The Electronc Blue Beret Week 50

BEER CAN 375 ML AUST PATTERN MK 1

PRELIMINARIES

LESSON

Characteristics, Safety Precautions, Degrees of Readiness and the IAs of the
375ml Beer Can Aust Pattern MK1.

METHOD

Practical drinking lesson
Explain, demonstrate, squad imitates

DURATION

1 forty minute period

DRESS

Comfortable dress, open neck shirt, thongs

STORES

2 x tables FS
8 x 375ml Beer Cans Aust Pattern MK1
4 x Beer Jugs
1 x Insulator Coolite Hand Held C1

LOCATION

Suitable drinking area

PRELIMINARIES

Erect tables FS one in front of the other and three paces apart.
Place 6 beer cans on one table 1 pace apart in groups of 2.
Place 2 beer cans on the instruction table. Place 3 jugs on the tables in
front of the cans.
Place 1 jug on the instruction table.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Explain to the squad that the beer cans have been checked for safety prior
to the commencement of the lesson.

APPROACH

During this period you will be taught the Characteristics, Safety
Precautions, Degrees of Readiness and the IAs of the 375ml Beer Can Aust
Pattern MK1.

REASON

The reason you are taught these is to enable you to understand the
characteristics and general data, to employ the beer can within its
capabilities and carry out the safety precautions. The degrees of readiness
are taught to enable the drinker to bring the can to the degree of
operational readiness necessary or so ordered.

STANDARD

At the end of this lesson you will be able to state the characteristics and
general data of the Beer Can 375ml Aust Pattern MK1 and employ it safely
within its capabilities.

BODY

CHARACTERISTICS

The beer can is hand held, tilt operated, gravity fed.

GENERAL DATA

Using the general data chart, explain:

* Uses amber liquid which is pleasant to the taste and highly
effervescent
* Velocity at the drinking orifice is 52ml per second on a hot day
* Capacity 375ml
* Full can weighs 440 grams
* The can must be stored in a cool place

ATTACHMENTS

Can be fitted with an Insulator Coolite Hand Held C1. When fitted with this
the can will remain cold for up to 15 minutes.

HANDLING PRECAUTIONS

Explain to the squad that to prevent accidents and rip offs, the following
precautions should be followed:

* When handling or receiving a full can, always hold the can upright,
unless carrying out safety precautions
* Never unduly shake the can
* Never open a warm can, as the contents may erupt

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

* Take up the can in the palm of the left hand. Thumb vertical.
* Check the top rim of the can for tears, sharp projections and
defects, especially around the drinking orifice.
* Invert the can.
* Raise the can over the head and check for leaks
* Invert the can.
* Check that the peeling open device is intact and that the peeling
open device ring is correctly seated on top.
* Check by feel that the can is at the correct temperature.
* The can is now safe.

INSPECT CANS

Instructor now moves to the rear of the squad and has No 1 inspect his can
and declare it SAFE or otherwise. Instructor then inspects squad's cans
calling SAFE or otherwise as he passes.

DEGREES OF READINESS

Explain to the squad that the degrees of readiness are:

* LOAD
* ACTION
* INSTANT
* UNLOAD

THE LOADED CONDITION

The can is said to be in the LOADED condition when it is held in the left
hand, it is full of amber liquid and the Peeling Open Device has been lifted
to allow the initial expansion of gasses to take place.

* Adopt the drinking position with the left foot 30cm in front of the
right and the can in the left hand with the left thumb vertical.
* With the fore finger and thumb of the right hand, grasp the Peeling
Open Device.
* Tilt the Peeling Open Device until the sound of escaping gas is
heard.
* Remove the right hand to the side and call in a clear voice 'LOADED'

ACTION

The can is said to be in the ACTION condition when the can is full of amber
fluid, the can is held in the left hand and the Peeling Open Device has been
removed to reveal the drinking orifice.

* On the command 'ACTION' grasp the Peeling Open Device between the
forefinger and thumb of the right hand.
* Pull the Peeling Open Device smartly to the rear in one smooth
action.
* Lay flat the Peeling Open Device against the top of the can.

