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Volume 23 Number 4 |
November 2011 |
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President's Report
Another year is nearly over. The AGM was a great function and was well
attended by members. A highlight of the evening was the speech delivered by
Brian Smith about his association with the French Foreign Legion. It
was fascinating and enlightening. Being the AGM the attendees received
the required reports and the Executive Management Committee for the new year
was elected. The Commanding Officer, Tim O’Brien, informed the
attendees that he was finishing as CO at the end of the year. On
behalf of all members I wish to convey to Tim our thanks for his work as CO.
It has been challenging for him. Apart from suffering from the recent
Brisbane floods the work expected from the Regiment in military training is
enormous. His consistent hard work in maintaining the high standards
which QUR achieves marks the excellence of his command. We thank Tim
and wish him well for his future career.
The Committee will still work on the preservation of the history of the
Regiment by scanning photos and documents. As previously stated the scans
will be made available to members. If you have any old photos,
instructions, parade cards... anything at all... we would greatly appreciate
a loan so we can scan the documents for our history collection.
The last function for the year is the Xmas drinks at the Victory Hotel in
Edward Street Thursday 8 December 2011. Just drop by any time from
1730 for few minutes. Some hot and cold finger nibbles will be
available. Drinks are at the cost to the member. It is nice to catch
up with old friends. It would be great to see you there.
The Association has purchased a small supply of cuff links. The QUR
badge is gold on a black back ground. The letters “QURA” are pictured below
the badge. They are enclosed in a small presentation box. They are pictured
on this website. At $20 per set they are a great Xmas present.
I would extend to the Commanding Officer and all ranks of the Regiment
thanks for your support to the Association during the year. The Association
does what it can to further the interests of the Regiment and we greatly
appreciate the work which the Regiment does to support us.
To all the members I wish you the best for the forthcoming festive season. I
wish you safe travel and the happiness of family and friends getting
together.
CO's
Report November 2011
It is with some sadness that I pen my final
CO’s Report for the Association.
Firstly, an update on our St Lucia home. The good news is that the
planned rebuilding work is progressing well and should be completed
on schedule in early December. The Regiment is effectively
being rebuilt “like for like” with the old facilities, although in a
modernized state. However, there is some bad news. It
has been identified that the power supply into the Unit does not
meet modern standards and needs the installation of a new
transformer. The timing of this work is still being
determined, but it may take until mid 2012 before it can be
completed – and therefore until the Regiment can re-occupy the
facilities. So the desire to hold our first and final parade
of the year on our St Lucia parade ground will, unfortunately, not
be fulfilled. Nonetheless, I am glad that these matters are
all being identified and dealt with now, so that when the Regiment
does return to St Lucia, it can do so knowing that the facility is
fully ‘fit for purpose’, and should be such for a long time.
On the training side, the Regiment continues to be busy, and will be
so right up to Christmas stand-down.
Jacka Company is particularly busy. The timing of the cadet training
blocks has been changed, increasing the number of TBs which are
conducted over the November – February period. This timing, combined
with an increase in the number of Cadets we have under training,
means that Jacka is currently preparing its Cadets to attend over 80
TB courses across this summer (many Cadets doing more than one
course). This is a significant workload, the benefit of which will
be realized later in 2012 and 2013 when the Unit may be sending 15
to 20 cadets at a time for their final TB5, and subsequent
commissioning.
The tempo is no less in the other corners of the Regiment. We
currently have two Grade 3 courses running, and will conduct another
two Grade 2 courses before the year is out. From early January 2012,
we will kick off again with IET courses and Grade 3 courses, so it
will not be until well into February until the Unit can pause for
breath.
All of this work continues to be supported by the hardest working
elements of the Regiment – the logistic and administrative support
elements.
Off course, the work in 2012 will be under the stewardship of the
Regiments new Commanding Officer, LTCOL Mark Armstrong, who assumes
command with effect from 1 January 2012. Mark is a very
capable officer who will lead the Regiment with distinction. I
congratulate him on his appointment and wish him every success
during his command. He is about to experience an honour that he will
never forget.
For me, it has been an unequivocal privilege to have been entrusted
with the command the Regiment over the last three years. To command
the Regiment at any time is a privilege, but I cannot help but count
my good fortune that I have been in the role at a time of such
transformation, and at a time when the Regiment boasts so many fine
members. It has been humbling to witness their dedication and
achievements and an honour to serve with them.
At the start of this year, the first words I said to the collected
Regiment were that I was standing in front of the finest and most
important Reserve training establishment in the Army – and that it
was an honour to do so. That will forever be my view.
In signing off for the final time as CO, I would like to thank the
Association and all its members for the steadfast support it
provides to the Regiment. QUR’s alumni is truly one of its
great strengths.
