00:02Over the bridge, they advanced on Catherine, to the beat of the Air Force's travelling
00:08band.
00:12The armed personnel pausing briefly to be formally welcomed into the town centre.
00:18Freedom of entry is a symbol of trust.
00:22It is a public declaration that a community has confidence in those who serve it.
00:26In medieval times, armies would be granted freedom of entry by walled cities.
00:32In the modern era, the ceremonies considered the highest honour a town can grant a military
00:37unit.
00:37It's a symbiotic relationship, I would say.
00:41We are part of Catherine and Catherine is part of Tyndall, and that was evidenced this
00:45year during the floods.
00:46Raffies were heavily involved in the clean-up after the devastating Catherine floods earlier
00:51this year, helping to strip inundated buildings.
00:54Though some had deployed earlier as volunteers in civilian clothes.
00:59Standing shoulder to shoulder with each other in the times when it's good, but also in the
01:04times when it is tough and we need each other and we stand next to each other and we hold
01:09each other up.
01:10That's what community is about.
01:12Tyndall is considered one of Australia's most strategically important air bases.
01:16And with billions invested in upgrades in recent years, the relationship between the base and
01:22the town that effectively hosts it will only become more important.
01:26It's a key.
01:27Why not belong to the north side of the earth.
01:27And this was the biggest one of the thieves.
01:30Why not belong to the earth is no one of a
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