James Lewis is an officer from the First Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. He led an Urban Close Combat (UCC) Mentoring and Training Team (MTT) on Operation AUGURY – Philippines. The observations and lessons included above have been drawn from a number of sources, including key AFoP personnel, the initial Commander – Joint Task Group 629, and the initial Commander – JTG629 (Land). Observations have also been drawn from other previous MTT commanders from UCC, Joint Fires, Combat Engineering (Urban Search and Breaching), and Sniping and Counter-Sniping.
Jimmy Wright has many years experience in sport and fitness. Within the military his postings have included 16 ALR, 2 CDO, 1 RTB and 7 CSSB. He is currently posted to 1 CHB. Outside of the military, he has worked for a number of professional sporting organisations such as the South Sydney Rabittohs, Port Adelaide Football Club as well as individual elite professional athletes.
Jason enlisted in 1995 and has served in Combat, Combat Support and Combat Service Support Corps. Jason graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 2003 and has fulfilled a range of command and staff appointments, including Officer Commanding D Company, 1st Military Police Battalion. Jason has deployed on operations domestically and overseas in East Timor, Bougainville, Afghanistan and Egypt. Jason has also deployed on a range of International Engagement activities in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Jennifer Wittwer, CSM, a maritime logistics officer and strategic human resources specialist, retired from full-time service in the Australian Navy in April 2018 after thirty seven years. In recent years, Jennifer developed and implemented women’s leadership, mentoring and networking programs into the Australian Navy, deployed as the first ADF Gender Advisor to NATO operations in Afghanistan, led the ADF’s implementation of the Australian Government’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and worked as a policy specialist on peacekeeping, security secto
Judd Finger is an infantry officer with over 15 years military experience within the Australian Army. He is a distinguished graduate of the United States Marine Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting and is currently posted to the Future Land Warfare Branch within Army Headquarters.