Finally, I would like to wish all members of the Association a
happy, safe and peaceful Christmas season, and I look forward to
again crossing paths in the future – as a fellow alumnus of the
great Queensland University Regiment.
Scientia ac Labore
Tim O'Brien
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding Officer
Queensland University Regiment
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2011 QURA AGM
and Dinner
The 2011 QURA AGM and Dinner was held at the United
Service Club on 9 SEP. Approximately thirty members attended and
entertained by a talk from BRIG Peter Jeffrey about the changes about to
be implemented in the Army Reserve, LTCOL Tim O'Brien gave an
update on the status of the Regiment and the after dinner speaker Brian
Smith gave an insight into the French Foreign Legion as seen by his own
personal experience - a most enthralling story.
The AGM minutes and Financial Report can be found
later in the Newsletter.
Congratulations are extended to Trevor Luttrell for his work in the
dinner table ornaments.
The following photos were taken by Col
Ahern
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The
centre piece and table decorations were created by Trevor
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AGM 2011 dinner setting. |
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Correspondence from Members
Please note: QURA receives emails/letters from time to time requesting contact
details of members. The current policy is if a fellow member requests
contact with another member, the contact details are given without
contacting the relevant member.
Where contact is requested by a non-member, the contact is referred to the
individual member to follow up the contact if they so desire.
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From:- Bruce Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:- Photo as requested
Dear All,
Having been the Director Reserves - Army since LTCOL Andy behan
deployed in May, I have finally been able to spend
our office budget on more appropriate furniture.
THIS is how the Director General and I now live in R1-3-B168 in
Russell Offices in Canberra (Er, yes, well spotted -
a few of the cups did have our morning gins and
tonics)!
Regards,
Bruce
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From:- Paul Spencer
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Re Ponderings
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1. If
you take
an
Oriental
person
and spin
him
around
several
times,
does he
become
disoriented?
2. If
people
from
Poland
are
called
Poles,
why
aren't
people
from
Holland
called
Holes?
3. Do
infants
enjoy
infancy
as much
as
adults
enjoy
adultery?
4. If a
pig
loses
its
voice,
is it
disgruntled?
5. If
love is
blind,
why is
lingerie
so
popular?
6. Why
is the
man who
invests
all your
money
called a
broker?
7. When
cheese
gets its
picture
taken,
what
does it
say?
8. Why
is a
person
who
plays
the
piano
called a
pianist
but a
person
who
drives a
racing
car not
called a
racist?
9. Why
are a
wise man
and a
wise guy
opposites?
10. Why
do
overlook
and
oversee
mean
opposite
things?
11. Why
isn't
the
number
11
pronounced
onety
one?
12. 'I
am' is
reportedly
the
shortest
sentence
in the
English
language.
Could it
be that
'I do'
is the
longest
sentence?
13. If
lawyers
are
disbarred
and
clergymen
defrocked,
doesn't
it
follow
that
electricians
can be
delighted,
musicians
denoted,
cowboys
deranged,
models
deposed,
tree
surgeons
debarked,
and dry
cleaners
depressed?
14. What
hair
colour
do they
put on
the
driver's
license's
of bald
men?
15. I
thought
about
how
mothers
feed
their
babies
with
tiny
little
spoons
and
forks so
I
wondered
what do
Chinese
mothers
use?
Toothpicks?
16. Why
do they
put
pictures
of
criminals
up in
the Post
Office?
What
are we
supposed
to do,
write to
them?
Why
don't
they
just put
their
pictures
on the
postage
stamps
so the
postmen
can look
for them
while
they
deliver
the
mail?
17. You
never
really
learn to
swear
until
you
learn to
drive.
18. No
one ever
says,
'It's
only a
game'
when
their
team is
winning.
19. Ever
wonder
about
those
people
who
spend
£1.50
apiece
on those
little
bottles
of Evian
water?
Try
spelling
Evian
backwards:
NAIVE
20.
Isn't
making a
smoking
section
in a
restaurant
like
making a
peeing
section
in a
swimming
pool?
21. If 4
out of 5
people
SUFFER
from
diarrhoea ,
does
that
mean
that one
enjoys
it?
Scroll
down
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From:- Gina Privitera
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- QURA AGM/DINNER
Hi Peter,
Thought I'd send you a quick
email to thank you and Trevor and the rest
of the committee for organising last Friday
night's AGM and dinner. It was an excellent
opportunity to catch up with old friends and
to hear from the CO and BRIG Jeffery the
future for QUR and the wider Reserve. I
particularly enjoyed the insights provided
by Brian Smith on his time with the French
Foreign Legion.
Please pass on my best wishes
to Mal. I missed seeing him at the dinner.
Regards
Gina
Gina Privitera
MAJ
SO2 Financial Support to Operations
HQJOC
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From:- Dorothy Stone
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
QURA AGM
Hi Peter,
Sorry I didn’t
get back to you. I’ve been down
hiking around Kangaroo Island
where there are no TV’s, phones
or computers. It’s a beautiful
spot, would highly recommend
it. Anyway, obviously I won’t
be attending on Friday. Have an
enjoyable evening.
