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Where the Army is at with its weapons
REMEMBERING CASSINO
The battles of Cassino are commemorated 70 years on
ARMY RESERVISTS
What the Armys TF can expect
EXERCISE ALAM HALFA
Combat readiness is tested
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J U N E 2 0 1 4
ISSUE 453
NZARMY
NEWS
CONTENTS
NEWS
Invictus team named 03
Weapons Update 06
Reservists-what's in store? 13
PEOPLE
Soldiers commended
for bravery 02
Remembering Cassino 09
Wonderful Waiouru 14
Experiential learning 17
New soldiers 22
EXERCISES
Alam Halfa 18
Eutectic 20
Harder-Times 21
SPORT
Cycling 25
Tough guys and gals 26
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COVER: A 3 Signals Squadron
soldier on exercise near
Porters Pass, South Island.
Two new soldiers in the New Zealand Army have
received commendations for what has been
described as a seless act of bravery.
The soldiers were honoured on the same day they graduated in Waiouru.
Private Jack Martin from Aucklands North Shore and Private Sean
Chapman from Opotiki were at a bar in Albany, Auckland in March enjoying
a mid-course break from the Armys All Arms Recruit Course when they
witnessed a man knocked unconscious by another.
It was a king hit from behind. He went down hard and smacked his head
on one of the speakers in the club, said PTE Chapman.
You could hear his head hit the speaker, even over the noise of the music.
Both men jumped to the mans aid and conducted rst aid and CPR until
the Police and St Johns Ambulance arrived.
PTE Martin ensured no one interfered with his colleagues attempts to
revive the man by keeping a crowd of people from interfering with the rst
aid process.
It was quite an intense time with lots of intoxicated people around who
were trying to intervene. It took a lot of effort to keep them from doing
further harm by doing things that would not have helped, said PTE Martin.
The Police ofcer who attended the scene notied the recruits course
Commanders and described what they did as a seless act in that it
had the potential to bring them into the crossre of a hostile situation
and yet was done so with a clear view in mind to render assistance to an
injured stranger.
PTE Chapman and PTE Martin said they didnt know what eventually
happened to the man but hoped he had made a full recovery.
We did what we did by instinct thanks to our training and I hope he ended
up okay, said PTE Chapman.
Commander of Waiouru Military Camp Colonel Evan Williams said the two
soldiers showed courage and commitment in the face of an adverse situation.
The South Island Chapter of the Patriots Defence Force Motorcycle Club
recently presented a cheque for $500 to the Fallen Heroes Trust.
The money was raised at the Patriots Hororata Rally earlier this year.
The Patriots Defence Force Motorcycle Club consists of serving and retired
New Zealand Defence Force personnel (including Reserves) who have a love
of motorcycles and enjoy riding.
NEW SOLDIERS SAVE A
MAN FROM SERIOUS HARM
PATRIOTS DEFENCE FORCE MOTORCYCLE
CLUB SUPPORTS FALLEN HEROES
President of the club, Daniel Wilson said that as Patriots members shared
military backgrounds, they understood the aims of the Fallen Heroes Trust
and wanted to contribute.
The Fallen Heroes Trust provides support to the families of armed forces
personnel killed or wounded whilst serving overseas.
Daniel Wilson (left), President of the Patriots Defence Force Motorcycle Club SI Chapter, presents a cheque to BRIG (Rtd) Neville Reilly
of the Fallen Heroes Trust at a club gathering at the Templeton RSA.
What they did possibly ensured that the serious assault did not result in
long term injury or death.
This commendation recognises the courage and commitment displayed by
them and highlights the importance of the Army ethos and values of courage,
commitment, comradeship and integrity, said Colonel Williams.
Seless: Privates Sean Chapman (left) and Jack Martin.
The past two months have seen a focus on celebrating
our history, with veterans from Monte Cassino and D-Day
returning to where they fought and commemorating the
service of those who fell.
These men are testament to the Kiwi ghting spirit, and
their safe return to New Zealand has allowed us to share their
stories, learn from their wisdom, and understand what they
did as teams and as individuals to keep themselves, and
their mates, out of harms way.
An ongoing focus for our whole Defence Force is around
ensuring we train, exercise and operate in the safest possible
way. While stories of those who fought so many years
ago may now seem far-removed from todays operational
environments, with our modern equipment, stronger
communications technology, and a different way of ghting
the lessons these veterans offer us are as relevant today as
they were on those frontlines in Europe. The kit helps us ght
the war, but its the people who learn the lessons and share
best practice that help us win it.
