Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: To all Australians and New Zealanders
just a heads up this month on foxtel on 16th August
their is a re-enactment story on the battle of long tan which happened in Vietnam.
i dont have Fox but have already gone to a friends house to set up their fox recording programme.
its guaranteed to be a good watch.
with in depth interviews by the guys who were there.
Forget words,actions will show your true ambitions!The Battlefield,In many cases, the terrain of a battlefield can be the best resource a commander has. A clump of trees, an abandoned house, or a drainage ditch can all be powerful tools in the right hands
Yeah we have the same thing here in New Zealand. Ours is on Sky tv, on the history channel, but it is sux of one and half a dozen of the other
Should be interesting because its production and direction was all Kiwi/Aussie people, so we might get a little more STORY, and less theatrics than if it was helmed by our friendly cousins, the Seppos.
My first Seco when I joined the Army was a LongTan vet and the bloke who put me thru basic was part of the relief, 3 Cav gunner.
Awesome to hear and to work with those who were actually there.
Had a beer last ANZAC Day with CPL Mick Goodwin my first Seco, The other bloke who's name escapes me at present passed on a few months ago, great bloke tho, SGT .......Adams if I recall right, ah well, we are all getting old I suppose.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: To all Australians and New Zealanders
Bob (Bear) Buick who was the PL SGT of 10PL (I think) D Coy 6RAR at Long Tan came to RMC as a DS on annual field training in 1979 and I can still clearly remember him bellowing out a massive bollocking to my company during the debrief of a attack that we had put in. He was one of a number of heroes we had come through the place during my time there. It was not really until later that we appreciated who these guys were and what they had done and why they always wanted our shell scrapes deeper and our arses down lower as we fought through positions. I found out this morning from a medals dealer I know that one of the better 'teachers' of that cohort had passed away a couple of years ago. Seems to be the way with that 'vintage', that many are not living as long as the returned WWII guys.
It's funny that the basis for years of training for grunts was based on Malaya and SE Asia. I can still remember well into the late 80's on Sub II for SGT sitting in a bush classroom in Singo getting lectured by some crusty old WO1 in starched Lightweight greens and real shiny boots!! on the basics of jungle warfare in SE Asia. Every lesson was punctuated with yarns and actuals, first hand or recounted, it was amazing to hear names of blokes I had served with in the RAR.
Every training year we would cycle from the J back to conventional warfare, but, you know about all that stuff anyway!
No such thing as conventional anymore is there. The J has been handed back to the greenies and why patrol on foot when you got a comfy AFV, Bushranger/6x6 or even a truck or two!! Luxury.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:54 am Post subject: mmm
reminder its on tonight!
Forget words,actions will show your true ambitions!The Battlefield,In many cases, the terrain of a battlefield can be the best resource a commander has. A clump of trees, an abandoned house, or a drainage ditch can all be powerful tools in the right hands
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:25 am Post subject: mmm
yer i did was a world premiere!
Forget words,actions will show your true ambitions!The Battlefield,In many cases, the terrain of a battlefield can be the best resource a commander has. A clump of trees, an abandoned house, or a drainage ditch can all be powerful tools in the right hands
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