[BigMo]

US ARMY 1982-2002 Now a contractor at Victory Iraq

[crossroads]

I was in the Navy from 91-97. Served on USS Vella Gulf CG72.

[mapleflag]

Ex MP, 70-80 CAF Served in Canada ,Europe and at some embassy postings as well as 3 UN deployments. ACpilot , I had a female MP reservist at one point who went on to REG force aircrew on 130's with 436 squadron.
You may have crossed paths or swords with her, Mel Hill was her name.

[The General]

Australia has a newly elected Prime Minister.

After 11 years under John Howard's Liberal government we have a new one.

Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is Down Under's new head honcho.

He was quick to reassure the respective governments of both the United States and Great Britain that 21 million Australians are their mates and that they are ready, willing & able to help out militarily whenever and wherever we are required.

I thought that was a good enough reason to bump this thread!

[FormerViperDriver]

Well, OK then...

US Air Force 1979-2003. F-111 and F-16 pilot.

Still working for the Air Force, in Germany, as a contractor (my company is L-3 Communications).

FVD

[stalag8611]

Army Security Agency (Mil. equiv. of NSA) from 1953 to 1956. Trained as High Speed Morse Intercept Operator, served in W. Germany, and tracked radio traffic of the 8th & 9th Soviet Armored Divisions based in E.Germany.

[Gunner]

Joined the Naval Reserve in 1989

Gunner's Mate (Guns) First Class, USNR

Got out in 1996

Commissioned in 1998 in the Naval Reserve.

Got out as a LT (O-3) in 2005.

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by The General

Australia has a newly elected Prime Minister.

After 11 years under John Howard's Liberal government we have a new one.

Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is Down Under's new head honcho.

He was quick to reassure the respective governments of both the United States and Great Britain that 21 million Australians are their mates and that they are ready, willing & able to help out militarily whenever and wherever we are required.

I thought that was a good enough reason to bump this thread!

You have voted out your liberal, just as it looks like we're about to elect one. Still, we welcome the support. But we've always known you'd be there with us, you guys hate being left out.

[smartd]

[quote=The General;133529]Australia has a newly elected Prime Minister.

After 11 years under John Howard's Liberal government we have a new one.

/quote]

We have not just elected a new Prime Minister, however, we are investigating a crooked former PM.

[mapleflag]

Now don't go saying he's crooked, cripes we'll wind up kicking out another 2.1 million dollars. He said he didn't receive any money for Air Canada's Airbus purchases! BUT , I'm not certain was he not the PM when the CAF got their Airbus', excuse me Polaris'. I don't know how that purchase happened, no pre-quals or specs. just one day we have Boeings and the next the other. Why has nobody looked at that!