Attempts to Create a Military Court for the Australian Defence Force

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Denton
Keyword(s):  
Australian Defence Force

scholarly journals Current dietary supplement use of Australian military veterans of Middle East operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 3156-3165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolieke C van der Pols ◽  
Jeeva Kanesarajah ◽  
Alison Bell ◽  
Chi-Wai Lui
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Dietary Supplement ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Supplement Use ◽  
Australian Defence Force ◽  
Dietary Supplement Use ◽  
Energy Supplements

AbstractObjectiveTo assess patterns and levels of dietary supplement use among Australian Defence Forces, previously deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations.DesignA cross-sectional study. Participants of a large survey self-completed questions about dietary supplement use, health status, personal and job-related characteristics, and lifestyle factors. Frequency of current use of supplements was assessed in three categories (bodybuilding, energy and weight loss).SettingMiddle East Area of Operations post-deployment health survey.SubjectsCurrent and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel (n 14 032) who deployed to the Middle East between 2001 and 2009.ResultsBodybuilding supplements were used by 17·5 % of participants, energy supplements by 24·5 % and weight-loss supplements by 7·6 %. Overall, 32·3 % of participants used any of these supplements. Bodybuilding and energy supplements were more often used by men, younger persons and those in the Army, while weight-loss supplements were more commonly used by women and Navy personnel. Supplements in all three categories were more commonly used by persons in lower ranks, active service and combat roles. Users of bodybuilding supplements had healthier lifestyles and better health status, while users of energy and weight-loss supplements had less healthy lifestyles and poorer mental and physical health status. Overall, 11·7 % of participants used supplements containing caffeine and 3·6 % used a creatine-containing product.ConclusionsUse of dietary supplements among Australian Defence Force personnel is common, and patterned by lifestyle factors and health status.

scholarly journals Discovery of Cocirculating Ross River Virus and Barmah Forest Virus At Wide Bay Military Training Area, Northeastern Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-223
Author(s):  
Jo Kizu ◽  
Christina Neuman ◽  
Luke Le Grand ◽  
Wenjun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Ross River Virus ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Culex Annulirostris ◽  
Australian Defence Force ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Human Infections ◽  
Training Area

ABSTRACT An arbovirus surveillance military exercise was conducted to assess the risk of Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Wide Bay training area (WBTA), northeastern Australia, in April 2018. Of the 5,540 female mosquitoes collected, 3,702 were screened for RRV and BFV by quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction in a field laboratory. One pool of Verrallina funerea was positive for RRV and 8 pools (7 pools of Aedes vigilax and 1 pool of Culex annulirostris) were positive for BFV. Phylogenetic analysis of the complete nucleotide sequence of the E2 protein subgrouped both RRV and BFV with viruses previously isolated from human infections, indicating the potential risk of RRV and BFV infection to ADF personnel while training in WBTA. This is the 1st time that both RRV and BFV have been detected in a military training area.

Building school capacity to support students from Australian Defence Force families during parental deployment

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Gail Macdonald ◽  
Helen Boon
Keyword(s):  
School Transition ◽  
School Capacity ◽  
Behavioural Disorders ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Parental Absence ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Australian Defence Force ◽  
Parental Deployment ◽  
Support Students

Students who have parents deployed to a war zone are more vulnerable to an increased level of stress and anxiety, health problems, behavioural disorders and academic under-achievement. Yet, little is known about the processes employed by schools to support these students. This study investigated the deployment support work conducted by Defence School Transition Aides who are employed in some Australian schools to support students from Australian Defence Force families to manage the transitions associated with school mobility and parental absence for service reasons. Fifteen parents, 17 teachers and 15 Defence School Transition Aides were asked, in semi-structured interviews, to describe students’ responses to parental deployment, how their schools supported students and what specific processes were employed by Defence School Transition Aides to assist students’ coping during parental deployment. Findings from qualitative analyses, suggest that Defence School Transition Aides assist school communities to build their schools’ capacity to support students with deployed parents by raising the school communities’ awareness of these students’ specific needs.

Inclusivity and the Education of Children of Defence Forces Personnel

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Ros Baumann ◽  
Henriette van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Outcomes ◽  
Australian Defence Force ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Literacy Testing ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Social Emotional Outcomes

Australian Defence Force (ADF) members' children present as a unique subpopulation of students. These students often experience schooling interruption as a result of posting (relocation) mobility inherent within the service requirements of their ADF parents. This chapter explores the impact of such mobility and interrupted schooling on educational achievement. Educational achievement consists of two key aspects: Social-emotional outcomes and Academic outcomes. Social-emotional outcomes are currently supported through the Defence Support Mentor (DSM) program. Academic outcomes are examined through the lens of Reading/Literacy testing results and Mathematics testing results. Academic achievement for ADF children impacted by mobility and schooling interruption remains largely unexplored within the Australian context. A conceptual framework is presented, which identifies potential causes of negative impacts upon ADF students' academic achievement.

Square Pegs in a Round Hole

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-203
Author(s):  
Wray R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Round Hole ◽  
Power Development ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Development Centre ◽  
Australian Defence Force ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Military Institutions ◽  
Air Doctrine

This chapter follows the establishment of the Air Power Development Centre in 1989 to fill a gap in the RAAF lack of and air power education and doctrine. Under the patronage of Air Marshal Ray Funnell, the APDC had a two-fold remit: it fostered the development of an Australian air doctrine with several editions of the Air Power Manual and it led to the spreading of air power concepts in Australian military institutions such as the RAAF Staff College and the Australian Defence Force Academy. Notwithstanding the Centre's efforts in promoting airpower theory in staff and students at training institutions, much should still be done to influence an enduring change in PMET in the Australian forces.

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