Ross Cable

Biography

Major Ross Cable is a Royal Australian Armoured Corps officer and academy graduate who holds an Honours degree in History and an MBA from the University of Queensland. Major Cable commanded a first year squadron at ADFA in 2009 and 2010. His personal reflections on the academy comprise part of the implementation planning for the 2010 ADFA Review. Major Cable wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Major Ann Noris in editing this article. He also wishes to acknowledge discussions with a wide range of parents, ADF officers, ADFA graduates, ADFA staff, officer cadets and midshipmen who aided in forming the views expressed in this article. Major Cable is currently posted as a plans officer in the G5 Branch of Headquarters Forces Command in Sydney.

Contributions

Title	Date Published
An Opportunity Not To Be Wasted: What Army Should Require of the Australian Defence Force Academy	1 Jun 2011

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