It sounds like the voice of bitterness doesn't it.
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SASR "Execute" unarmed Afghan
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fantassin
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Here is where I saw it; it does not specifically say that operators will be posted out but they will rotate through companies.
Ms. Kramp-Karrenbauer added that she now wants to better integrate the KSK into the wider military to increase oversight of the unit. Training that had been conducted separately from other units would be opened up, security checks of new recruits would be intensified and the number of years soldiers could serve in the same company would be capped.
Germany Disbands Special Forces Group Tainted by Far-Right Extremists
For years, far-right extremists were tolerated inside Germany’s most elite military unit. An underground bunker of explosives has woken the authorities to an alarming problem.
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Archimedes
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Not sure; I think regular, but don't know the individual sufficiently to be certain.
SAS leader: Soldiers today need to deal with the wrongs of the past.
Interesting article from the SMH. Especially about the difficulty of proving any war crime allegations in a criminal court.
I hope they question why both Liberal and Labor government allowed these constant rotations to take place as the politicians are the ones who have the ultimate responsibility.
Interesting article from the SMH. Especially about the difficulty of proving any war crime allegations in a criminal court.
I hope they question why both Liberal and Labor government allowed these constant rotations to take place as the politicians are the ones who have the ultimate responsibility.
The mindset st the time was to make a "meaningful" contribution to show support to the US but the Australian Govt is risk averse (Vietnam War legacy) and didn't wan't significant casualties.
The solution was to deploy SF in coalition TF for hard end stuff and deploy conventional in relatively low risk areas.
This had universal support from all political flavours but unfortunately they never set an endstate or timespan hence the deployments kept rolling on.
It should be noted that the vast majority of the ADF (inc SF) did not push back on these arrangements. Aus has the highest deployment allowances and tax free income of any country on Operational deployment and for many it turned into a gravy train - particularly senior officers who produced an outsized Staff appointment quota to many Staff jobs that the Coalition found difficulty in filling.
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The solution was to deploy SF in coalition TF for hard end stuff and deploy conventional in relatively low risk areas.
This had universal support from all political flavours but unfortunately they never set an endstate or timespan hence the deployments kept rolling on.
It should be noted that the vast majority of the ADF (inc SF) did not push back on these arrangements. Aus has the highest deployment allowances and tax free income of any country on Operational deployment and for many it turned into a gravy train - particularly senior officers who produced an outsized Staff appointment quota to many Staff jobs that the Coalition found difficulty in filling.
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Saturation
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Banker
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You need to bone-up on the LOAC mate.
MuddledUOTCOcdt
Old-Salt
Allied partners implicated
The Campbell briefing also makes serious allegations about war crimes involving US and British special forces, who sometimes worked with their Australian counterparts. The US military has prosecuted several special forces members for brutal war crimes with mixed success, while the British military has also faced scrutiny and investigations.One special forces informant is recorded as telling Dr Crompvoets: "Whatever we do, though, I can tell you the Brits and the US are far, far worse. I've watched our young guys stand by and hero worship what they were doing, salivating at how the US were torturing people. You just stand there and roll your eyes and wait for it to end."
'Blood lust, killings, cover-ups': Report describes Australia's 'Abu Ghraib' moment
Australian special forces soldiers tortured and executed prisoners in Afghanistan, according to an extraordinary report that kicked off the war-crimes inquiry.
Allied partners implicated
The Campbell briefing also makes serious allegations about war crimes involving US and British special forces, who sometimes worked with their Australian counterparts. The US military has prosecuted several special forces members for brutal war crimes with mixed success, while the British military has also faced scrutiny and investigations.
One special forces informant is recorded as telling Dr Crompvoets: "Whatever we do, though, I can tell you the Brits and the US are far, far worse. I've watched our young guys stand by and hero worship what they were doing, salivating at how the US were torturing people. You just stand there and roll your eyes and wait for it to end."
'Blood lust, killings, cover-ups': Report describes Australia's 'Abu Ghraib' moment
Australian special forces soldiers tortured and executed prisoners in Afghanistan, according to an extraordinary report that kicked off the war-crimes inquiry.www.smh.com.au
and you're surprised because...?
MuddledUOTCOcdt
Old-Salt
No surprise at all on my side.
combatintman
War Hero
I made a point of phoning my former Brit colleagues in RC(SW) when I was on tour with the Aussie Army to tell them what I was earning a month. Although strangely I was never able to convince the young officer in my detachment that 90% of why people in the ADF were cutting each other's throats to go on tour was because of the deployment allowances despite deploying the - 'in the mid-90s nobody in BAOR volunteered to go to Bosnia because they ended up out of pocket' argument.
retread2
LE
My word. Five months in Namibia gave me our first house deposit and we were paying tax (1989 - 90). Then there was the 'Dili Dash for Cash' as it was known. Smart folk were doing six months in East Timor, six months back with their unit in Aus then, being 'indispensable', another six months in East Timor, rinse and repeat. The bastards. Then that nice Mr Saddam helped me with my house deposit.
Happy days.
combatintman
War Hero
Gold mate - I slept in a room with that nice Mr Hussein's image carved into the wall in 2016 - he looked pretty happy about squaring away your accommodation needs
Especially for divorce lawyers.
Firing off two rounds in quick succession when you're on semi-auto. Gives you a bit of a spread of shot and a better likelihood of catching someone.
Señor_Chang
LE
Apologies for bumping an old thread but this seemed relevant to your post. Again only a passing reference to UKSF member involvement.
SEAL Sentenced to 10 Years in Death of Green Beret Logan Melgar - USNI News
QRK2
LE
I don't suppose the current President is quite as likely to step in with a pardon as the previous one might have.
Señor_Chang
LE
I listened to Andy Stumpf's (former Devgru) podcast episode that had Gallagher on it. Very interesting story he has to tell.
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