Callum Muntz is an Infantry Officer serving in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. He has served in the Army for 15 years inside Combat Brigades, SOCOMD, Kapooka and RMC-D. He considers himself a proud nerd, an avid Star Wars fan, and a gamer (when he finds time around his three year old son) – even if he isn’t very good.

Lieutenant Colonel Boniface Aruma, DMS. Graduated Royal Military College June 1999, Graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College 2016, Commanding Officer of First Battalion Royal Pacific Islands Regiment 2017 - 2018

Chaplain Michael Pocklington has been in the Army for around 15 years and has had the privilege of deploying several times as a Chaplain. He is currently posted to the Land Warfare Centre Canungra.

Lieutenant Dylan Brown is currently posted to the 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment as the Assault Pioneer Platoon Commander. He is also the Platoon Commander for the Battalion Combat Training Cell which is currently in development. He was previously posted as a rifle platoon commander.

In his thirty years in the Marine Corps, T. X. Hammes served at all levels, including as the Commanding Officer of an intelligence battalion, an infantry battalion and the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force. He participated in stabilisation operations in Somalia and Iraq as well as counter-insurgency training in various places around the world. Colonel Hammes has a Masters in Historical Research and a Doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University.

Lieutenant Colonel Aaron P. Jackson PhD has served in the Australian Army Reserve since 2002. He has held a range of command, staff and instructional appointments, and is currently posted as Commanding Officer, 10th/27th Battalion, The Royal South Australia Regiment. His deployments include Iraq, the Greater Middle East Region, Timor-Leste, Australian border security, and domestic emergency response operations. In his civilian employment he is a career Public Servant, and he has held appointments in both Federal and State level departments.

Alexander Whittle joined the Australian Army in April 2013. After initial employment training, he was posted to 1^st Military Police Battalion. A recent highlight of his career was his provision of Close Personal Protection to VIPs on Exercise HAMEL 16. In August 2017 he was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.

About the Author: Andre Le Masle is an Armoured Corp Officer. He has served in 1 Armoured Regiment, 2/14 Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and instructed at Royal Military College-Duntroon. He is currently a staff officer in Training Systems Branch, Headquarters Forces Command.

Andrew Glover enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in 2002 and since initial officer training at the Royal military College Duntroon has been a Royal Australian Transport Officer. He has worked across a variety of logistics postings within the Special Operations Command and in the conventional Army, deploying with a number of times with both forces. He has completed the suite of Army Intelligence Officer courses having served as a S2 for a Combat Engineer Regiment, Armoured Cavalry Regiment and within a Combat Brigade Headquarters.