As an organisation, sharing the knowledge and skills you
each have, looking out for each other, learning from lessons
past and applying them today all help us to operate in the
safest possible way.
Our track record in health and safety is improving.
This is due only to each of you learning and retaining
best practice, and sharing it with your colleagues. I
encourage this continued focus on improving health and
safety across our whole organisation. With it, we will
continue to be a smart, effective and agile Army able to
maximise effect, and minimise the risk to our own people
and those we serve alongside.
NZ Army Health and Safety have an article in this issue
of Army News that supports our focus on staying a force
thats t to ght. Read it, and remember: Operations rst,
safety always.
MAJ GEN Dave Gawn, MBE
Chief of Army
A
MESSAGE
FROM
CHIEF
OF ARMY
Twelve NZDF personnel, both currently serving and veteran,
will head to London in September this year to compete
against the 400 participants from 13 other nations taking
parting the Invictus games.
The Invictus Games is an international sporting competition
for wounded, injured and sick Service personnel.
The team is looking forward to competing and to bringing
the Kiwi ghting spirit to the competition.
Colonel Angela Fitzsimons was recently honoured by
the United States Department of Defense for exceptional
service. She was presented the Defence Intelligence
Directors award during a recent visit by Mr Marcel
Lettre, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence.
During Colonel Fitzsimonss tenure as the Director of
Defence Intelligence she signicantly advanced the
military relationship between New Zealand and the
United States. The citation for her award also
acknowledged her efforts to improved wider multilateral
relationships in the international community as well as
her service as the New Zealand Senior National Ofcer
with the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria
during 2012.
INVICTUS GAMES
NZDF TEAM NAMED
US HONOUR
FOR KIWI
COLONEL
STEYR TO BE REPLACED
The Steyr rie is to be replaced by
2016/17. Tenders will be called to
produce a shortlist of potential new
ries. The NZDF will trial each of the
ries on the shortlist to ensure the
right ones are purchased for its needs.
As the IWRP progresses there will be
further updates in the Army News.
See full story page 6
THE NZDF INVICTUS GAMES TEAM:
Competitors
CAPT Aaron Soppett Army
CPL Jason Sturley Army
PTE Dion Taka Army
CPL Peter Mason-Smith Army
SGT David Duncan Army
CPL Connor McLellan Army
CPL Kelly Whittle Army
PO Karl Shearsby Navy
CPO Tana Pungatara Navy
CPO Amy Baynes Navy
Mr Dave Sherriff Veteran (RNZAF)
Mr Bill Blaikie Veteran (RNZAF and Army)
Support Team
Warrant Ofcer Gary Clark RNZAF
CAPT Rebecca Maddaford Army
POMED Skye Jordan Navy
Exceptional service: Colonel Fitzsimons receives her award from Mr Lettre.
04ARMYTRAINING
ISSUE 453 | JUNE 2014
By Sergeant James Kirkland
The second MHOV maintainers course is under way.
The rst day of the course saw the students being taught by
MHOV Transition into Service Team (TiST) driving instructors
who showed the students around the vehicle and assessed
them on a road drive to enable test drives to be conducted.
The second day saw the course broken down into the two
trade groups with the maintenance tters learning about the
Enhanced Palletised Loading System, self recovery winches
and the Hiab crane. The automotive technicians received
instruction over the next nine working days on CANbus,
Common Rail fuel injection, Electronic Braking Systems, the
AS TRONIC gearbox, electronic and electrical diagnostics, use
FIRST MHOV MAINTAINERS
COURSE COMPLETED
of the MANcats diagnostic computer and the new electronic
repair manuals.
For the automotive technicians the course was not just a
conversion course to familiarise themselves with the new
vehicles but exposed them to the latest state of the art
technology available in the automotive industry. Students
were taught the electrical and electronic structure of the
vehicle which includes up to twelve Electronic Control Units
talking to each other over a data network. They took to the
new electronic diagnostic computers (MANcats) well and
were able to master it quickly. At the end of the course the
instructors received some very good feed back and aspects
of that will be implemented on the next courses.
Ma Nga Hua Tu Tangata
By our actions we are known.
2 CSS BN INDUCTION PARADE
WHEN: 051330 JUL 14
WHERE: 5 MOV COY,
Linton Military Camp
DRESS: TF Dress 3/RF MCU
POC: CAPT G. Preston
(graeme.preston@nzdf.mil.nz.)
or
CPL S. Wilson
(sharna.wilson@nzdf.mil.nz)