Dorothy
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From:- William Ridley
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re QURA AGM
Dear Peter,
Thank you for the
reminder. With Mary in her mid
80’s and myself trailing not
too far behind, one’s family
responsibilities curtail
participation in evening
events.
It is with regret
that I will not be able to
attend the next AGM this
Friday.
However I do
enjoy the News letters and am
keen to stay in touch.
Kindest regards,
William.
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From:- Ross McNab
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:- Re QURA AGM
Dear Peter,
Thanks for this. As I'm in the
UK until October I won't be
attending the AGM. If
appropriate to do so, please
record an apology for me?
Your well-worded emails and
newsletters etc do QURA a lot of
credit and should be appreciated
by all members.
With best wishes,
Ross
PS Regarding the request in this
email for people to keep their
contact details updated, mine
are as before (and as in the
signature block).
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From:- Adian Slipais
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:-
Shane
Slipais
Dear sir,
I am writing you today as I
stumbled upon your newsletter
and saw something that court my
eye. My name is Aidan Slipais,
my dad was Shane Slipais and
today is the 6th anniversary of
his passing. I saw in your
newsletter a small passage about
him from an ex student and would
just like to say thank you to
them and others who have said
similar things and also that if
anyone wishes to pass on
anything to our family they can
feel free to email me. I do not
know what else to really say, he
was my father, my teacher and my
best mate and is terribly missed
and after reading through some
of the newsletter I was happy to
see others thought the same and
I'm sure he would be too.
Aidan Slipais
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From:- Joe Barnwall
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the
invitation and for the wonderful
update service you provide.
I have a Wings
Dinner to attend that evening at
the Airline Academy of Australia
out at Archerfield – Seems that
I am handing them out as the VP,
so I would be rather missed if I
don’t attend! Hope that you
have a great evening – seems
that every time there is a QURA
function on, something else is
on. However, I now have one
child out of school and two more
soon to follow and life should
then suddenly become far less
hectic. While I am slack bugger
in terms of attendance, I really
do enjoy reading the material
you circulate and staying up to
date with events – a sincere
thank you.
Kind regards
Joe
Joe Barnewall
Managing Director
Langano Business
Strategists
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From:- Bruce Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:-
Re: Philosopher's Comments on Wives
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
David Bissonette
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After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Sacha Guitry
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
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Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Anonymous
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The great question. which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?"
Dumas
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I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Sigmund Freud
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'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.'
Anonymous
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'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.'
Sam Kinison
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'I've had bad luck with both my wives.
The first one left me, and the second one didn't.'
James Holt McGavra
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Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming.
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Patrick Murra
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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once....
Nash
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You know what I did before I married?
Anything I wanted to.
Anonymous
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My wife and I were happy for twenty years.
Then we met.
Henny Youngman
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A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
Rodney Dangerfield
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A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.'
Anonymous
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First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!'
Second Guy: 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.' |
Anonymous
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From:- Harry Standfast
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Peter
Thank you for the
notice of the AGM and Dinner. I am sorry I cannot attend. I am
very interested in maintaining contact but I don't drive now and
I rely on my wife to drive me places and monitor the computer
and advise me of what is going on. I found it a bit easier to
attend functions when they were at St Lucia. I hope you all
have a very pleasant evening.
Regards
Harry Standfast
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From:- Donna-Lee Greaves
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Hi Peter,
Unfortunately, I am unable to
attend the 2011 AGM, as I am
running the Smilie Pushcart
event at the Maryborough
Technology Challenge, on
Saturday 10 Sep - starting early
in the morning. This is for
assessment towards one of my
last subjects (March 2012
graduation, here I come).
At this stage, the
Christmas drinks are looking
good.
Fond regards,
Donna-Lee
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From:- Peter Sharwood
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Peter,
My reply must have vanished into cyberspace. I
replied a few weeks ago, but it may have gone to Trevor only.
I would really like to join you, but
unfortunately I had to decide between three functions that
evening and I have an obligation to all three. I had to make a
decision and I have a dining out for a very long standing friend
and colleague with whom I have worked almost all my life. I
suspect his medical issues are likely to catch up with him in
the none too distant future so Monica and I have decided to
attend his farewell.
I have the next day to deploy to New Guinea for
an exercise as well, so I have to send an apology for this year
for the AGM and dinner which I always enjoy. I hope to see you
all again soon.
Regards
Peter Sharwood
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From:- Trevor Luttrell
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Australia's Government!!!
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Whoever
wrote this was
pissed off....
but its a point
well made.
Political
Bastardry!
