10/10/2026
Tomorrow, Sunday October 11, Australia will pause to remember 25 years since our first deployment to Afghanistan.
For the team at Dog Tag Wh***ey, the anniversary is personal. A few of us were on that very first deployment and a few of us were still there at the end. Between us, we completed 33 deployments to Afghanistan in total.
We lost 41 Australians during that conflict, some of them, our good mates. More than 250 Australians were wounded.
For us, this anniversary is about remembering the mates we served alongside and those we lost in our fight to bring peace and freedom to the Afghan people.
And we remember the good times too. The friendships and bonds that can only be forged through shared service and experience. The laughs, the stories and the mateship that continues to last long after we all hung up our uniforms.
This Sunday, we raise a glass to all who served, but especially to the mates who never made it home.
Lest We Forget.