Matt Proud

Biography

Captain Matt Proud enlisted into the Army in January 2003. In 2004 he attended the Australian Defence Force Academy and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Management and Geography) in 2006. Upon graduation from the Royal Military College – Duntroon in 2007 he was posted to the 1st Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment and was deployed to Afghanistan with Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force – 2. He is currently the Second in Command of the South Queensland Wing of the Warrant Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer Academy and is studying a Masters of Business.

Contributions

Title	Date Published
The COIN Environment: The Integration and Execution of Lethal and Non-Lethal Effects at the Tactical Level – Platoon Team Lessons from MRTF-2 in Afghanistan	3 Feb 2025

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