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Below is a selection of the latest news featuring Army Reserve personnel.
NZDF Apprenticeship Scheme
The New Zealand Defence Force is partnering with industry to provide a safety-net to apprentices by encouraging them to join their Reserve Forces.
The Regimental Band of 7th Battalion wins at Feilding Bands Festival
The 32-strong band of the 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion, won a Gold Award and Best Entertaining Band out of 13 Bands at the 2010 Feilding Festival of Bands in May.
Hauraki and Auckland TF Battalions Combine in Leadership Training
Hauraki Battalion and Auckland North soldiers combined to conduct their first Self Leadership workshop over a weekend at the end of June.
TF Personnel Test Their Skills
Territorial Force (TF) personnel from Otago/Southland and Canterbury districts were integrated into B company, 2/1 Battalion for a week of Company and Platoon level operations during Exercise Saladin.
Lower Hutt soldier in Top Shot competition
Former Lower Hutt man and Napier Territorial Force soldier Corporal (Cpl) Mark Duncan has been selected to represent the NZ Army at an international military shooting competition.
NZ Army's Top Shot - Capt Sergai Davis
He's the Army's top shot, but Sergai Davis (left) is only a part time soldier; most of his time is devoted to his fulltime job as a safety officer on the Wellington Regional Rail project.
TF Field Engineers Hone Skills in Exercise Masada
Territorial Force Field engineers from 3rd Auckland Northland Battalion Group, 5th Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Battalion Group (5 WWCT), and 2nd Canterbury Regiment honed their skills over a nine day annual field training exercise in the...
Exercise Broken Warrior
"Save me", "where's my baby," and other pitiful cries for help resonated through the darkness as the medics from 3rd Health Support Company (3 HSC) arrived at the Waimate Showgrounds to their largest mass casualty scenario so far.
Stones into Schools
There is a distinct advantage of not having read Three Cups of Tea prior to reviewing this book - the hype of a previous best seller cannot influence your judgement if you have not read it! Picking up from where Three Cups of Tea left off (the first...
Army Reserve Run for Fun
On Sunday 14 March the unmistakeable roar of a 105 mm Light Gun manned by gunners of 11/4 Battery, signalled the start of the Annual Auckland Round the Bays Fun Run.
Ironman NZ 2010
A small group of New Zealand Army personnel from Trentham, Linton and 6 Hauraki Battalion tackled one of the most challenging sporting events of the year recently - Ironman New Zealand (IMNZ).
SSGT Robert (Bob) Mankelow RNZIR
One of the features of Army Reserve (ARes) personnel is their commitment to service and to their unit. Often such service is measured in decades. Given that Army Reserve personnel have civilian careers, in addition to their ARes commitment, such...