A Message from the Surgeon General Australian Defence Force It is with great pleasure that I note the launch of the AMMA Newsletter. The publication of the Newsletter marks another step in the evolution of the AMMA towards the goals envisaged by the originators of the concept. In the case of the Newsletter the ultimate… Read more »
As I write this message, Australia is in its sixth month of responding to the threat of the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus. This has been an extensive test of our ability to respond to a nationwide threat from an infective agent. The pandemic has evolved in a way that has been different to that… Read more »
Rear Admiral Graeme Shirtley RFD RANR MB BS (NSW), DDR (Syd), FRANZCR Surgeon General Australian Defence Force 09 May 2005 – 03 July 2008. Patron of the Australian Military Medicine Association 09 May 2005 – 31 December 2008 RANR Graeme Shirtley served as the Surgeon General Australian Defence Force (SGADF) for just over three years. During… Read more »
As I write this note, a Four Corners program on post-traumatic stress disorder in the ADF has gone to air. Although not wanting to comment on the detail or veracity of reports as presented, broadcasting of this program does again highlight the importance of mental health to both the active military organisation and its members,… Read more »
I am writing this message several days after the completion of another highly successful AMMA conference. Held in Hobart over the weekend 17-19 October, some 300 delegates attended, supported by over 30 trade exhibitors. As always, the quality of the papers that were read was exceptionally high, and this is a tribute to the expertise… Read more »
This Edition of the Journal of Military and Veterans Health has an array of papers considering operational and strategic issues confronting military health services in this region. Infectious disease has always been a significant cause of non-battle casualties throughout the history of warfare and the more recent history of peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. Being able… Read more »
At the recent announcement of the changes to the Single Service Chiefs of the Australian Defence Force, the Minister for Defence, The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP made the following comments: “… the single biggest challenge facing the Australian Defence Force in the future is our people and skills shortage. … [E]ach service chief will be… Read more »