On the 18th of
August 1966 at
Long Tan,Vietnam,
D Company of the
6th Battalion,
Royal Australian
Regiment,
mainly made up
of Australian
National
Servicemen
and at that time
located to
support the
American Army,
fought a battle
against the Viet
Cong.
In this action D
Company lost 18
men killed and
24 injured.
The Viet Cong
dead numbered in
excess of 245.
The Australian
lines were never
crossed.
The Viet Cong
withdrew.
American
President
Johnson and US
Army Staff
recognised the
achievement
by awarding the
Unit Citation of
Gallantry on
30th May 1968.
The Award was
formally
accepted by
Queen Elizabeth
in 13th June
1968.
Prime Minister
John Gorton made
the formal
presentation
of this American
Citation to the
Battalion
at Lavarack
Barracks,Townsville
on 18th August
1968.
On the 31st of
March 2010,
D Company of the
6th Battalion,
Royal Australian
Regiment
were belatedly
awarded the
Australian
version of
"Unit Citation
for Gallantry" (UCG)
honouring their
extraordinary
deeds at Long
Tan.
The Government
however refused
to approve
travel payment
for the
surviving Unit
Members or their
families,
including the
families of
deceased Unit
Members,
in order that
they be present
at the
UCG Presentation
Ceremony
presided over by
the Governor
General of
Australia.
In February 2011
the same
Government of
Australia
footed the
Funeral Bill to
bury the illegal
boat people,
who tragically
perished on
Christmas
Island.
This included
flying surviving
family illegals
and survivors
to and from
Sydney and Xmas
Island,
accommodating
them, etc etc,
plus a Coach
tour of Sydney
thrown in.
The Canberra
Politburo had
waited 45 years
to publicly
acknowledge the
bravery and
sacrifice
of these Sons of
Australia
and then
immediately shit
on their memory
by wetting
themselves to
appease the
feelings of boat
illegals forcing
entry into our
country.
Now we
witness,what can
only be
described as,
attempted
political face
saving,
by this same
Government,
sponsoring a TV
Documentary,
to celebrate our
Armed Forces
accomplishments
at Kapyong,
Korea in 1951.
This will see
our Prime
Minister and the
entire
Priministeral
Entourage
fly in a RAAF
plane to Korea
to mark this
60th
Anniversary.
What Bloody
Hypocrisy!!!
What a Blatant
Affront to the
feelings
of our Nation's
serving Armed
Forces,
Past and
Present.
Shame,Shame,Shame,
You Political
Parasites.
You do not
deserve to
represent our
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From:- Rob Byrne
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Dear Peter
I really do have a valid excuse for not attending
the AGM. Mirella and I will be celebrating our 25th
Wedding Anniversary cruising the Greek Islands on 9th
September. We do have Gallipoli on the itinerary.
Regards
Rob Byrne
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From:- Bruce Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:-
First there was this gun...
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First there was this gun ....
It was developed by General Electric, the "We bring
good things to life" people. It's one of the
modern-day Gatling guns. It shoots very big bullets. It
shoots them very quickly.
Someone said, "Let's put it in an airplane."
Someone else said, "Better still, let's build an
airplane around it."
So they did. And "they" were the Fairchild-Republic
airplane people.
And they had done such a good job with an airplane they
developed back in WWII ..
...called the P-47 Thunderbolt, they decided to call it
the A10 Thunderbolt.
They made it so it was very good at flying low and slow
and shooting things with that fabulous gun.
But since it did fly low and slow, they made it
bulletproof, or almost so. A lot of bad guys have found
you can shoot an A10 with anything from a pistol to a
23mm Soviet cannon and it just keeps on flying and
shooting.
When they got through, it looked like this ...
It's not sleek and sexy like an F18 or the stealthy
Raptors and such, but I think it's such a great
airplane because it does what it does better than any
other plane in the world.
It kills tanks.
Not only tanks, as Sadam Hussein's boys found out to
their horror, but armored personnel carriers, radar
stations, locomotives, bunkers, fuel depots ... just
about anything the bad guys thought was bulletproof
turned out to be easy pickings for this beast.
See those engines. One of them alone will fly this
puppy. The pilot sits in a very thick titanium alloy
"bathtub."
That's typical of the design.
They were smart enough to make every part the same
whether mounted on the left side or right side of the
plane, like landing gear, for instance.
Because the engines are mounted so high (away from
ground debris) and the landing gear uses such low
pressure tires, it can operate from a damaged airport,
interstate highway, plowed field, or dirt road.
Everything is redundant. They have two of almost
everything. Sometimes they have three of something.
Like flight controls. There's triple redundancy of
those, and even if there is a total failure of the
double hydraulic system, there is a set of manual
flying controls.
Capt. Kim Campbell sustained this damage over Baghdad
and flew for another hour before returning to base.
But, back to that gun .....
It's so hard to grasp just how powerful it is.
