Brad Kilpatrick is currently the Deputy Commandant of ADFA. He has held a variety of Regimental postings within the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and B Sqn 3/4 Cavalry Regiment, instructional postings at the Royal Military College – Duntroon and as the Commanding Officer / Chief Instructor of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), and numerous Army and Joint staff positions.

Throughout his time at ADFA he assisted the response to Phase One of the Broderick Review and was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross for the training solutions he implemented in response to the review's recommendations.

Colonel Kilpatrick completed Australian Command and Staff College (Joint) in 2006. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Studies from Deakin University and a Masters in Philosophy from the University of NSW. The topic of his thesis was The design and implementation of adolescent learning strategies based on cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology.