NSCnews Online - February, 2017 | Page 24

NQ ’ s 2017 officer recruits

THIS year ’ s crop of Australian Defence Force officers from North Queensland will have an edge on their peers if they take the advice of the North ’ s most senior ADF officer . COMD 3Bde BRIG Chris Field who welcomed fiver trainee officers into the Navy and five Air Force and 11 Army Cadet Officers suggested books pertinent to their service in the ADF for them to read . On Friday last week , he suggested the new midshipmen and women read 100 Days - The Memoirs of the Falkland Battle Group Commander by Admiral Sandy Woodward . At Monday ’ s ceremony for ADFA appointees , he told the five Air Force recruits , that after consultation with CO 27Sqn WGCDR Phil Godfrey ( the Senior ADF Officer at RAAF Townsville ), he recommended they read Gallipoli Air War by Hugh Dolan . The 11 Army officer cadets , he urged to read Defeat Into Victory by Field Marshall Sir William Slim . He said each book would help the young officers in training to understand their new life in Defence and to adapt .

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