There’s just something about the Infantry. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The men of the Infantry live as they always have. Endless road marches, mud, rain, snow, sleet, sand, crappy food, last-minute missions and no sleep are just the beginning of what is expected. There is a shared knowledge that […]

My best friend from my VVAA days in Sydney sent me a Vietnam Veteran cap. I’d never had one of this style before, and I was pretty hyped about it, especially because my friend, Mick Scrase was considerate enough to take the time to give it to me. One day, I wore it when I […]

Two men, both national servicemen but from different eras, were boasting to each other about their old Army days. “Why, back in the ’50s my outfit was so well drilled,” declared one, “that when we presented arms; all you could hear was slap, slap, click.” “That’s very impressive,” conceded the other, “but back in the […]

When I was with 21 Construction Squadron, the unit moved to Brissy. A few of us sappers were sitting in the brew room when in walked the Divisional Commander and all his hangers-on to say “Hi” etc. Anyway, we were all talking about who was in charge of most men in the Army. Everyone had […]

This is a true story. The previous day, Saturday, the boys headed into Liverpool. I was still cleaning my gear so they told me to meet them at the RSL and one of the Sydney boys proceeded to give me directions from the railway station. Anyway, I got in about 4.30 and started looking for […]

Willy the pig was the 7 RAR part of the 5/7 RAR mascot team of Quintus Secundus (Tiger) from 5 RAR and Willy the pig from 7 RAR. D Coy brought him (as a piglet) back on a Herc from Tully in 1987. He was the son of Rodney the pig from up there. Anyway, […]

We did a battalion ex (5/7) at Woomera. I was in TPT Pl and on this particular ex I was driving the Mack gun tractor. Well, it was towards the end of the ex and me having the gun tractor, one of my jobs was to retrieve the tank targets, which were basically square-shaped steel […]

We had this fuckwit Pay Sgt at 3 RAR harping on about how he should have been awarded the ICB after Interfet. So we made a lovely phone call from the mortar store advising the orderly room corporal that this was Major Pain advising that the head of Corps Infantry had approved him being awarded […]