OFFICIAL Commando News Magazine Edition 15 2023

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COMMANDOS FOR LIFE APRIL to JUNE 05 April 2013 COL Hans Fleer, AM. DCM. Honorary Colonel 2 nd Commando Regiment Died In Service Melbourne, Victoria 27 April 2008 LCPL Jason Marks Delta Commando Company 4 RAR Commando Killed In Action Uruzghan Province, Afghanistan 23 May 2011 SGT Brett Wood, MG. DSM. Charlie Commando Company 2 nd Commando Regiment Killed In Action Helmand Province, Afghanistan 30 May 1968 WO2 John Durrington 2 Commando Company (Attached to AATTV) Killed In Action Quang Nam, South Vietnam 21 June 2010 PTE’s Ben Chuck, Tim Aplin, Scott Palmer Alpha Commando Company, 2 nd Commando Regiment Killed In Action, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan 22 June 2013 CPL Cameron Baird, VC. MG. Bravo Commando Company 2 nd Commando Regiment Killed In Action Urazghan Province, Afghanistan 36 COMMANDO ~ The Magazine of the Australian Commando Association ~ Edition 15 I 2023
Around the Units Headquarters Special Operations Command Special Operations Commander for Australia, Major General Paul Kenny, DSC, AM, DSM, visited our Anzac partners in New Zealand recently for counterpart talks with key NZ Defence Force leaders. Major General Kenny made an office call on Rear Admiral James (Jim) Gilmour, Commander of Joint Forces New Zealand, to discuss ongoing operations, emerging threats and upcoming training activities, including Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Australia and New Zealand have a shared military history dating back to the original ANZAC Corps of World War I and, today, we continue to work closely together across the Indo–Pacific. #OurPartners Australian High Commission, New Zealand ADF School of Special Operations Rear Admiral James (Jim) Gilmour, Commander of Joint Forces New Zealand and Major General Kenny and Special Operations Commander for Australia. Source. Defence Major General Kenny also met with Colonel Sean Bolton, DSD, Special Operations Component Com - mander, to discuss ongoing Indo–Pacific partner engagement, training opportunities, and to share information about ADF’s special operations moderni - sation program, including special operations force recruitment and retention initiatives. Major General Kenny also visited the NZ Special Air Service in Auckland to meet with the Commanding Officer and unit personnel. Colonel Sean Bolton, DSD, Special Operations Component Commander, and Major General Kenny. Source. Defence Australian Army officer Major General Paul Kenny (left), Special Operations Com mander for Australia, presents Major Paul Dunbavin from the Australian Defence Force School of Special Operations with his Chief of Army gold commendation at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, for his role supporting the Gold Medal Ready program working with Australia's Olympic team leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Source. Defence Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Command who supported our Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games athletes and coaches through the Gold Medal Ready program were awarded a Chief of Army gold commendation during a ceremony at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney on Wednesday, 22 March 2023. Major General Paul Kenny, DSC, AM, DSM, Special Operations Commander for Australia, presented twenty-five soldiers from the Australian Defence Force School of Special Operations and 2nd Commando Regiment with the gold commendations for their work putting our Olympians through their paces during a series of training camps leading up to the delayed Olympics in 2021. The Gold Medal Ready program was a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Army. The training camps helped the Olympic athletes and coaches deal with high-pressure situations with mental resilience and stress control training. Special Operations Command is an Australian Army functional command whose mission is to prepare and employ special operations forces to defend Australia's national interest. COMMANDO ~ The Magazine of the Australian Commando Association ~ Edition 15 I 2023 37
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS REGISTERED BY AUSTRALIA PO
Page 5 and 6: A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to E
Page 7 and 8: ACA President’s Report Major Gene
Page 9 and 10: AUSTRALIAN COMMANDO ASSOCIATION AUS
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Page 13 and 14: Major Mike Eddy, OC of 2 Commando C
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Page 19 and 20: SIGNIFICANT COMMANDO DATES APRIL to
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Page 37: APPENDIX II CLOTHING During trainin
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Page 45 and 46: “Every day involves parachuting.
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