This is the closest I could find to showing you just
what this cartridge is all about. What the guy is
holding is NOT the 30mm round, but a "little" .50
Browning machinegun round and the 20mm cannon round
which has been around for a long time.
The 30mm is MUCH bigger.
Down at the bottom are the .50 BMG and 20x102 Vulcan
the fellow was holding. At the bottom right is the bad
boy we're discussing.
Let's get some perspective here: The .223 Rem (M16
rifle round) is fast. It shoots a 55 or so grain bullet
at about 3300 feet/sec, give or take. It's the fastest
of all those rounds shown (except one). When you move
up to the ..30 caliber rounds, the bullets jump up in
weight to 160-200 grains. Speeds run from about 2600 to
3000 fps or so.
The .338 Lapua is the king of the sniper rifles these
days and shoots a 350 grain bullet at 2800 fps or so.
They kill bad guys at over a mile with that one.
The .50 BMG is really big. Mike Beasley has one on his
desk. Everyone who picks it up thinks it's some sort of
fake, unless they know big ammo. It's really huge with
a bullet that weighs 750 grains and goes as fast the
Lapua.
I don't have data on the Vulcan, but hang on to your
hat.
The bullet for the 30x173 Avenger has an aluminum
jacket around a spent uranium core and weighs 6560
grains (yes, over 100 times as heavy as the M16 bullet,
and flies through the air at 3500 fps (which is faster
than the M16 as well).
The gun shoots at a rate of 4200 rounds per minute.
Yes, four thousand. Pilots typically shoot
either one- or two-second burst which set loose 70 to
150 rounds. The system is optimized for shooting at
4,000 feet.
OK, the best for last.
You've got a pretty good idea of how big that cartridge
is, but I'll bet you're like me and you don't fully
appreciate how big the GA GAU-8 Avenger really is.
Take a look ...
Each of those seven barrels is 112" long. That's almost
ten feet. The entire gun is 19-1/2 feet long.
Think how impressive it would look set up in your
living room.
Oh, by the way, it doesn't eject the empty shells but
runs them back into the storage drum.. There's just so
dang many flying out, they felt it might damage the
aircraft.
Oh yeah, I forgot, they can hang those bomb and rocket
things on 'em too, just in case. After all, it is an
airplane!
Like I said, this is a beautiful design.
I'm glad it's ours!!
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making other bastards die for their
country.
- General George S. Patton
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From:- Mark Lyell
To:- Peter Morton
Subject:-
Re: QURA AGM
Dear Sir,
Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the AGM
on 9 Sep as I will be in Wollongong at the time. I have finally
completed the necessary requirements and been admitted as a
Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of
Australia - working as a prosecutor with the Queensland Police
Service. I am hoping to transfer from 2 CER to Legal Corps in
the future, but at this stage I am posted to the Ops Cell at 11
CES. I will be in Wollongong undertaking and intensive for the
LLM (Criminal Prosecutions) conducted at the University of
Wollongong.
Thank you for taking the time to email me.
Please pass on my apologies, and I hope it is an excellent
evening.
Thanks,
Mark Lyell
Captain
11 CES OPS CELL
2 CER
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From:- Bruce Davis
To:- Trevor Luttrell
Subject:-
Re: New Rank Level
Kind
regards
Bruce
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QURA CHRISTMAS DRINKS - Thursday 8th Dec 2011
The Annual Christmas Drinks are
on again. As usual, we have reserved a corner in the beer
garden at the Victory Hotel, Cnr Charlotte and Edward Streets in the
CBD. Drinks start after 5.30pm till ?? Please come along
for a couple of drinks after work.
Partners welcome.
If you know of any former members of QUR that have been part of
QURA or might like to join, please invite them along.
The Association will provide some
hot & cold finger food and members will be required to purchase
their own drinks.
To with catering, please email an RSVP
RSVP 5 Dec 11
EMAIL reply to the membership Registrar
(Peter Morton
).
Name: ________________________________________________________________
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QURA AGM
Minutes and Financial Report 2010-2011
Queensland University
Regiment Association
Annual General Meeting
9 September 2011
Minutes
1.
WELCOME
President opened meeting at 1930 hours.
2.
ATTENDANCE
President welcomed all attending.
33 members attended including:
Lieutenant Colonel Tim O’Brien, Commanding
Officer
Brian Smith as the guest speaker.
Brigadier Peter Jeffrey
A
list of attendees is attached to these minutes.
3.
APOLOGIES
See
list at end of these minutes.
4.
MINUTES
Minutes of previous AGM was tabled as per
booklet.
Moved
Kerry Tschrepko
Seconded
Rod Hamilton
Carried
5.
PRESIDENT REPORT
The
President presented his report
a.
Activities for the year
1.
Xmas Function,
2.
Back to Regiment at the Bowling Club
–Thank you to Sam Harrison and executive for
their conduct of the BTR,
3.
