Equipment saves Australian soldier from serious injury

Australian soldiers serving with the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) in Afghanistan have successfully repelled a prolonged attack by a group of up to 80 Taliban extremists. This was the sixth sustained attack on RTF soldiers since July this year and involved their heaviest fighting yet.

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[PadawanOsswe]

The ADF is best configured for defending their homeland, peacekeeping ops, and supporting with additional boots on the ground other international operations (such as Iraq and Afghanistan).

While the U.S. Mil is best configured for being the primary force in the international arena, providing most of the firepower and grunts. Australia and America have a proud history together on the feild of combat, so please, grow up and dont ruin that history.

Diggers and GI's for the win!

[theredrooter]

well your US marines can suck aussies' dick, ma'fucker

[laubeatz]

idiots who have never served their country sit on their fat asses comparing the military of each nation.. we are all allies so shut up.. i will be serving the australian defence force very soon and i hope someday to train alongside the U.S. and Brits.

[laubeatz]

@Rasverix82 United States Marine Corps.. :)

[fpvshitsonhsv]

We are both very good forces and Australia and America are the peace keepers. We both always come to help others in their wars dont you think the same goes if either of us are in trouble? America and Australia both got attacked by the Japs and we worked together to take em out. Vietnam proved the favour as return and now the ADF is doing all it can to help with out new PM that doesnt want us there

[TheGame1842]

Taliban suffered heavy casualties, had the element of surprise and with that fired RPG's probably before the soldiers knew they were there, whilst there were no Australian wounded or dead.

I guess Alaah wasn't smiling upon those sandniggers then, now was he?

[Robbob9933]

@ozzyguy67 Actually douchbag it was more like 12K+ Marines and 20K+ Navy at the Battle of Guadalcanal that denied the Japanese their strategy to take New Guinea. The last of the Aussy Army did a masterful job at Port Morseby but they would have been trashed of the Japanese had held and fortified Guadalcanal. The loss of New Guinea would have meant Australia would have been lost. Understand the facts of history without emotion and you will look less the fool.

[dgk9448]

why are they evil?

[Rasverix82]

what is USMC mean

[Rasverix82]

Australian soldiers are evil and should not have that equiptment. i live in Australia and i hate it and i do not honour or even wish to tolerate the Australian soldiers. BURN THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG HAHAHA

[Razorblade510]

LOL at this USMC v Australian Army! Don't know where the sense that the Australian Army is the best in the world has come from, US infantry battalion (not USMC or rangers or airborne) beats equivalent Australian one every due to superior weapon systems and similar levels of training. However the 'best fighting force' man for man in the world is the brits by far (even tho i hate to admit it lol), they have done the hardest fighting by far in Afghanistan.