INSTANT

The can is said to be in the INSTANT condition when the can is full of amber
liquid, the drinking orifice is open and the can is raised to the mouth.

* On the command INSTANT raise the can to the lips ready to drink.
* On the command 'CARRY ON' tilt the bottom of the can upward and at
the same time tilt the head to the rear.
* Allow the amber liquid to pour from the drinking orifice into the
mouth.
* Swallow.

UNLOAD

The can is said to be UNLOADED when - the can is empty.

* On the command UNLOAD and with the drinking orifice to the right,
pour the remaining amber fluid into the jug provided.
* Throw the unloaded can over the left shoulder.

IMMEDIATE ACTION AND STOPPAGES

The 375ml Beer Can Aust Pattern MK1 is only subject to one stoppage - that
is when the can becomes empty.

IMMEDIATE ACTION

Have the squad take up a new can and carry out the degrees of readiness,
then order REST.

CAN IS DRINKING, CAN STOPS

* Remove the drinking orifice from the mouth.
* With the left eye, check inside the drinking orifice to see if the
can is empty.
* Can has amber liquid.
* Raise the can to the mouth and continue drinking.

CAN DRINKING, CAN STOPS.

Carry out the IA

EMPTY CAN

* Throw the empty can over the left shoulder.
* Take up a full can.
* Carry out Load, Action, Instant independently.
* Raise the drinking orifice to the mouth and continue drinking.

CONCLUSION

REITERATE THE APPROACH

During this lesson you have been taught the Characteristics, Safety
Precautions, Degrees of Readiness and the IAs of the 375ml Beer Can Aust
Pattern MK1.

REITERATE THE REASON

The reason you are taught these is to enable you to understand the
characteristics and general data, to employ the beer can within its
capabilities and carry out the safety precautions. The degrees of readiness
are taught to enable the drinker to bring the can to the degree of
operational readiness necessary or so ordered.

STANDARD

Tell the squad the standard they have achieved. Tell them their weak points
and how to overcome them.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Instruct the squad to unload.
Instruct the squad to pick up and produce all empty cans for inspection.
Instructor moves to the rear of the squad and has the No1 inspect his cans
and declare them safe.
Instructor then inspects the squad's cans.

NEXT LESSON ON SUBJECT

Inform the squad of the next lesson on the subject.

NEXT LESSON

Inform the squad of their next lesson.

AFTER ACTION

Place empty cans in the bin and re-condition stores.

SHORTIE LEE'S FUNERAL

At 1500 hours on Friday December 28th, we gathered at Pinaroo Gardens in Perth's northern suburbs, to pay tribute to Shortie Lee.   As we filled the large chapel, John Williamson's: "Hey True Blue" set the tone for what was to be a truly memorable memorial service.    Among the mourners were Shortie's nephew Pat Metz and Pat's sister Mrs Sue Melon, there were also a gathering of ADGs, everyone from Mick Bergin to Al Wray, helicopter crewman George Sheehan and Alan Fewell.    Many were accompanied by their wives, DJ Gallagher from Defence Section Pearce was in attendance, as was Ray Bolton who'd been attached in from the East.    There were also a lot of people I had not previously met .

Apologies were read from: Bill Strong, Red Forbes, Cowboy Hill, Greg Swan, Jack Kenna, Dave Moles and a number of others (forgive me for not mentioning everyone).   There was a large screen displaying an image of the little fellow and the celebrant seemed to capture Shorties character in the way he described the various phases that went to make up his life story.   Portions of his service induced giggles, even laughter while, others reduced one to tears, all in all, I believe the oration was as an uplifting celebration.

In the weeks leading up the little fellow's loss and eventual cremation, admiration was felt for the way Bob Mitchell and Darren White (a mate of Shorties) went about the business of getting things organised and DJ, who passed a badged, freshly bashed Blue Beret, he thought might be needed, that also went with Shortie.    Then, after a period of reflection, accompanied by the strains Joe Cocker's: "I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends" ... he left us.    Bob organised a series of photographs taken, including a group picture of everyone, that when suitably captioned will be published on ADGie and National 9SQN websites, as well as the Blue Beret and Western Australia RAAF Vietnam Association newsletters.

