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Call 1800 335 425 or visit defencehealth.com.au 7 THE AUSTRALIAN RESERVIST THE AUSTRALIAN RESERVIST - April 2017 (Official Journal of the Defence Reserves Association) ISSN 1835-694X CONTENTS DRA Office Bearers 2 From the President 4 The Orchard and Big Sky Publishing Prize for Best Articles XX6 Call for Contributions and Membership Enquiries XX6 A Reflection on Deployment as Chaplain to OP Anode - CHAP Mark Dunn 3X8 Being Left Behind - FLTLT Paul Dare 122X Training for Success - CAPT Lucy Saaroni 142X Sharpening the Sword - 11 BDE’s Junior Officer Development Program 16 The DRA submission to the Review of the RANR - CAPT Joseph Lukaitis RANR 19 Recommendations from the Review of the RANR - CAPT Joseph Lukaitis RANR 21 Tasman Scheme Expanded - Call for Nominations - MAJ Catherine Neuhaus 24 Victoria’s Light Horse Regiments Honoured - MAJ Colin O’Dell (Retd) 252X Helping Reservists Manage their Army Careers - LTCOL Murray Duckworth 273X The Modern Victorian Soldier - CAPT Lucy Saaroni & WO2 Bob Creelman 30 The Dead Prussian: Is Clausewitz Still Relevant - LTCOL Mark Smith 32 An Audio unit for the SA Boer War Memorial - LTCOL Murray Alexander 342X Book Review: “An Unending War” - reviewed by LTCOL John Boyce 371X Book Review: “Keepers of the Gate” - reviewed by MAJ Bob Harvey-Hall 381X Vale - Commander Malcolm Hedges 391X Vale - Brigadier William (Bill) Hocking 40 The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the DRA or the Department of Defence. Contributions and comments or queries regarding the content of the DRA Journal should be directed to the Editor at email: [email protected] or [email protected] or post to PO Box 88, Briar Hill, Victoria 3088. The Journal is published by arrangement with Ontime Publications. Enquiries regarding advertising should be directed to Steve Moxey Mob. 0400473200 or Ph. 02 9643 8314 or via email: [email protected] 1 THE AUSTRALIAN RESERVIST DEENCE RESERVES ASSOCIATION raorau NATIONAL EXECUTIVE National President: MAJGEN Paul Irving AM PSM RFD Immediate Past President: MAJGEN Jim Barry AM MBE RFD ED Deputy-President: MAJGEN Ian Flawith AO CSC Vice President Navy: CAPT Joseph Lukaitis RFD RANR Vice President Army: MAJGEN Neil Wilson AM RFD Vice President Air Force: AIRCDRE Kathryn Dunne Vice Pres. Def Health: MAJGEN Jeffrey Rosenfeld AM OBE CStJ National Treasurer: WO2 Catalina Sankey National Secretary: MAJ Elizabeth Bedggood email: [email protected] Eitorial Coittee CMDR Peter Hicks RFD RANR LTCOL Ian George OAM RFD ED LTCOL John Morkham RFD LTCOL Neville Taylor RFD LTCOL Stefan Landherr RFD MAJ Elizabeth Bedggood SNLDR Mike Dance PO Box 88, Briar Hill VIC 3088 email: [email protected] STATE EXECUTIVES NE SOUTH ALES President: COL Graham Fleeton RFD Treas: LTCOL Catherine Lewis psc RFD Sec: WO1 Warren Barnes OAM PO BOX 1065, Singleton NSW 2330 VICTORIA President: BRIG Peter Alkemade RFD Treas: LTCOL Bruce McClure RFD Sec: WO2 David Hardacre PO Box 88, Briar Hill VIC 3088 SOUTH AUSTRALIA President: MAJGEN Neil Wilson AM RFD SecTreas: LTCOL Stefan Landherr RFD 20 Grevillea Drive, Banksia Park SA 5091 ESTERN AUSTRALIA President: LTCOL Dick Cook AM RFD Treas: BRIG Duncan Warren AM RFD Sec: CPL David Cooper 21 Wattle Street, South Perth WA 6151 TASANIA President: COL Stephen Carey RFD Treas: MAJ Richard James Sec: MAJ Malcolm McWilliams GPO Box 729, Hobart TAS 7001 UEENSLAND President: COL Chris Cunneen MSt.J Treas: MAJ Peter Jenkins Sec: MAJ Trevor Herrod C- 9 Lapworth Place, MANL WEST 4179 LD NORTHERN TERRITOR President: COL Jeff Dunn CSM RFD Sec Treas: MAJ Jim Wright PO Box 1091, Darwin NT 0801 2 PERSONALTHE AUSTRALIAN RESERVIST INSURANCE FOR VETERANS AND ADF MEMBERS COVER • Home PLUS • Contents THE • Landlords Liability • Car CARE • Caravans WWW.DSH.GOV. 