Anzac Day,
4.
QURA presentation of prizes to staff
cadets. Purchase of 16` books from 9th
Bn Assoc for
graduate prizes.
b.
Newsletter: Takes a lot of work but I am sure
you would be happy with the efforts. Especially
thanks to Peter Morton with the website
management. I produce the articles and he
massages them into the production.
c.
Continued sales of QURA memorabilia – Slow but
still going
(1)
History Sales
(2)
Photo CD
(3)
Ties
– 2 types now
(4)
Lapel Pins
(5)
Stubby Holders
(6)
Breast Badges
(7)
Cuff
Links (thanks to Bruce
Maughan for the idea)
d.
Membership:
Very slow but around the same as last year and
chasing up.
We
contact as many as we can. The web is bringing
more back in. They read the web then join up.
Also they contact their mates
e.
Historical Preservation.
Continuing to be collected.
President called for more items to be lent to
QURA, especially photos and small quotes.
President appealed for copies of Unit Newsletter
“CONTACT”.
New
to collection – DVD of the beating Retreat from
1992. Copied from VHS from Neil
Heather and
photos/articles from Sam Harrison
f.
Thanks to all the executive members for work,
especially Peter Morton for the newsletter.
6.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Tabled as per booklet
Moved: David Ross
Seconded :
Garry Collins
7.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
There were sufficient nominations for positions
they were dealt all together.
Secretary Treasurer to be
combined into one responsibility. Auditor
not required.
|
POSITION |
|
|
PRESIDENT |
Trevor
Luttrell |
|
VICE PRESIDENT |
Colin Ahern |
|
SECRETARY/TREASURER |
Bruce Davis |
|
MEMBERSHIP
SECRETARY |
Peter Morton |
| |
|
|
HISTORY |
Trevor Luttrell |
|
EDITOR |
Trevor Luttrell |
|
NEWSLETTER |
Peter Morton |
|
RETAIL SALES |
Trevor Luttrell |
| |
|
|
MEMBERS |
Greg Adams |
| |
Chris Backstrom |
| |
Garry Collins |
| |
John Hammond |
| |
David Ross |
| |
|
Moved:
Peter Jeffrey
Seconded: Gina
Privitera
Motion:
Passed
8.
GENERAL BUSINESS
There were no matters of general business.
9.
COMMANDING OFFICER PRESENTATION
Commanding Officer presented “The Current Status
of the Regiment.” The Commanding Officer
spoke of the many courses for which QUR is
responsible. The CO informed members that at the
end of the year the command would change. Mark
Armstrong would be the next CO. President
congratulated and thanked the CO for his
stewardship of the Regiment, and wished him well
in the future.
10.
COMMAND 11 BRIGADE PRESENTATION
Brigadier Peter Jeffrey spoke about the future
changes for Army and how they affected the
Reserves in general.
11.
PRESENTATION
Brian Smith presented after dinner comments that
focused on his period of association with the
French Foreign Legion. Brian spoke about the
role of the Legion, the rigorous training and
the philosophy of the idea to just get things
done no matter what pain and suffering to the
Legionaires. Members
thoroughly enjoyed his presentation.
12.
MEMBER PRESENTATION
The
President presented a set of cufflinks to
Brigadier Sam Harrison in recognition of his
work to establish QURA and his close association
with the Association over many years.
13.
CLOSURE
Meeting closed at 2215 hours.
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Queensland University Regiment
Association
Financial Report
1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Balance
1 July 2010
12379.55
Income
2010/11
2009/10
Interest
18.52
28.97
Annual
General Meeting (some incl
in previous period) 1959.00
2235.00
Membership
390.00
1970.00
Retail
Sales
22.50
370.00
Back to
the Regiment/Xmas
140.00
50.00
Badges
in Uni
Qld Great Court
2440.00
5450.00
Donations General
10.00
30.00
Re-Investments (See Investments below)
4000.00
Nil
TOTAL
8831.02
10133.97
Expenditure
Annual
General Meeting
2075.00
2346.10
Xmas
Function
550.00
210.00
Back to
the Regiment
488.48
100.00
Re-Investments (See Investments Above/Below)
10000.00
Nil
Administration (Postage, Incorporated Fees)
167.70
202.55
Prizes
presented to Staff Cadets
480.00
38.99
Badges
in Uni
Qld Great Court
5000.0
Nil
TOTAL
18761.18
2897.64
Surplus
/Deficit
9930.46
7236.33
BALANCE
2449.09
12379.55
Cash
Book Reconciliation
Balance
1 July 2010
12379.55
5143.22
Plus
Income
8831.02
10133.97
Less
Expenditure
18761.48
2897.55
Balance
2449.09
12379.55
Bank
Reconciliation
Balance
in Bank 30 June 2011
2449.09
12379.55
Plus
Outstanding Deposits
Nil
Nil
Less
Unpresented
Cheques
Nil
Nil
Balance
2449.09
12379.55
Queensland University Regiment
Association
Financial Report
1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Investment No 1
2500.00
6 months
Investment No 2
500.00
3 months
Investment No 3
500.00
3 months
Investment No 4
500.00
94 days
TOTAL
4000.00
Transferred to new Investment
Account (see Receipts and Expenditure above)
New Investment Account
established September 2010
Investment Account Number 1
10000.00
Interest
287.59
TOTAL
10287.59
ACCUMULATED FUNDS
General
2449.09
Investment
10287.59
TOTAL
12736.68
Stockcount (not
included in Accumulated Funds above)
2007
2520.00
2008
2255.00
2009
2145.00
2010
1980.00
2011
2375.00
(Purchased 16 books as prizes for Graduation of OCDT
from 9th Bn
Association)
T.