From there, the mourners adjourned to the North Beach Rugby League Club for the obligatory wake.    Our thanks goes to the President Mr Mark (Sharky), Williams who not only turned his institution over to our blokes, but rose to propose a toast to the little fellow's memory.    Talking to Pat and Sue after the service, I indicated Bob was putting together some sort of an album to commemorate Shorties passing and Pat has since unearthed photographs of him being decorated and has gone after the citation, in order that a copy of which might also be passed to Bob.    Similarly, if anyone has anything they would like to contribute, they can contact Bob on (08) 9 243 1950.

Regards
Alan Giltrap

VA114 Thursday 4 December 2003
MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION BILLS INTRODUCED
The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Danna Vale, today introduced legislation
into Federal Parliament that lays the framework for military rehabilitation
and compensation for Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel for decades to
come.
"This legislation delivers on the Government's commitment to care for those
who serve in the defence of Australia and has been developed in close
consultation with the defence force and veteran communities," Mrs Vale said.
"As a package it enhances benefits available in the event of injury or
death, particularly for those personnel who are severely incapacitated, and
for widowed partners of ADF members."
The new scheme has a strong focus on rehabilitation to help injured ADF
members make a full recovery, including a requirement that the Service Chief
appoint a case manager for those being discharged on medical grounds to
assist with the transition to civilian life.
It also draws on the best aspects of existing health care arrangements, with
the payment of reasonable expenses for conditions not requiring ongoing
treatment and the provision of DVA Gold and White Cards to provide free
health care for members needing ongoing treatment.
The attached document outlines other key features that will assist ADF
members and their families.
The Minister said draft legislation was released in June and extensive
consultation had been undertaken with the defence force and veteran
communities in developing the final Bills.
"We have listened to ADF members and veterans and have incorporated a number
of their comments into the Bill," she said.
"The Government has decided not to proceed with a measure to offset future
grants of the T&PI pension paid under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 by
the Commonwealth-funded component of superannuation.
"This reflects the conclusion that it would be unreasonable to treat
differently two veterans with the same service and same incapacity," Mrs
Vale said.
The Minister said the Government also had addressed concerns about the
requirement that a veteran be unable to work at all to be eligible for the
'safety net' payment under the new scheme.
"The provision is more generous. It now extends eligibility for the safety
net to cover those who are unable to work more than 10 hours a week"
"We also have extended the time allowed for veterans or their families to
choose between lump sum or periodic payments from three to six months, with
provisions for financial advice."
Subject to the passage of the legislation, Mrs Vale said the new Military
Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme was to commence on 1 July 2004.
Media Contact: Claire Bannon (02) 6277 7820 or 0423 781 896

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MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION BILLS
KEY FEATURES
Rehabilitation
* Rehabilitation will be a primary focus and the scheme will include
assessments for all members or former members who have a claim accepted,
aimed at full recovery, return to work where possible, or reaching optimum
health and well-being.
* Defence Service Chiefs will retain responsibility for the
rehabilitation of serving ADF members.
Compensation
* Compensation payments match those provided under existing
legislation, with significant enhancements for severe injury and incapacity.

* The scheme will offer a choice between a lump sum or regular pension
payments for permanent impairment or a combination of both.
* For severely injured personnel, a choice between incapacity payments
to age 65 or a lifetime Special Rate Disability Pension 'safety net'
payment.
Common income maintenance regardless of service
* The scheme introduces common income maintenance entitlements for
warlike, non-warlike and peacetime service. Special arrangements will be
made for entitlements under reserve or cadet service.
Widowed partners
* The scheme will offer a choice for widowed partners: a regular
pension, equivalent to the war widow's pension, or a lump sum based on the
lifetime pension value plus an age-based additional death benefit of up to
$103,000 if death is related to warlike service or up to $41,200 if death is
related to non-warlike or peacetime service
* Lump sum benefits for widows are enhanced. For example, the
25-year-old partner of an ADF member whose death was caused by warlike
service (with two children) will have benefits totalling approximately
$600,000 if taken entirely as a lump sum. In addition, the widowed partner
will be eligible for free health care for themselves and dependent children,
military superannuation benefits, weekly allowances for dependent children,
and other ancillary benefits.
Health care
* Payment of reasonable expenses for members not requiring ongoing
treatment.
* Provision of the White Card, providing free care for members needing
ongoing treatment for conditions accepted as service-related.
* Provision of the Gold Card for members with 60 or more permanent
impairment points, or those eligible for the 'safety net', providing free
care for all conditions regardless of whether they are service-related.
Financial advice
* In some circumstances where a choice is available, the Federal
Government will pay up to $1236 towards the cost of independent financial
advice to assist injured personnel and their families in choosing the most
appropriate benefits.
Continuation of Veterans' Entitlements Act benefits
* Links between the new scheme and existing veterans' entitlements
will provide benefits to new veterans with warlike service, such as the
automatic treatment for certain conditions such as PTSD, the Gold Card at
age 70 and the service pension at age 60.
Commencement
* The new scheme will cover all ADF service from the date the
legislation takes effect, planned for 1 July 2004.
www.dva.gov.au/adf/new_mrc/index.htm
<http://www.dva.gov.au/adf/new_mrc/index.htm>

