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Ron Fleming is the president of the Buninyong Branch of RSL and also a veteran of the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
Like many who ended up serving for Australia, Mr Fleming didn\u2019t get a choice, he was called up as part of the national service program.<\/p>\n
At 21 years old he eventually tasked to the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight that helped track troop movements and identify enemy targets on the battlefield from the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose whose marbles came out, and those who eventually got selected, went into national service for a two-year continuous period,\u201d Mr Fleming said. \u201cAbout 14,500 national service men went to Vietnam.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a commitment, the national service men who were deployed overseas carried out their roles with that same Anzac spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing both Mr Hunt and Mr Fleming agree on is that support for Vietnam War veterans, as well as military personal who have served the nation in subsequent conflicts was lacking.<\/p>\n
In support of that cause, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie attend the service and echoed those ideas.<\/p>\n
A long-time advocate for veteran\u2019s support, she has personal experience in the armed forces having served in the army as a military police officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Vietnam Veterans took me under the wing very early,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think they were expecting me to become a senator, but they were looking for younger people to come through and support them and the Australian Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans’ Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the Australian public that have dropped the ball, it\u2019s politicians that have. DVA in itself has gone into chaos, it\u2019s basically disappeared. There is no foundation left to it.<\/p>\n
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