PAUL MALEY The Australian - National Security Editor - June 1, 2020 A long-running inquiry into possible war crimes committed by Australian special forces in Afghanistan is unlikely to allege criminal wrongdoing by individual soldiers and will instead identify...
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IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry – Legal Support
Current and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members may be eligible for legal assistance, or financial assistance to obtain legal assistance, for matters related to their service with Defence. Civil and Criminal Proceedings Current and former ADF members may be...
Photo Essay: Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment
With the news of Project GREYFIN’s first stage approval, Defence Connect has decided to showcase the talents and capabilities of one of Australia’s Special Forces units, the Special Air Service Regiment. Read more
Opinion – Who Defends our Defenders?
Last week Defence admitted former Lt Colonel Karel Dubsky was an innocent victim of the Jedi Council witch hunt that terminated his career and left him a shattered man. That makes it hard to miss the irony that another of nation’s defenders was led to the scaffold...
Opinion – Murky waters of SASR allegations
IT WAS ironic that on the 22nd anniversary of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment’s most costly disaster the regiment was facing allegations of serious misconduct. The allegations made against some SASR personnel who have operated in Afghanistan are that they...
The West Australian Editorial – Many Dangers Exist in Sitting in Judgement of the SAS
Modern war is like nothing that has gone before. The opposing sides do not line up in clear sight of each other, one army in red and the other in blue, and march at each other. No, today the fog of war weighs heavier than ever. So those who would sit in judgment of...
SAS General Urged Troops to write of Abuse
The SAS became so concerned about alleged misconduct by its elite troopers that in late 2015 then SAS commander Major General Jeff Sengelman invited every member of the regiment to write to him personally about alleged misconduct. The extraordinary meeting was...