Major Nathan Jones is a serving Officer in the Royal Australian Corps of Signals with communications planning and execution experience at the Sub Unit, Unit and Formation level, inclusive of operational deployments to East Timor and Afghanistan. MAJ Jones is currently serving in Army Headquarters as the Desk Officer for Land 200 Battlefield Command Systems and holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Project Management.

Dr Cathy Moloney is the Deputy Director, Defence Strategy and National Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). She is on the Executive Committee of Women in Nuclear (WiN) Australia, and a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN). Cathy previously worked for the Australian Department of Defence as Director and Senior Advisor at the Centre for Defence Research, Australian Defence College, and SME to the Australian Defence Force's Joint Warfare Development Branch.

Major Rebecca Conway is the Officer in Charge – Training Systems and Design at the Warrant Officer and Non Commissioned Officer Academy (WONCO-A) at Canungra. WONCO-A is the centre of excellence for the All Corps Soldier Training Continuum. WONCO-A leads, trains and mentors our trainees on the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of being a leader in the ADF.

The Warrant Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer Academy delivers All Corps Soldier Training Continuum courses in order to enable the Land Warfare Centre to deliver directed individual training, education and education services.

David Bullock is an experienced officer in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. He has 30+ years worth of experience serving in a variety of different corps and non-corps postings throughout his career, in both the Australian and British Army.

About the author: Jack Jones is a junior officer in the Royal Australian Corps of Transport. He is posted to 35 Water Transport Squadron, 10 Force Support Battalion where he has been employed as an Operations Lieutenant and Troop Commander. A career highlight for Jack was commanding the Amphibious Beach Team during the tactical amphibious lodgment of the Blue Force into Exercise Hamel 18.

Spencer Jones currently is a Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He is also the Regimental Historian for the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Dr Jones’ key works include the award-nominated From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army 1902 - 1914 and the edited collection Stemming
the Tide: Officers and Leadership in the British Expeditionary Force 1914 which was runner-up for the 2013 Templer Medal.