Australian Defence Force Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/australian-defence-force/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:48:50 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png Australian Defence Force Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/australian-defence-force/ 32 32 Why Defence chaplains carry Bibles, not guns https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2017 01:21:28 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23391 Whether on the front line with Australian troops or working with military personnel and their families, Defence Force chaplains like Uniting Church minister Rev Charles Vesely are a potent reminder that the end state of conflict is always peace. Dianne Jensen reports. In the deep night silence of a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Australian ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/feed/ 0 Chaplaincy: Delivering hope during Christmas https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/expanded-chaplains/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/expanded-chaplains/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:41:33 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22081 Three chaplains working in the police force, the defence force and health care talk to Journey about bringing hope to others during the Christmas season and their own hopes for 2017. Rev Doug Foster Rev Doug Foster is a police chaplain for the Far North Police District incorporating north of Cardwell, Cairns, Cape York and ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/expanded-chaplains/feed/ 0 War without end https://journeyonline.com.au/features/war-without-end/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/war-without-end/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:01:33 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=18546 This Anzac Day, remember those who continue to pay the price for serving their country. Dianne Jensen reports. “I still don’t see the people we killed in ambushes and stuff; I don’t see our guys who were killed or wounded yet I was there. It is like being in a car accident but you don’t remember ...

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