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British soldiers recruited to fill the ranks Down Under By Nick Squires in Sydney (Filed: 15/07/2005) First it was British bobbies, now Australia wants to recruit British soldiers. Months after more than 80 police officers started a new life in Australia, the country's army has announced plans to poach up to 300 British Army personnel a year to fill gaps in its ranks. An Australian military team visited London last month to interview 45 officers and 15 from other ranks who expressed an interest in swapping their berets for the distinctive slouch hat of the Australian "digger". Most of the applications were approved and the recruits are expected to arrive in Australia by the end of the year, many bringing their families with them. Their visas will be fast-tracked under a special arrangement with Australia's immigration department. The soldiers' relocation costs will be paid and they will be required to serve in the Australian army for a minimum of four years. While the scheme is open to Commonwealth countries such as Canada and New Zealand, the bulk of recruits are expected to be British. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
