Term
| Who is the Chief of the Australian Defence Force? |
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Definition
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, AC, AFC
AC = Companion of the Order of Australia
AFC = Air Force Cross |
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| Who is the Chief of the Australian Army? |
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Definition
| Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie |
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| Who is the Minister for Defence? |
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Definition
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| What is a General Service Officer? |
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Definition
Officer within the Australian Army.
Recieves a Queen's Commission.
Enough training to lead a platoon of approximately 30 soldiers. |
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Term
| What are the service requirements of a General Service Officer (reserve)? |
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Definition
No minimum fixed period for active duty.
1 night a week, 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks a year (with a maximum of 150 days per annum).
During the weekend sessions you practice field skills.
During the 2 weeks you work just as any full time officer would. |
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| What are the reserve policies? |
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Definition
ADF personnel are subject to Military law with it's own courts and punishments.
Discrimination and harassment not tolerated (Disciplinary and/or administrative action).
Drug use not tolerated.
Drunkenness and alcohol abuse is an offence under the Defence Force Discipline Act.
Dress and Grooming standards - well groomed, no offensive slogans or ripped clothing when in plain clothes.
Tattoos and body piercing are assessed on a case by case basis. |
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| What are the physical requirements for entry? |
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Definition
Shuttle Run/Beep test score of 7.5 (20mtrs x 26 = 1120 mtrs in 6:30)
45 sit ups
15 push-ups. |
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| What are the standard weapons of the Australian Army? |
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Definition
F88 AuSteyr
M9 bayonet
M203 grenade launcher |
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Term
Artillery in Melbourne details?
What equipment/weapons? |
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Definition
Artillery 2nd/10th (4th Brigade) Field Regiment St. Kilda
Indirect fire support, surveillance and target acquisition and ground based air defence.
155mm and 105mm artillery guns in support of combat team operations
RBS 70 missle systems
PSTAR extended range radars for air defence
Commanding Officer Lt. Colonel Cooke |
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Term
| What do ARes and 4RAR stand for? |
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Definition
Army Reserve
4th Royal Australian Regiment |
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Term
| What is the Army Reserve General Service Officer First Appoinment Course? (ARes GSO FAC) |
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Definition
Intil Army Values: Courage, Initiative and Teamwork
Leadership, management, operational skills and the knowledge required of a junior officer to command a platoon (30 people, 3 squads of 10).
Training - Parade nights and weekends with local University Regiments (Carlton)
5 Training blocks of Residential continuous training at centres of expertise around Australia. |
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Term
Training Block 1:
What is it called?
Duration?
Where is it?
What do you learn on the course?
What are the daily timings?
What qualities will it instil in you? |
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Definition
Military Foundation Skills
Army Recruit Training Centre - Kapooka in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Basic Training - Various (eg. Weapons training, even ironing etc.)
Learn what is expected of you in the army and get you accustomed to time management in the army.
6am to 10pm with 20 minutes for lunch and 15 minutes to tidy room.
Encourage soldierly qualities:
A will to win
Dedication to duty
Honour, compassion and honesty
Mateship and teamwork
Loyalty
Physical and Morale Courage |
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Term
What is Physical Courage?
What is Morale Courage? |
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Definition
Physical courage: Readiness to overcome obstacles in the face of physical danger.
Morale Courage: The courage required to take action while accepting the potential consquences. Courage to take necessary risks in order to achieve a goal. Courage to accept one's mistakes or faults and press ahead (ensuring you learn from past mistakes as well). |
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Training Block 2:
What is it called?
Duration?
Who conducts it?
Where is it?
When is it conducted?
What do you learn on the course?
What are the daily timings? |
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Definition
Small Military Team Leader Theory (16 days)
Conducted by Adelaide University Regiment
Cultana, South Australia.
April and September
Builds on recruit training and introduces new operational, weapons and navigation skills.
6am to 10pm - 20 mins lunch, 15 mins to tidy room |
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Training Block 3:
What is it called?
Duration?
Who conducts it?
Where is it?
When is it conducted?
What do you learn on the course?
What are the daily timings? |
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Small Military Team Leader (16 days)
Conducted by University of New South Wales Regiment
Singleton, New South Wales
April and September
Introduces command, leadership and mangement skills
Military administration
Learn the leadership and management skills required to successfully command soldiers.
