SPECIAL INVESTIGATION The Australian public can again have confidence in their elite Special Forces with a report card concluding more women, diversity and “humility” put the risk of unethical actions on the battlefield at “low”. But morale is still wavering between...
Anyone who has experienced transitioning out of a career in the military will understand that it can be an anxious time. The civilian workforce can be far removed from the structure and regiment of service, with different management styles, organisational structures...
Special Forces troops accused of war crimes are calling on authorities to either charge them or let them go after a covert AFP police operation was derailed. A covert Australian Federal Police operation has been derailed with a listening device found by their target...
The obscene business which is war has many rules. Command responsibility, also now called the Yamashita Principle, is that obligation of all commanders to ensure their troops fight within those rules. Failure to do so is considered an omission mode of individual...
Irrespective of your views of Jacqui Lambie, if you have any concern whatsoever about the ability of the Australian Defence Force to protect Australia, then you should watch this five-minute delivery to the Senate. Although she is not the most accomplished...
The steamy jungles of south-east Asia presented the stage for one of the deadliest confrontations of the Cold War where the philosophies of democracy, communism and nationalism clashed in bitter, brutal and bloody warfare. Vietnam was born out of the ashes of the...
Source Defence Connect. The recent invasion of Ukraine has prompted defence thinkers to reassess modern warfighting strategies, and the capabilities needed to achieve their goals. Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has prompted a radical rethink of warfighting...
Tomorrow we recognise more than 280,000 Australians who were called up to serve their country in National Service schemes between 1951 and 1972. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh said the men who served as ‘Nashos’ should be proud of their service. “Tomorrow...
Following his joint media release on the 2nd December Martin Hamilton-Smith, National President of the Australian SAS Regiment Association (ASASRA) was interviewed on ABC TV. In it he explains why Veteran associations want any penalties linked to the outcome of the...
Yesterday the Australian Special Air Services Association, the Commando Association and the Returned and Services League of Australia issued a joint statement calling on the Federal Government to direct the CDF to respect the presumption of innocence for soldiers...