Iraq today

This is for those who are discouraged at the constant bombardment of negative news about Iraq from the liberal, anti-Bush media and those who just want to be critical for their various reasons.

SINCE PRESIDENT BUSH DECLARED AN END TO MAJOR COMBAT ON MAY 1:

...the first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty.

... over 60,000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow citizens.

.nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning.

. the Iraqi judiciary is fully independent.

...on Monday, October 6 power generation hit 4,518 megawattsâexceeding the pre-war average.

...all 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges are open, as are nearly all primary and secondary schools.

... by October 1, Coalition forces had rehabbed over 1,500 schools - 500 more than their target.

... teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.

.all 240 hospitals and more than 1200 clinics are open.

.doctor's salaries are at least eight times what they were under Saddam.

...pharmaceutical distribution has gone from essentially nothing to 700 tons in May to a current total of 12,000 tons.

...the Coalition has helped administer over 22 million vaccination doses to Iraq's children.

...a Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 kilometers of Iraq's 27,000 kilometers of weed-choked canals. They now irrigate tens of thousands of farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 Iraqi men and women.

.we have restored over three-quarters of pre-war telephone services and over two-thirds of the potable water production.

... there are 4,900 full-service connections. We expect 50,000 by January first.

...the wheels of commerce are turning. From bicycles to satellite dishes to cars and trucks, businesses are coming to life in all major cities and towns.

...95 percent of all pre-war bank customers have service and first-time customers are opening accounts daily.

... Iraqi banks are making loans to finance businesses.

...the central bank is fully independent.

... Iraq has one of the world's most growth-oriented investment and banking laws.

.. Iraq (has) a single, unified currency for the first time in 15 years.

.satellite dishes are legal.

...foreign journalists aren't on 10-day visas paying mandatory and extortionate fees to the Ministry of Information for minder's and other government spies.

.. there is no Ministry of Information.

...there are more than 170 newspapers.

... you can buy satellite dishes on what seems like every street corner.

... foreign journalists and everyone else are free to come and go.

...a nation that had not one single elementâlegislative, judicial or executive-- of a representative government, does.

...in Baghdad alone residents have selected 88 advisory councils. Baghdad's first democratic transfer of power in 35 years happened when the city council elected its new chairman.

...today in Iraq chambers of commerce, business, school and professional organizations are electing their leaders all over the country.

... 25 ministers, selected by the most representative governing body in Iraq's history, run the day-to-day business of government.

...the Iraqi government regularly participates in international events. Since July the Iraqi government has been represented in over two dozen international meetings, including those of the UN General Assembly, the Arab League, the World Bank and IMF and, today, the Islamic Conference Summit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that it is reopening over 30 Iraqi
embassies around the world.

...Shia religious festivals that were all but banned, aren't.

... for the first time in 35 years, in Karbala thousands of Shiites celebrate the pilgrimage of the 12th Imam.

...the Coalition has completed over 13,000 reconstruction projects, large and small, as part of (a) strategic plan for the reconstruction of Iraq.

...Uday and Queasy are dead - and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis to his zoo lions, raping the young daughters of local leaders to force cooperation, torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games..murdering critics.

