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PM rejected Aussie request for joint force in Afghanistan

NZers in Afghanistan bomb scare

New Zealand defence personnel and a Television New Zealand film crew in Afghanistan were involved in a bomb scare while on bomb disposal patrol.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> When the military's out of step with its masters

General Stanley McChrystal deserved to be fired as the United States commander in Afghanistan, writes Gwynne Dwyer.

Army puts blowtorch on driver training

How <i>Rolling Stone</i> brought down a general

Two words on journalist Michael Hasting's initial pitch to trail Stanley McChrystal appear to have tickled his PR staff's fancy: <i>Rolling Stone</i>.

Ship ban off North Korea

Master of military illusion could find his tricks failing

Sacked general led secret war raids

They called it the "Death Star" because according to one source "you could just reach out with a finger and eliminate" somebody.

Captain of all she surveys

Fire at sea gives navy's new ship its first test

Navy boards burning tug

A navy damage control team has boarded a burning ocean-going tug off Northland hours after the crew abandoned ship when fire broke out in the engine room.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Sanctions a farce as nuclear threat unproven

NZers destroy Afghan weapons caches

Human error found in Flight Sergeant's death

Stress 'excuse to quit Army early'

One of Britain's best-known soldiers has mocked claims of post-traumatic stress disorder among the armed forces.

Blackwater founder sells up as criticism mounts