers.
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Keep in Touch
Peter B.
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
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A married couple was on holiday in Pakistan.
They were touring around the market place looking at the goods
and such, when they passed this small sandal shop.
>From inside they heard a gentleman with a Pakistani accent say,
"You're foreigners! Come in! Come into my humble shop."
So the married couple walked in. The Pakistani man said to
them, "I have some special sandals I think you would be interested in.
Dey make you wild at sex, like a great desert camel??
Well, the wife was really interested in buying the sandals
after hearing what the man claimed, but her husband felt he really
didn't need them, being the sex god he was.
The husband asked the man, "How could sandals make you into a
sex freak?"
The Pakistani man replied, "Just try dem on, Sahib."
With that, after much badgering from his wife, finally conceded
to try them on.
As soon as he slipped them onto his feet, he got this wild look
in his eyes; something his wife hadn't seen in many years.... raw
sexual power.
In the blink of an eye, the husband grabbed the Pakistani man,
bent him violently over a table, yanked down his pants, ripped down
his own pants, and grabbed a firm hold of the Pakistani's thighs.
The Pakistani began scream:
"YOU GOT DEM ON THE WRONG FEET !!
YOU GOT DEM ON THE WRONG FEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Are you tired of all those mushy "friendship" poems that always sound good
but
never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a "friendship" poem
that
really speaks to true friendship and truth itself.
To My Friend
When you are sad,
I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against the sorry bastard
who made you sad.
When you are blue, I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
When you smile, I'll know you finally got a shag.
When you are scared, I will rag you about it every chance I get.
When you are worried, I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse
it could be and to shut up.
When you are confused, I will use little words to explain it to you, you
thick idiot.
When you are sick, stay the hell away from me until you're well again. I
don't want to catch it.
When you fall, I will point and laugh at you - clumsy tart!
This is my oath, I pledge 'till the end.
Why you may ask? Because you're my friend!
Send this poem to at least five friends or else you will get depressed
because you realise you only have 2 friends, and one of them is not
speaking to you right now anyway.
P.S. A friend will help you move house but a really good friend will help
you move a body...
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Keep in Touch
Peter B.
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
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A teacher was telling her first grade class that she was a Broncos fan. She then asked her students to raise their hands if they were Broncos fans, too. Most of her students did not understand what a Broncos fan was but they wanted their teacher to like them, little brown noses that they were. So, all but one of her students raised their hands.
The teacher asked this student, "Why do you choose to be different and not raise your hand?" He told her, "Because I am a Knights fan."
The teacher was becoming frustrated and asked him, "Why are you a Knights fan?" He replied, "My Dad is a Knights fan, my Mom is a Knights fan, and so I am a Knights fan." The teacher was really getting angry at this point, and said to the boy, "So, if your Dad was a moron, and your Mother was an idiot, what would that make you?" The boy replied, Well, then I would be a Broncos fan."
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Keep in Touch
Peter B.
I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said "pet supplies". So I did.
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