Sergeant Edward Howson was born on 13 May 1990 in Southport, Queensland. He enlisted into the Australian Regular Army on 9 July 2007 as a Cavalry Crewman ASLAV within the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. On completion of his initial employment training, Sergeant Howson was posted to the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) in May 2008.

At the Cove we encourage all members of the Australian Defence Force and indeed across the entire Planet to partake in the contest of ideas.

However, due to the protected identity status of the members of the Special Operations Command we can not publish the names of the authors.

We do encourage and support members of the Special Operations Command to continue to post on the Cove.