Level of training of a sergeant.
Allows you to get practical use of the theory you learnt in Training Block 2. |
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Training Block 4:
What is it called?
Duration?
Who conducts it?
Where is it?
When is it conducted?
What do you learn on the course?
What are the daily timings? |
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Definition
Command Leadership and Management (16 days)
University of Melbourne Regiment
Puckapunyal, Victoria
January and July
Revises and tests what you have learnt about a small military team leader
Expands uppon administrative capabilities as a small team leader.
Gain qualifications in the conduct of military live fire weapons range practices.
6am to 10pm, 20 mins lunch, 15 mins tidy room. |
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Training Block 5:
What is it called?
Duration?
Who conducts it?
Where is it?
When is it conducted?
What do you learn on the course? |
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Definition
All Corps Army Reserve Platoon Commander (28 days)
Conducted by Royal Military College Duntroon
Majura, Australian Capital Territory
Confirms you have all the attributes, skills and values to become an officer.
Confirms you have the leadership, management, operational skills and knowledge required of a junior officer to command a platoon.
May find yourself taking troops through field exercises, tactical assaults or managing vital Army functions.
Upon successful completion, you will recieve a Queen's Commission as a Lieutenant in the Australian Army Reserve. |
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Term
What happens towards of the end of Training Block 5: All Corps Army Reserve Platoon Commander?
What is allocation based upon? |
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Definition
Prior to graduation from RMC you will be appointed to a specialised branch (Corps)
Corp allocation is based on the following:
Preference
Competitiveness
Availability of positions |
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Term
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Definition
Non-degree trainees: $87.49 per day
Degree qualified: $99.16
Commissioned non-degree: $120.68
Commissioned degree: $128.52
Plus service allowance of $12.04 per day. |
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Term
Melbourne University Regiment (Carlton):
When is training?
What is the training for?
What will you learn?
Administration? |
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Definition
Parade nights and weekends.
Training in preparation for the residential training blocks.
instruction and assessment on military skills:
Fieldcraft
Drill
Training
Military Justice
Writing and Oral Communication
Some additional training through external organisations.
Unit will look after administration for attending GSO FAC Training blocks. |
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| Where/what are the current Australian Defence Force operations? |
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Definition
Afghanistan
Border Protection
East Timor
Egypt
Iraq
Middle East
Solomon Islands
Sudan |
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Term
What operations are currently in Afghanistan?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation SLIPPER (Afghanistan and middle east)
Approx 1500 in Afghanistan and 800 across middle east. Campaign against terrorism, maritime security in middle east and countering piracy in Gulf of Aden. Contributing to North Atlantic Tready Organisation (NATO) led Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Under the UN Charter.
Operation Palate II
2 officers. UN Assistance mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). Acting as military advisors based in Kabul and Kandahar. |
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What operations are currently in Australia?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation RESOLUTE
Up to 400 ADF personnel.
Protection of Australia's borders and offshore maritime interests. Working alongside Customs and other agencies.
Patrol aircraft, 7 Navy Armidale Class Patrol Boats
Australian Army Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU) patrols - land based security
Transit Security Elemit (TSE) 37 personnel from army or airforce who embark on patrol boats ACPBS.
RFSUs - tasked with land and shore surveillance of inhospitable areas of Northern Australia. 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR)
Transit Security Element - 37 security trained Army/Airforce personnel to provide security for apprehended vessels. |
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What operations are currently in East Timor?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation ASTUTE.
380 Personnel. International Stabilisation Force (ISF). Elements of 8th Brigade. Support the UN to maintain stability and provide security for development of East Timor.
Operation TOWER (Timor-leste)
Small number of officers providing support in security reform and contributing to development of the East Timor Defence Force. |
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What operations are currently in Egypt?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation Mazurka
Approx 25
Assisting the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) non-UN organisation.
Monitor the border, preparing briefings and supporting the HQ. |
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What operations are currently in Iraq?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation Riverbank
2 officers. Supporting United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Military advisors. |
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What operations are currently in Middle East?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation PLADIN
11 officers in Jerusalem.