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The DRA had been closely involved in consultations on Plan Suakin, before it transformed into Proect Suakin and then into the ADF Total Workforce Model. DRA members have been briefed at the DRA National Conferences and through articles in The Australian Reservist on this important subect. In a detailed submission to the JSCFADT, the DRA pointed out that extensive research undertaken in 2011 by Ernst & oung under Plan Suakin revealed that Reserve personnel capability would be greatly enhanced through better support for the employment of Reservists and enhanced remuneration by way of Reserve allowances and superannuation. Regrettably, from the DRA perspective, in implementing the Total Workforce Model, the aim of Suakin to develop a Reserve structure, supported by appropriate remuneration’ to provide the ADF with a highly reliable core part-time workforce has not been achieved. In its submission, the DRA articulated that the ADF Reserves are the only part time paid workforce in the Australian community not eligible for any employer-contributed superannuation and there is a moral issue with Indigenous Reservists, who are members of the Regional Force Surveillance Units, not receiving any employer superannuation in their paid part time ADF employment. The DRA also pointed out that there is no legislation, regulation or any policy that supports the premise that employees who receive tax-free salary are not eligible for superannuation. Any move to tax the pay of Reservists based on the current divisor (i.e. dividing the appropriate Regular salary by 365 to arrive at a daily rate of pay for Reservists) raises significant equity issues. Most organisations use a divisor in the range 220 to 250. Taxation of Reserve pay would require the introduction of a new and more equitable divisor for calculating the daily rate of pay for Reservists. The DRA submission concluded that whilst implementation of the Total Workforce Model has raised awareness of the Reserve capability, there is a significant risk that there will be little difference in the structure and utilisation of Reservists before and post -implementation of the Model. Further, the ADF has not grasped the opportunity presented by Suakin to optimise the use of its Reserves. Finally, the DRA will closely monitor the implementation of the Total Workforce Model and the proposed Defence People Group review of ADF conditions of service, in consultation with the Reserve and outh Division and the ADF Services. At the DRA 2016 National Conference, Chief of Army spoke about the aging Army Reserve workforce and that the Army Reserve recruitment process is broken. This was followed by a presentation by BRIG Arnold from H 2 Div on initiatives being implemented to improve recruiting and retention of Army Reservists. Recently, COMD 2 Div, MAJGEN Porter briefed senior retired Reserve officers on the Army Reserve Transformation Plan’ that aims to stabilise the Army Reserve workforce into a single plan focusing on opening recruiting pathways, aligning depots and demography, and making structural arrangements to better support training of Reservists. For more information, briefings on this matter can be viewed on the DRA website. “Reserve Forces at the Crossroads” is the theme of the 2017 DRA National Conference that will be held on Saturday 19 August 2017 in the Comfort Inn Airport International at ueanbeyan. Planning for the 2017 DRA National Conference is well under way, so please put this date in your diary now. For some years, DRA has been seeking representation on the Ex Service Organisations Round Table (ESORT), which is the main forum of advice to the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs. In response to a review then being undertaken by DVA into the National Consultative Framework, the DRA made a detailed submission in support of its position that the DRA should be represented on ESORT. As a result of the DRA submission, DVA sought further information on the reach’ of the DRA within the Reserve community. In addition, in February 2017, Immediate Past President, Jim Barry met with the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Dan Tehan, to emphasise the importance of DRA being represented on the ESORT.