Jason Jackson has over 26 years of service with the Australian Army. He has extensive experience in both Training and Regimental Units to include an international exchange to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centre in California, USA. He is currently serving as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st/19th Battalion, the Royal New South Wales Regiment.
Colonel Kidson is a SERCAT 5 Officer currently posted to Army Headquarters as Director, Scalability. In her previous appointment as Commanding Officer, 5th Engineer Regiment she deployed to the NSW fire grounds in 2019-20 as Task Force Commander. Colonel Kidson holds five degrees, including a PhD in Science from Trinity College Cambridge and a Master Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney. A Science and Technology Executive, she is currently Group Leader, National Security at the Defence Science and Technology Group.