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A massive 20,000 litre Navy Diving Display Tank is set to stun ball goers when they enter the function room! The Diving Display Tank comes complete with professional Navy divers, who will be inviting you from the deep to challenge them to a game of naughts and crosses! The tank and its team are coming all the way from HMAS WATERHEN in Sydney to support the ball. Its primary use is to show case some of the current "in service" diving equipment that is used by the Clearance Diving Teams throughout Australia. It is used by both permanent and Reserve service personnel at various shows and Defence Force recruiting days.
The Iroquois has a long association with armed forces throughout the world. The Australian Defence Force association with the Iroquois began in Apr 1961 when 8 B model aircraft were ordered for Search and Rescue tasks. Further aircraft were ordered over time, and the aircraft progressively upgraded to D then H model. The Iroquois was used extensively throughout the Vietnam war, in a gunship and utility role. In 1986 the Iroquois were handed over from the RAAF to the Army. The tasks include transport of soldiers and equipment, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, civilian disaster relief, external carriage of loads and gunship operations. The aircraft can be fitted with M60 machine guns, mounted on either side of the aircraft. In its gunship configuration it can be fitted with two GAU-2B/A 7.62mm miniguns and two seven tube rocket pods.
Australia's Federation Guard is made up of 160 servicemen and women.... from the Royal Australian Navy
the Australian Regular Army and the Royal Australian Airforce.
The Precision Drill Team and Drum Corps are all Volunteers. All members of the Precision Drill Team come
from Diverse Defence backgrounds, ranging from Tank Drivers, to Cooks, to Boatswains Mate.
The routine which will be preformed on the night is complex. The display takes incredible levels of skill, concentration and teamwork,
Consisting of 358 specific movements without a single command.
These cute canines are considered our “official Ball mascots” as they’ve had cameo roles since our inaugural Ball in 2006!
The Royal Australian Air Force has developed a working dog breeding program tasked to breed 80 German Shepherd and Belgium Malinois puppy per year. Foundation breeding stock has been sourced in Australia and from Canada, USA, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Dog breeding partnerships have been also developed and maintained with the Queensland and New Zealand Police Services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the United States Air Force.
These pups are bred and imprinted at RAAF Base Amberley.
From 12 weeks of age the pups are fostered out to Puppy Foster Careers in the South East Queensland until they reach 7 months of age. The pups are then returned to the RAAF where they undergo development training until approximately 18 months of age. The aim is to graduate these dogs as Military Working Dogs (MWD) on courses conducted by the RAAF Security and Fire School. Trainee MWD are taught to conduct building searches, wind scent, tactical attack training, ignore gun fire and to man trail, a form of tracking. MWD are posted to various RAAF Bases around Australia to serve as a early warning detection capability, to deter potential intruders and protect Australian Defence Assets. Potential foster careers may contact FSGT Al Grossmans on (07) 5461 3688 or at alan.grossman@defence.gov.au
Entertainment throughout the night will be provided by both The Royal Australian Navy Band as well as the Australian Army Band Brisbane. Listen and enjoy whilst they belt out music from all eras
Soldiers from the Sixth Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) will be assisting with entertainment, showing guests the diversity of skills of the modern Australian infantry soldier. Brisbane based 6 RAR have recently seen over 200 soldiers return from active service in Iraq and Afghanistan and have made good use in both theatres of the Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV) or "Bushmaster" that will also be on display at the Ball. Currently the Battalion is regrouping and will spend the next year or so consolidating skills prior to a possible deployment overseas in early 2010. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain and his wife Susan will be attending the Ball and look forward to sharing a great evening, while doing so, their thought will be of those 6 RAR members still representing their fine Battalion overseas.
The Armygeddon, a six wheel drive Land Rover-based burnout machine, is designed to not just make smoke from any, many or all of its six wheels, but to make people stop, stare and consider a career with the Australian Defence Force. The Armygeddon is particularly seeking to stimulate interest amongst race punters to consider learning a technical trade within the Army. Armygeddon is an Army initiative to think outside the square and capture the interest of the millions of race punters who attend high performance race car events across the country. Since is construction in 2005, the Armygeddon has been demonstrated and well received by race punters at Summernats in Canberra, the Indy 300 on the Gold Coast, Bathurst 1000, Hidden Valley in Darwin and the Super V8 car race in Adelaide.