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The 7th Scientific Conference of the Australian Military Medicine Association was held from 16 to 18 October 1998 at the Swiss Grand Hotel, by the beach at Bondi, Sydney. The official opening, by Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO CSC, Head Strategic Command Division, took place on the Friday evening, and was followed by a paper… Read more »
As 1998 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year. It has been a year full of challenge and change, triumph and tragedy. As a result of the Navy’s worst peacetime disaster since the loss of HMAS Voyager in 1964, your erstwhile Editor spent a considerable part of the year… Read more »
It is now history that Australia’s first flagship, the battlecruiser HMAS Australia, missed the Battle of Jutland after a collision in fog with her sister ship HMS New Zealand. Australia’s withdrawal for repairs saw the RAN not represented at one of the greatest naval battles of all time. However, Australian ships to have carried the… Read more »
Abstract Fighter aircraft are by design highly agile and manoeuvrable weapon platforms. A high degree of agility is essential in the three-dimensional environment of air combat manoeuvring (ACM). Supermanoeuvrability (SM) is the term used to describe the ability of a fighter aircraft to exploit more of its flight envelope through advanced aerodynamic features, including thrust… Read more »
Formation The Pathology Advisory Working Party (PAWP) held its first meeting at Victoria Barracks in Sydney on 24 September 1987. it had evolved from the Pathology Advisory Sub-Committee (PASC) of the Services Health Policy Committee (SHPC) which comprised the three Directors General of Health when each held two-star rank and the chairmanship of SHPC was… Read more »
Good morning and welcome to the 7th National Conference of AMMA. Why this title for a President’s Address? As anyone who has been subject to the media of late has seen Viagra has recently been introduced to Australia. In keeping with tradition, this has been associated with a number of jokes – not all of… Read more »