Luttrell
President
Queensland University Regiment Association
9
September 2011
Queensland University Regiment
Association
Financial Report
1 July 2011 – 1 Sep 2011
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Balance
1 July 2011
2449.09
Income
Membership
70.00
Annual
General Meeting 2011
80.00
TOTAL
150.00
Expenditure
Annual
General Meeting
218.70
Administration (Postage, Incorporated Fees)
62.84
Cuff
Links (Retail Sales)
448.20
TOTAL
729.74
Surplus
/Deficit
BALANCE
Cash
Book Reconciliation
Balance
1 July 2011
2449.09
Plus
Income
150.00
Less
Expenditure
729.74
Balance
1869.35
Bank
Reconciliation
Balance
in Bank 1 Sep 2011
1869.35
Plus
Outstanding Deposits
Nil
Less
Unpresented
Cheques
Nil
Balance
1969.35
Queensland University Regiment
Association
Financial Report
1 July 2011 – 1 Sep 2011
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Investment No 1
10287.59
ACCUMULATED FUNDS
General
1869.35
Investments
10287.59
TOTAL
12156.94
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War Quotes
Before this time tomorrow I shall
have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
Horatio Nelson,
before the battle, in Robert Southey, Life of
Nelson, 1813
The Russian Army is a wall which,
however far it may retreat, you will always find it
in front of you.
Antoine Henri
Jomini, advising Marshal Canrobert, 1854, The
Crimean War 1853-1956
Magnificent! - but it isn’t war.
Pierre Bosquet,
watching the charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of
Balaclava, 25th October 1854
We must make this campaign an
exceedingly active one. Only then can a weaker
country cope with a stronger; it must make up in
activity what it lacks in strength.
Stonewall Jackson,
Letter, April,1863, American Civil War 1861-1865
I forbid the voluntary evacuation
of trenches. The will to stand must be impressed on
every man in the Army. I hold Commanding Officers
responsible for this. The enemy should have to carve
his way over heaps of corpses.
General von Below, Order of the
Day, 3 July 1916
You may kill ten of my men for
every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds,
you will lose and I will win.
Ho Chi Minh, 1948
(to the French) The Vietnam Wars 1945-1975
All Vietnam is not worth the life
of a single American boy.
Senator Ernest
Gruening, speaking in Congress, 6th
August 1964
Haig failed perhaps to see that a
dead man cannot advance, and that to replace him is
only to provide another corpse.
E K G Sixsmith,
British Generalship in the Twentieth Century, 1970,
Douglas Haig Earl 1861-1928
By good fortune in the game of
military snakes and ladders, I found myself a
general.
William Joseph,
Viscount Slim, 1891-1970 on himself.
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Things to Think About
Two monologues do not
make a dialogue.
A chrysanthemum by any
other name would be easier to spell.
Experience is something
you don’t get until just after you need it.
Wind velocity increases
in direct relation to the cost of the hairdo.
Hard work never killed
anybody, but it frightens some people half to death.
Those that can are
doers, those that can’t are consultants.
An appeal is when you
ask one court to show its contempt for another.
If the facts are against
you, argue the law. If the law is against you argue
the facts.
A judge is a man who
ends a sentence with a sentence.
If horse racing is the
sport of kings, then drag racing is the sport of
queens.
The epistles were the
wives of the apostles.
Original sin was wrong
from the start.
“I got a set of golf
clubs for my husband.” “Lucky you, what a swap.”
You can get some first
hand knowledge from a second hand car.
Yesterday I couldn’t
spell engineer. Today I are one.
You can live longer if
you give up everything that makes you want to live
longer.
If your wife doesn’t
treat you like she should, be thankful.
Confucius say man with
only one chop stick never get fat.
A piano falling down a
mine shaft is likely to result in “A-flat minor”
Would you call Stalin’s
burial site a communist plot?
If a word in the
dictionary were misspelt, how would we know?
Some days you’re the
bug, some days you’re the windscreen.
