Edition 1204, December 11, 2008 - Department of Defence
Edition 1204, December 11, 2008 - Department of Defence
Edition 1204, December 11, 2008 - Department of Defence
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FOLLOWING a review <strong>of</strong> Army<br />
Reserve <strong>of</strong>ficer training, changes<br />
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the course.<br />
It will now take 18 months on average<br />
for a person <strong>of</strong>f the street to be<br />
trained as a Reserve <strong>of</strong>ficer capable <strong>of</strong><br />
commanding a platoon <strong>of</strong> 30 soldiers<br />
on operations.<br />
In-service candidates can apply for<br />
recognition <strong>of</strong> prior learning and they<br />
may be granted exemption from one<br />
or both <strong>of</strong> the initial training blocks,<br />
which will shorten the course even<br />
further.<br />
Director Army Reserve Training<br />
Col David Grierson said the Army<br />
Reserve was looking for people who<br />
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TWENTY new service police from across Australia<br />
graduated on October 31 from the first tri-service<br />
Police Basic Course at the <strong>Defence</strong> Police Training<br />
Centre (DPTC) in Holsworthy.<br />
Family and friends watched a march-out parade by<br />
graduates to mark the completion <strong>of</strong> more than 40 days<br />
<strong>of</strong> demanding and intensive training in a joint-services<br />
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On parade: LCpl Tarli Gillam, B Coy, 1MP Bn, is addressed by Air-Cdre Dennis Green. Photo by Bill Cunneen<br />
Police on debut<br />
support <strong>of</strong> military operations at home and abroad.<br />
Commandant DPTC Lt-Col Peter Fisher said DPTC<br />
provided quality service-police training for all three<br />
services, using state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art facilities that were the<br />
envy <strong>of</strong> other training organisations, with appropriate<br />
resources and modern training methods.<br />
“In marking the completion <strong>of</strong> this course with a<br />
graduation ceremony, I hope to give the trainees a sense<br />
<strong>of</strong> achievement and pride in their transition from either<br />
civilian or other military trades into service police men<br />
and women,” he said.<br />
Director-General Air Force Special Projects Air-<br />
Cdre Dennis Green, who reviewed the parade, said this<br />
graduation was about the future <strong>of</strong> ADF policing.<br />
“This class is the first step towards the rejuvenation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ADF service-police community that is being<br />
formed to meet the challenges the ADF faces today and<br />
into the future,” Air-Cdre Green said.<br />
“I am confident that you have accepted the challenges<br />
that lie ahead <strong>of</strong> you in taking the ADF service<br />
police community to newer and higher levels.<br />
“I am also confident that the commandant and staff<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ADF Police Training Centre have equipped you<br />
physically and academically to meet those challenges.”<br />
Graduating service policewoman and Army reservist<br />
LCpl Toni McBride, who is posted to C Coy, 1 MP Bn<br />
in Sydney, said she had enjoyed the course immensely.<br />
“This course has given me the opportunity to work<br />
alongside my full-time colleagues, which I found<br />
extremely rewarding,” she said.<br />
“I am now looking forward to policing the garrisons<br />
and investigating minor crime.”<br />
DPTC is the focal point for service-police training<br />
in Australia and provides those who may be thinking<br />
about pursuing a career in policing with the prospects <strong>of</strong><br />
serving on operations at home and overseas.<br />
Each year, about 500 trainees gain basic or advanced<br />
service-policing qualifications at DPTC that will enable<br />
them to develop the skills they require for employment<br />
as service police across the ADF.