...children aren't imprisoned or murdered when their parents disagree with the government.

...political opponents aren't imprisoned, tortured, executed, maimed, or are forced to watch their families die for disagreeing with Saddam.

...millions of longsuffering Iraqis no longer live in perpetual terror.

..Saudis will hold municipal elections.

... Qatar is reforming education to give more choices to parents.

... Jordan is accelerating market economic reforms.

... the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the first time to an Iranian -- a Muslim woman who speaks out with courage for human rights, for democracy and for peace.

.The current White House administration has not faltered or failed.

...Saddam is gone.

.Iraq is free.

NOT BAD FOR AN ADMINISTRATION WITH NO PLAN, NO DIRECTION, WAS GOING TO BE
SLAUGHTERED GOING INTO BAGDAD, AND WAS ONLY IN THIS FOR THE OIL.

SANTA
>
>A beautiful innocent young girl wants to meet Santa Claus so she puts
>on a robe and stays up late on Christmas Eve. Santa arrives, climbs
>down the chimney, and begins filling the socks. He is about to leave
>when the girl says in a sexy voice, "Oh Santa, please stay." Santa
>replies, "HO HO HO, Gotta go, gotta go, Gotta get the presents to the
>children, you know." The girl drops the robe to reveal a sexy bra and
>panties and says in an even
>sexier voice, "Oh Santa, please stay."
>Santa replies, "HO HO HO, Gotta go, Gotta go,
>Gotta get the presents to the children, you know."
>Santa begins to sweat.
>The girl takes off her bra and says, "Oh Santa... Please... Stay."
>Santa replies, "HO HO HO, Gotta go,
>Gotta go, gotta get the resents to the children, you know."
>Santa wipes his brow.
>She loses the panties and says, "Oh Santa... Please... Stay....."
>Santa, with sweat pouring off his brow says,
>"HEY HEY HEY, Gotta stay, Gotta stay,
>Can't get up the chimney with my pecker this way!"

>
>GOLF

>
>A guy was playing golf one day and he got lost. He saw a lady up ahead
>of him and went to her and said "Can you please help me, I don't know
>what hole I'm on."
>She told him "You are one hole behind me. I'm on 7; you're on 6."
>He thanked her and continued playing golf. On the back nine he got lost
>again. He saw the same lady and went to her again kind of embarrassed.
"I'm
>sorry to bother you again but I'm lost again, can you please tell me
what
>hole I'm on."
>She told him "You are one hole behind me. I'm on 14; you are on 13."
>Again he thanked her and continued playing golf.
>When he finished he saw her in the clubhouse. He went up to her and
asked
>if
>he could buy her a drink for helping him out. She accepted. As they
were
>drinking and talking he asked her what she did for a living. "I'm in
>sales."
>
>He replied "no kidding so am I. What do you sell?"
>She said it's too embarrassing to tell. But after he kept pleading to
>know what she sold she said she'd tell him if he promised not to laugh.

>He promised. She said, "I sell tampons". He immediately fell to the
>floor laughing hysterically. She said, "You promised you wouldn't
>laugh". He replied "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it. I sell toilet
>paper. I'm still one hole behind you."

Christmas with Louise
Here's a cute Christmas story. It's been going around since about 1996, so you may have seen it before, but it's worth repeating once in a while:

"As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them.

What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings were overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty.

One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who would buy that?" Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for 'Lovable Louise." She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call Louise a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination.

On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home, and giggled for a couple of hours.

The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more.
We all agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner.

My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. "What the hell is that?" she asked. My brother quickly explained, "It's a doll." "Who would play with something like that?" Granny snapped. I had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. "Where are her clothes?" Granny continued.

"Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran," Jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room.

But Granny was relentless. "Why doesn't she have any teeth?" Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying,"Hang on Granny! Hang on!"

My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, " Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?"

I told him she was Jay's friend.

A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home.

The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and Grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants and Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car.

It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember.

Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination and found the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had suffered from a hot amber to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health. Louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. I think Grandpa still calls her whenever he can get out of the house."

Written by humorist Jeff Foxworthy, ca. 1996.