Smile, it makes people
wonder what you are up to.
Some cause happiness
wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Old skiers never die,
they just go downhill.
Some folks are wise and
some otherwise.
Never buy your
sweetheart exercise equipment on his or her
birthday.
He who hesitates is
bossed.
Some people might say
who wants to be 90? And I say, anyone who is 89.
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Quotes
Blessed
are the young, for they shall inherit the national
debt.
Herbert Hoover 1874-1964
Like
its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it
deserves.
J B Priestley
There
is no such thing as fun for the whole family.
Jerry Springfield
I’ll
never make the same mistake of bein’ seventy again!
Casey Stengel
It’s
easy to make a friend. What’s hard is to make a stranger.
Anonymous
Where
do you go to get anorexia?
Shelley Winters
Cogito
ergo dim sum. (Therefore I think these are pork buns.)
Robert Byrne
A diet
is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what
you watch.
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Even
paranoids have real enemies.
Delmore Schwartz
The
length of a film should be directly related to the endurance
of the human bladder.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
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FUNCTIONS - 2011
Back to the Flood
Saturday 19 March 2011 - 1800Hrs
Anzac
Day Sunday
25 April 2011 - 0615Hrs
Officers Mess Dinner Saturday
21 May 2011 - By Invitation from QUR
AGM
Friday 9 September 2011 - ( 1900Hrs for 1930Hrs)
Christmas
Function Thursday
8 December 2011 - 5.30 PM (Victory
Hotel)
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MEMBERSHIP DUES
- PAYMENT REMINDER
Please
check the Members Page to ensure that your membership is
current.
If you pay your membership fees on a year by year basis
payment is
now due for 2012
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO PERUSE THE
Members Page AND CHECK THE ENTRIES WITH AN
ADDRESS FLAG OF `N`. WE HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH THESE MEMBERS AND REQUIRE
EITHER AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR POSTAL ADDRESS TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT
Membership status codes are:
-
SMEMB - Special Member (no fees)
-
LMEMB - Life Member (no fees)
-
PUOM - Paid Up Ordinary member (no fees but can transfer to 10 year membership for $50)
-
NEW - New member (no membership fees received as yet)
-
2005 - 201? membership fees paid to year indicated
-
199? - 2000 membership fees due for 2011
Annual dues are $10 and a 10 year paid-up membership can be had for $70.
Cheques should be forwarded to:
The Treasurer
QUR Association
24 Walcott Street,
St Lucia
4067
For those members with internet banking, payments may be made
direct to the QURA Bank Account.
Details are BSB 064 129, Account 0090 4500, Account Name QUR
Association Inc
Please ensure
your name is supplied in the payment details.
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EMAIL ADDRESSES
The Executive Committee encourages all members to provide a current email
address to allow quick and easy communication of important
notifications and reminders of upcoming events.
If you know of any ex-members of QUR who are not in the association, please
contact the Membership Registrar (Peter Morton)
with any contact details that you have.
THE ASSOCIATION WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO EXIST BY RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS
For members wishing to provide a new email address, please send an email to
Sectretary
to ensure your address is
received and entered onto our contact list.
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HISTORY OF QUR
Have you
considered purchasing a copy of the History of QUR magnificently
complied and edited by Paul Smith?
It
contains 128 pages of stories, photographs and has a coloured badged cover.
COST : $15 per
copy.
What about a CD containing over 100 images of the history of the Regiment.
COST : $10 per
copy.
Why not treat yourself to a copy or buy copies for your friends. These are
collectors items so don't miss out.
How to purchase copies:
Ring
Trevor Luttrell
0437 442 964
Email
Historian
Send your payment to:
The Treasurer, QUR Association, 24 Walcott Street, St Lucia Q 4067.
For those members with internet banking, payments may be made
direct to the QURA Bank Account.
Details are BSB 064 129, Account 0090 4500, Account Name QUR
Association Inc
Please ensure
your name is supplied in the payment details.
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Association Office Bearers
|
Position |
Name |
Bus Hrs |
A/Hrs |
Email |
|
President |
Trevor Luttrell |
0437 442 964 |
3345 2754 |
President |
|
Vice President |
Col Ahern |
0409 616
922 |
3278 1862 |
|
|
Secretary/Treasurer |
Bruce Davis |
0402 768
142 |
3878 2920 |
Treasurer |
|
Membership Secretary |
Peter Morton |
3114 2010 |
0419 484 736 |
Secretary |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Committee Members |
|
|
|
Executive |
|
|
Greg Adams |
3264
5544 |
0418 744 678
|
|
| |
Chris Backstrom |
3863 9238 |
3359 6262 |
|
| |
Garry Collins |
|
3359 5993 |
|
| |
John Hammond |
|
0409 575 848 |
|
| |
David Ross |
3227 6974 |
0402 904 204 |
|
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