Editorial COVID-19: THE MIDDLE GAME In early January 2020, we all started to hear about an outbreak of acute respiratory illness in Wuhan City, China. Within weeks, we were preparing…

I hope this issue will provide you all with some further reading material to get you through the frustrating COVID19 lockdown. It has been a very challenging time for all…

Before the Next Mission The delay of this issue reflects the significant change that the world is going through in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. The title for this…

After the war The theme for this year’s AMMA conference is “After the War: Repatriation, recovery and public health”. The impetus for this theme was the realisation that 100 years…

D-Day and Binh Ba – 6 June Just over 75 years ago, 7,000 vessels carried 190,000 sailors and 130,000 soldiers across the English Channel to five designated beaches – Utah…

Repatriation In early 1917, even before victory was assured, Prime Minister ‘Billy’ Hughes promised the country’s armed forces that ‘When you come back we will look after you’. Repatriation or…

Wither Nuclear? In this issue, Heslop and Westphalen review medical chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence in the Australian Defence Force.1 The ongoing interest of militaries and non-state actors…

Armistice of 11 November 1918 One hundred years ago, on the 11 November 1918, an Armistice was signed between the Allies of World War I and the German Empire at…

On 19 June 2018, the Australian Senate referred “The use of the Quinoline anti-malarial drugs Mefloquine and Tafenoquine in the Australian Defence Force” to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade…

Battle of the Atlantic On 24 May 1943, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz withdrew his U-boats from the north Atlantic, signalling the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. During that…