Senior Veteran leaders (are calling on the federal government to reject outright the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) General Angus Campbell’s second attempt to strip awards for distinguished and conspicuous service on warlike operations from soldiers who served the...
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ADF Transition Guide
Monday 10th Apr 2023
The Defence Force Transition Program (DFTP) offers individual assistance to permanent, full-time and Reserve members. Access to the DFTP is provided by your transition coach and programs are available for up to 24 months post-transition. READ the Transition Guide...
National Servicemen’s Day
Tuesday 14th Feb 2023
Today, on National Servicemen’s Day, Australia acknowledges the contribution of thousands of our countrymen, also known as Nashos. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Matt Keogh said more than 280,000 Australians served in National Service schemes...
‘Pride and anger’: Elite Australian Special Forces soldiers’ overhaul by Department of Defence
Saturday 4th Feb 2023
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...
Businesses are ensuring ex-service personnel have a smooth transition into the civilian workforce
Wednesday 25th Jan 2023
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...
Opinion: Responsibility for failure rests at the top
Sunday 11th Dec 2022
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...
Wars of the World – Australia’s Key Alliance in the Vietnam War…
Tuesday 6th Dec 2022
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...
VIDEO: Calls to stop stripping Afghanistan veterans of service medals over war crimes
Saturday 3rd Dec 2022
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...
Media Statement – ADSO Calls for Due Process and Presumption of Innocence
Friday 2nd Dec 2022
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...
ASASA Chairman: Ex Service Organisations Demand Fair Treatment for Special Forces Soldiers
Friday 2nd Dec 2022
I attach a media release put out jointly yesterday by the national leadership of the SAS Association and the Commando Association, with the full support of the RSL. The release speaks for itself. Revised-media-release16-Final-30-NovDownload For over two years now we...