Military observers and staff officers contributing to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO). Truce agreed at the end of the first Arab/Israeli War. |
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What operations are currently in Solomon Islands?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation ANODE
Name of the ADF contribution to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
115 reserve and full-time troops from the 4th/3rd and 1st/19th Battalions.
HQ, one platoon from ADF permanent. and One extra platoon from ADF, rotating between ADF and New Zealand. (currently Australia's turn) |
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What operations are currently in Sudan?
Names, number of personnel, aim. |
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Definition
Operation AZURE
17 australians comprising of officers and specialists.
United Nations Mission in Sundan (UNMIS)
Monitoring Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Govt of Sudan and Sudan People's Liberation Movement. |
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Term
Why do you wish to join the ADF?
Your qualitites?
Career effect? |
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Definition
Excellent way to build upon my character and enhance my ability to lead.
I feel that I already make a contribution to our community through my work at Victoria Police - but the Army would enable me to make a bigger contribution to the whole of Australia and hopefully the world.
I believe I have the right natural qualities to be an officer in the Australian Army, such as the ability to quickly make decisions based on available information and be accountable and responsible for those decisions and their outcomes.
The way I see it, the experiences I could gain would complement my role as a project manager, and I see my current knowledge and experience as something that can contribute towards my role in the army. |
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| How long do you think you'd like to be enlisted or appointed for? What are your career aspirations within the army? |
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Definition
| As long as I'm able and physically fit. At a bare minimum, I would aim to become a captain. I see it would be an amazing experience and a vindication of success and achievement should I ever get the chance to command a company on a field excercise or operation. |
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| What do you know about the Melbourne University Regiment? |
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Definition
Direct command training unit of 4th Brigade as part of 2nd division.
Training for Army Reserve Officer Cadets.
Started in 1884.
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Ager.
Motto: Postera Crescam Laude "Later I shall grow by praise" |
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Term
| Where are reserves deployed? |
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Definition
East Timor
Solomon Islands
Small amount in Afghanistan - specialists. |
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| What kind of work do reserves generally do? |
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Definition
As a GSO, you would command a platoon on peace and security operations.
Assisted with security on APEC 2007, 2006 commonwealth games and the commonwealth heads of government meeting next month. |
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Term
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Definition
A leader earns the respect of their peers and is able to inspire people in order to successfully lead.
A real leader is visionary and transformational. They give their followers a sense of purpose, increasing their levels of motivation - they are able to inspire people to follow them into dangerous situations that they would normally consider too risky - but would willingly do so under a charismatic leader that they believe in.
I see this as incredibly important from a military perspective. When people are faced with life-threatening danger, fear, loss of morale and self preservation can set in. But a charismatic leader is able to enable their followers to overcome those burdens, making them focus on the goal at hand and instilling them with the belief that it is achievable and must be done - not just for themselves, and not just for the leader but for the greater good and safety of their fellow soldiers. |
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| An example of your leadership? |
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Definition
Project Management
Convoy
Internet Upgrade and switch.
Ability to take control of situations - First aid in 7/11 |
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Definition
First Priority: Defence of Australia
Second: Security and stability of immediate neighbourhood - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Improve the following:
undersea warfare, surface maritime warfare
Air superiority, strategic strike, special forces, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR and cyber warfare.
Replace and expand current fleet of 6 collins class submarines with something more capable.
Replace Anzac class frigate with a more capable Future Frigate optimised for anti-submarine warfare.
Enhance air combat with fifth generation multirole fighters
enhance Army's fleet of heavy protected vehicles.
Government committed to overhauling Information and Communications technology with the aim to save $20 billion. |
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Definition
Australian soldier killed in East Timor in a vehicle accident.
Problems with our collins class submarines (1 hour failure HMAS Farncombon August 23rd)
Greens in more power: want all operations to be non-offensive. Want votes before going to war. Want Australia out of Afghanistan.
Labor: infavour of contributing to multinational forces
Liberal: tougher on border defence |
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Term
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Definition
Private
Lance Corporal / Bombardier
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Warrant officer (+ class 1, class 2)
Officer Cadet
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lt. Colonel
Colonel
Brigader
Major General
Lt General
General
Field Marshall |
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