What I learned about the Reserves while embedded in Exercise Talisman Sabre

By By Scott Buchholz Mp, Federal Member for Wright
Updated September 13 2017 - 1:41pm, first published 1:06pm
Scott Buchholz meets with Reservists from the Lockyer Valley region in his electorate. Back row: Left to right is Pte Franklin, Pte Baker, Pte Klaassen (BM), Scott, Pte Harm and Cpl Sippel. Front row is Pte Tilaji and Pte Hartley.
Scott Buchholz meets with Reservists from the Lockyer Valley region in his electorate. Back row: Left to right is Pte Franklin, Pte Baker, Pte Klaassen (BM), Scott, Pte Harm and Cpl Sippel. Front row is Pte Tilaji and Pte Hartley.

Waking to a raucous symphony of helicopter engines, gunfire and the distant boom of mortar shells is not your everyday alarm.  The weariness of a restless night’s sleep was familiar. But, rolling up off the hard uneven dirt that was my bed to the sounds of war, I was all too aware that this was very unfamiliar ground.

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