Benjamin Gray is the Commanding Officer of the School of Artillery, and has served in a range of operations and training appointments within the Australian Army, including overseas service in the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. He has a Bachelor of Arts, a Masters of Strategy and Security and a Masters of Military and Defence Studies.
SGT Katz’s section won the DOG Cup in 2013 for the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. As a Corporal, SGT Katz was posted to the SOI for two years in Riflemen Wing where he trained infantrymen on their initial employment courses. He was then was posted back to 2RAR as a Platoon SGT.
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Johnson is an infantry officer and has served as a platoon commander, company commander and operations officer in The Royal Australian Regiment. He has deployed to Timor-Leste and Afghanistan and has held a range of instructional, staff and representational appointments in the ADF and with coalition partners. He is currently Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.
Claire Pearson has served in a variety of ISR roles in the Air and Joint domains. With a Joint Operations bias, she has deployed as an embed officer in US 10th Mountain Light Infantry Division (Kandahar, Afghanistan), an embed in ISAF HQ (Kabul, Afghanistan), a UN Peacekeeper in UNMISS (Bor, South Sudan), and to the Middle East. Claire has been posted to numerous staff roles in HQJOC and JCG, served as a MA, Sub-unit Commander, and XO. As a qualified military Gender Advisor, she is a passionate advocate of applying a gendered perspective to vulnerable perso