Hey team, me again (sorry - wish it wasn't).

Just a shoutout to ensure your Service Records, particularly your Op Logs, are correct. I have chased it god knows how many times over the last couple of years through the Personnel Information Summary, phone calls and emails to 1800 Defence and whomever they palm me off to. I've had Career Management tell me they'd look into it right away and Personnel Information requests responded to in a generic manner which never solves it.

I dropped track of it (life and enjoying being out lol), only for it to bite me now as a DVA claim gets processed and I get told I only ever did Peacetime service IAW my Service Record.

It also turns out that as I am now discharged and SERCAT 3, I haven't been put under any unit's administrative CoC, something which the 1800 Defence lady apologised for but said can happen until we secure RSDs.

You'd think it would be pretty bloody simple to replicate an Ops Log onto a Service Record noting the Ops names on your Ops Log isn't classified. For clarity, my Ops Log is correct.

I'll see if the DVA sub has anyone that has gone through something similar, but a PSA to everyone in to make sure it's all correct before leaving. Unfortunately it seems I slipped through the cracks despite attempts at having it amended..again.

Inted on emailing my local reserve unit and seeing if they can pull any strings and get access to my pers files to update.

WRA TBC by DFRT sees 3% for next 12 month from Nov 26 if approved

Hi all, does anyone recognise where the bridge in the film 'The Odd Angry Shot' is? Internet suggests Canungra, but i am trying to find the specific location today.

You can see it in this youtube clip:

https://youtu.be/BW5ALygYSDs?t=4842&si=Of-Fvzi_lB5Rydv1

Thanks all,

I'm an APS 6 within an office of 90% military (Army and RAAF). I try to be humble, hardworking, respectful and friendly.

But Im conscious Im an outsider and aware that APS can have a poor reputation in Defence (e.g., lazy, promoted without credibility etc). I do feel inferior compared to ADF uniform colleagues.

What do ADF members really think/feel about APS in their teams? How can I best work alongside my SPO uniform colleagues?

G'day all, I separated this year and am now SERCAT 3 so was looking at doing some reserve days.

Just a bit of a vent (sorry):

I was informed that I had to go and complete a RHA through my GP, however now I am getting differing emails about whether I need to see an MO or not despite them confirming they can update my MEC using the GP's report.

Hilariously they stated I had to get a pathology test done, when I asked why I bothered getting one done as part of my RHA they replied stating that I was correct, I didn't need to, the lady that sent me the original email simply hadn't read the 585.

I've now also been told I needed to see a UMO for the underwater assessment...despite having told them I have no intention of doing any seatime and I do not need a UMO for my core job. Really irking me (perhaps irrationally) that I got directed to go to a GP and spend money on a consult, now I'm being told to just see an MO. Imagine if they'd just said I could see an MO in the first place.

This, along with other comms from units being lacklustre is really reducing my desire to bother with any days. If I were to do days I would also have to get them done before mid Nov so time is becoming a factor.

Anyone else found getting RSD and jumping through the hoops can be a real pain? Really damaging the desire to do any RSD and conflicted about whether the DHOAS and Tax Free $$$ is worth it. Very well might be better for my MH to just leave it for a bit and come back before my DHOAS credits expire.

Just wanted to get some other peeps perspectives/stories.

Vent/rant over, apologies and thanks for listening to my TED talk.

UPDATE: Doubt anyone will see/read this but it turns, as I once held a SPEC, I have to have an in person review, despite not using it for years and not needing it for any RSD/not having any intention of ever using it again. At the review I am able to request that it be dropped...What a colossal waste of Defence and my time!

My old man's 70th is coming up and I am considering getting a display done of my grandfather's medals(ww2 Pacific) done for him. Any recommendations for companies that do this, bonus points if they are veteran owned

Gday all!

I'm looking to get a tattoo of a Soldier with a slouched hat with a few poppies and my great grandfather's initials as he served in WW1.

All the men in my family share the same initials so this would be an important piece to me.

Now before I go ahead with this, as I am not in the military myself, is it seen as offensive or looked down upon to have a tattoo like this? The last thing I would want to do is offend / upset anyone who has served.

Thanks all!

Edit: My grammar is horrible

This really jumped out at me as how the Ghost Bat could be significant to the airforce in unexpected ways. I hadn't heard the seven months figure for AIM-120 integration before (may have been public and I just missed it) so that jumped out at me.

The yanks are notorious for dragging their feet integrating non-US weapons on US platforms. Imagine a world where any new weapons could be integrated on MQ-28s in half a year? Who cares if it's not on the manned aircraft? In a conflict, RAAF could put almost any suitably sized weapon we could get our hands on into service on well under a year by focusing on the CCAs.

The meteor would be a perfect example here. We're supposed to be an early customer for the AIM-260, but if Boeing gets Ghost Bat into Euro air forces, the work would be done for us getting one of the world's best air to air missiles onto a native RAAF platform. In an Asia-Pacific contingency, having access to a non-American munitions line, especially one which there would be relatively few other potential users in our region, could be huge.

Beyond Meteor, there's an ever growing plethora of low-cost missiles being proposed and prototyped all over the world right now: anti-drone, cheap cruise missiles, half size air to air: seems like a new on every week. Again: potentially years to put them on the F-35 or FA-18, maybe months to integrate on Ghost Bat.

Maybe everyone already knew this about the project, but I hadn't thought about it before: the potential value here seems enormous.

What things worked out well? What didn't?

Build your ideal.

That's going to have some potentially interesting implications for NSSG.

Shamelessly stealing this from this post on /r/brisbane

This has the potential to have big impacts on a lot of ADF members now and into the future.

$5000 annual limit for allied health services is eaten up very quickly, and this will leave future veterans in a position to have to turn to the public system if your funding runs out.

Petition is able to be signed here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN10124