Major General Chris Field, @ChrisFieldAUS, is an Australian Army officer serving in Headquarters Australian Defence Force. He has commanded at all levels from platoon to the Australian Army Forces Command. His deployments include Afghanistan, East Timor, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Syria and Queensland State recovery. He is a US Marine Corps Command and Staff College distinguished graduate, a Centre for Defence & Strategic Studies fellow, and a graduate of the US Army Land Component Commander Course, Australian Commander Joint Task Force Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, US Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting, Royal Military College Duntroon, and Australian Defence Force Academy.