Australia/Military

Australia/Military  (Armed Forces)

The armed forces of Australia, the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

Interchangeable

Interoperablilty with British imperial and later US forces remains a core feature of Australian military procurement. In 2022, Charles Flynn, commanding general of the United States Army in the Pacific spoke of the Australian forces not only being "interoperable", but "interchangeable": "similar attack aviation, similar lift aviation, similar ground combat vehicles, similar air defence, short-rang,long-range, similar fires, networks."

Covid jabs

As in many other countries, the Covid jab campaign, including distribution and propaganda, was run by the military. In June 2021, Lt Gen John Frewen was appointed head of the national Covid vaccine taskforce, in a role called "the office of the coordinator general". General Frewen’s role circumvented the normal bureaucratic paths and allowed him to deal directly with groups and companies involved in the rollout, meet with state and territory leaders and chief health officers, and report directly to the prime minister.

Frewen was the national commander of all ADF personnel in the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, in 2017. Frewen said the National COVID Vaccine Taskforce was responsible for engagement with states and territories, and the distribution of "vaccines", plus to ensure confidence in the "vaccine" rollout and to ensure as many Australians were "vaccinated" as early as possible; and to plan the next phase of the Australian government’s Covid-19 "vaccination" communications campaign.

He was the second high-profile military figure appointed to a senior role in the "vaccine" rollout – in April 2021, navy Commodore Eric Young was appointed to manage logistics associated with program. Some other members included Colonel Spencer Norris, officer Cate Caldwell, Dr Lucas de Toca from the Department of Health was First Assistant Secretary, Caroline Roga, Yvette Sims, Sarah Duvall, Erin Anderson,Simone Ellacott,Ann Ronning,Sally Cooper,Tavish Roncon,and Katrina Brooks,Lisa Zwankhuizen.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2015	“Our exchange on strategic issues soon demonstrated a whole range of areas where our military forces [ IDF and the Australian military ] could learn from one another. These ranged from defence industry co-operation (our army has purchased an Israeli battle management system) to counter-insurgency, urban intelligence gathering, coalition warfighting, countering improvised explosive devices, military education, the use of reservists, airpower developments (both countries are acquiring F-35 joint strike fighters), military procurement processes and maritime security (Israel is developing offshore gas fields). Issues related to counter-terrorism and social resilience were highlighted as common interests of both states.”	Anthony Bergin	2015
Peter Dutton	““It would be inconceivable that we wouldn’t support the US in an action if the US chose to take that action...maybe there are circumstances where we wouldn’t take up that option, (but) I can’t conceive of those circumstances.””	Peter Dutton	13 November 2021

 

Employees on Wikispooks

Employee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
John Frewen	Commander of all Australian Defence personnel in the Middle East	2017	2017
John Frewen	Coordinator General of the National COVID Vaccine Taskforce	2021
Terry Griffiths	Army Attaché in Washington DC	1978	1981
David McBride	Lawyer	2003	2017	Whistleblower on war crimes

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Exercise Mataika	16 August 2018	16 August 2018	Sydney New South Wales Australia University of New South Wales	2018 "pandemic" exercise planning for non-pharmaceutical interventions like social distancing and face masks, and contact tracing. "Dissent is quashed using various means"

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