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Associate Professor Garth Pratten is a member of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. An historian by training, he has previously worked for the Australian Army’s Training Command and the Australian War Memorial, and taught in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Among his research interests are the experience of command and the conduct of military operations. … Garth …
Major Tony Purdy is currently serving in Headquarters 1st Brigade as the S3 Operations Officer. He has previously served as the S33 Current Operations Officer in the same headquarters, as well as a range of command and training appointments including 1st Armoured Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, B Squadron 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment and the Royal Military College Duntroon. In these roles he has served alongside a number of allies and partners on exercises in Australia and abroad, as well as on operations in …
Leo Purdy is a retired Armour Officer who served in various regimental, staff and training postings. As an independent consultant, he now undertakes research and analysis activities to support Defence and Industry capability development. In this capacity, he has written articles, studies, concepts and doctrine on armoured warfare, mounted minor tactics and the future of armour and mechanised infantry. … Leo …
Captain James Saint is an Artillery Officer currently completing a Masters of Strategy and Security with the University of New South Wales. … James Saint …
Major Callum Muntz is a proud father, husband, and infantry officer currently serving with the United States Army in their I Corps Headquarters. … Callum Muntz …
Flying Officer Micheal Abdel-messih enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in 2014 as a Parachute Rigger. On completion of his employment training in 2015 he was posted to Joint Logistics Unit (East) and in 2017 he completed the Subject One for Corporal – Army. Flying Officer Abdelmessih posted to ADFA in 2019, where he completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) as an Army Officer Cadet and transferred to the RAAF as an Armament Engineer in 2022. In his personal time, Flying Officer …
Colonel Brad Kilpatrick is an Armoured Corps officer with regimental experience at 2nd Cavalry Regiment and B Squadron 3/4 Cavalry Regiment. He has considerable experience as a military instructor with postings to Royal Military College-Duntroon as a Military Instructor, Senior Instructor of War Fighting and Deputy Chief Instructor. He has also had postings to the Australian Defence Force Academy as the Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor and Deputy Commandant. He has had operational deployments to East …
Dr Michael O’Keefe is Director of the Master of International Relations at La Trobe University. Michael’s research interests focus on Australian foreign policy, and Pacific foreign policies (especially Fiji). His current projects focus on Australia’s ‘Step Up’ in the Pacific, Fiji’s peacekeeping strategy and military diplomacy. He undertakes a wide range of consultancies in the Pacific and has taught in Fiji and Japan. Michael features regularly in media such as the ABC’s 7.30 Report and Insiders , ABC …
Mr Amal Jayawardena is a mechanical engineer and graduate researcher with a strong academic and professional background. He earned his mechanical engineering degree with first-class honors (Summa Cum Laude) from Brigham Young University USA receiving the prestigious Thomas E. Ricks academic full scholarship. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. research in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne focing on drug design and computational optimisation. In his Ph.D. research, Amal focuses on …
Associate Professor Gayan Kahandawa Appuhamillage is an expert in sensor technology, control systems and mechatronics. His work on development of sensor networks for aircraft, been patented by Boeing Company (US patent: US20140304203A2). He used fibre optic sensors and AI based algorithms for monitoring structural changers/damage to air crafts for structural integrity. He also has used sensor network to monitor West Gate Bridge in Melbourne. The system developed logged strain data from the bridge before …