Australia appoints woman to lead its army for the first time

\+1 The good eggs are the ones just get it done, she looks solid. Unlike some of the other officers promoted, like that dickhead that had multiple complaints against him, still getting pushed higher up the chain.

Idk about Australia, but over here in my country, we will hear about them usually thrice. When they assume a high command position, then their step down from said position years later, then a little bit later news about their new position in our politically dominant party. Not many scandals though thankfully.

As an Australian, I’d be worried about the glass cliff if I were here (See: Susssssan)

Wait until you hear what the emu can do. 

Does that mean that next door with 5.3 million, we’re safe because we’d need to fight less than 14 per person? That’s reassuring. Plus the wallabies and laser kiwis would have our backs.

Do you think that’s going to be a thing or can I rest easy in my opera house?

The President of Uruguay probably has a Ned Stark type who reminds him that the Kangaroos have no ships.

As a neighbor of that amazing small country, I can confirm you (or cangurus) cannot fight Uruguay. It’s impossible. They are the nicest people, in less than 5min you’d be drinking mate with them and calling them hermanos.

Pffft that's so unrealistic But they *could* invade NZ. It's just across the ditch.

Found Bob Catters sock puppet account right here.

Less eyeliner than couch f*****

probably? Trump and Kegsbreath could give the cast of Drag Race a run for their money on makeup used.

They’re way ahead of you. My Facebook feed is just full of these mysogynist idiots saying they stand with the murderer and accusing the army of DEI.

As someone who is on Facebook all to often for work, I'm already seeing a staggering amount of negativity and outright misinformation. It's really sad.

A pre-emptive strike.

The rank of “General” in Australia is only held by those appointed to the position of CDF, not CA. Hence why both Simon Stuart and Susan Coyle are “only” Lieutenant Generals. There are only 2 permanent three star positions in the ADF being the other service chiefs who hold an equivalent rank but there are other three stars across the Australian Defence Organisation.

Close but not quite, a full General (a four star rank) would be Chief of the Defence Force, while the heads of Army, Navy and Air Force are all three star ranks (Lieutenant general, Vice Admiral or Air Marshal). The previous Chief of Defence was from the Army and was a General. The current Chief of Defence Force was appointed from the Navy and is a four star Admiral, while the Chief of Navy is ‘only’ a three star Vice Admiral.

He’s probably drunk right now

The Chief of Army doesn’t have jurisdiction over veterans’ affairs, and if she did, it’d only be for members of the Army - not the other two services. Those issues are the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

I would recommend knowing what Australia’s Chief of Army does prior to commenting on it if you’re going to make silly comments and disparage her achievement

Maybe you should try harder at knowing what you're talking about before you start looking for something to criticize. Neither of those are things she will be responsible for. If those are topics that you actually care about and aren't just bristling automatically because a headline mentioned the "first woman" angle, which is, as you acknowledged, a noteworthy milestone, you could start by looking up the department of veterans affairs and the minister for veterans affairs and defence personnel, Matt Keogh

Army don’t run large procurement projects - CASG exists to do that, and is where you’d be looking for procurement waste (outside of small procurement, but that’s not the main waste). CASG have a civilian head (Depsec CASG) not a uniform one.

She’s been commander of the Middle East AO for Australia, previously held the appointment of Chief of Joint Operations, Commander of FORCOMD and has multiple deployments under her belt. She’s had a distinguished career since 1987, and there are only three out of the nine three star officers in the ADF who are female, so please tell me how she is a DEI hire when she has clearly gotten to where she has on her own merit.

Are there any conditions for you, under which a woman could have this kind of job without being accused of being a DEI hire?

Saying this right after it came out that the head of the US military blocked promotions of certain people (almost all POC and women) in order to push people who share their loyalties is hilarious. You're being played like a fiddle.

DEI is when women do things