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The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) is a tri-service military Academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force

The Australian Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy , Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units...

in the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

(RAN), Australian Army

Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...

and Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF was formed in March 1921. It continues the traditions of the Australian Flying Corps , which was formed on 22 October 1912. The RAAF has taken part in many of the 20th century's major conflicts...

(RAAF).

Tertiary education is provided by the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

Canberra campus, which is the awarding body for ADFA qualifications. Apart from educating future leaders of the Australian Defence Force, University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

campus also provides postgraduate programs and short courses both to the Department of Defence personnel and the general public.

The stated purpose of ADFA is "to serve Australia by providing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with tertiary graduates who have the foundational attributes, intellect and skills required of an officer."

ADFA is located in the Australian capital city of Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

, in the suburb of Campbell

Campbell, Australian Capital Territory

Campbell is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Covering an area to the South East of the central business district, Campbell sits at the base of Mount Ainslie. On Census night 2006, Campbell had a population of 4,797 people...

near the Australian Government district of Russell

Russell, Australian Capital Territory

Russell is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the North Canberra district. Russell is one of the smallest suburbs in Canberra, comprising a number of government offices but no private residences...

. It is situated next to Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant (Australian Capital Territory)

Mount Pleasant in Canberra overlooks the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia.On the top of the hill is a memorial to all ranks of the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery....

which gives some parts of ADFA a view over the rest of Canberra. The ADFA is also adjacent to the Australian Army military academy, the Royal Military College, Duntroon

Royal Military College, Duntroon

The Royal Military College, Duntroon is the Australian Army's officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, in the Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 and is situated on picturesque grounds at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence...

.

The junior officers that attend the Australian Defence Force Academy hold the rank of Midshipman

Midshipman

A midshipman is an officer cadet, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Kenya...

(MIDN) in the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

, Officer Cadet (OCDT) in the Australian Army

Australian Army

and Officer Cadet (OFFCDT) in the Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

. The Academy is currently commanded by Commodore

Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a military rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. Non-English-speaking nations often use the rank of flotilla admiral or counter admiral as an equivalent .It is often regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6, but is not always...

Bruce Kafer

Commodore Bruce Kafer AM, CSC is the current Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy, a position he has held since December 2009.-Naval career:...

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...

, CSC

Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia)

The Conspicuous Service Cross is a decoration of the Australian Honours System. The CSC is awarded only for outstanding devotion to duty, or outstanding achievement in the application of exceptional skills, judgment or dedication, in non-warlike situations...

Establishment

After World War II, each of the three Armed Services adopted, as policy, that the educational standards should be raised for officers in training.

In 1967 an agreement between the Department of Defence and the University of New South Wales, under which they would co-operate to develop the Royal Military College (RMC) into a degree-level institution. To that end, the University established the Faculty of Military Studies at RMC to conduct courses leading to the award of the University's degrees in arts, science and engineering.

Also in 1967, the University of New South Wales entered into an association with the RAN College enabling it to present approved courses. Subsequently, first year courses for certain University programs in arts, science and engineering were introduced. Successful cadets were sponsored by the Navy to complete Bachelor's degrees on the University's campus.

Concurrent with the developments at the RAN College and RMC, from 1967 to 1970, Sir Leslie H. Martin

Leslie H. Martin

Professor Sir Leslie Harold Martin CBE, FAA, FRS was an Australian physicist and Higher Education Advisor. He was one of the 24 Founding Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science and had a significant influence on the structure of Higher Education in Australia.-Early days:Martin was born 21...

chaired the Commonwealth Government's Tertiary Education (Services' Cadet Colleges) Committee into the feasibility of setting up a college for the joint education of officer cadets of the three Armed Services.

Investigations on a wider scale followed with the result that in 1974 the Commonwealth Government announced its intention of establishing a single tertiary institution for the Defence Force. In 1977 the then Chief of the Defence Force

Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)

Chief of the Defence Force is the most senior appointment in the Australian Defence Force . The CDF commands the ADF under the direction of the Minister of Defence, in a coequal arrangement with the Secretary of Defence, the most senior public servant in the Department of Defence.The position is a...

, Air Chief Marshal

Air Chief Marshal (Australia)

Air chief marshal is the highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air chief marshal. It is also considered a four-star rank...

Sir Neville McNamara KBE, AO, AFC, AE

Neville McNamara

Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamara KBE, AO, AFC, AE is a retired senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force . He served as Chief of the Air Staff , the RAAF's highest-ranking position, from 1979 until 1982, and as Chief of the Defence Force Staff , Australia's top military role...

, formally established the Australian Defence Force Academy as a Joint Service Unit under Section 32c of the Defence Act 1903. He simultaneously announced the appointment of Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...

Peter Ross Sinclair, Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

as the Commandant. Construction began on the site in 1981. In February 1984 the University of New South Wales announced the appointment of Professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

G.V.H. Wilson

Geoff Wilson (professor)

Professor Geoff V. H. Wilson is an internationally distinguished nuclear physicist who made contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry and low temperature physics...

as Rector

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...

of the University College. In September 1985 the Interim Academy Council ceased its functions and the Australian Defence Force Academy Council held its inaugural meeting under the Chairmanship of Sir Edward Woodward.

In 1986 ADFA opened and began providing military and tertiary academic education for Midshipmen and Officer Cadets. In late 2003 the Australian Department of Defence entered into another agreement with the University of New South Wales for the operation of University College at ADFA.

Criticism of ADFA

Over its history ADFA has been criticised for various reasons, such as the reason for the Grey Review – bastardisation

Hazing

Hazing is a term used to describe various ritual and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group....

. In 1998 the Department of Defence released the Grey review, a report about bastardisation and sexual harassment at ADFA during the 80s and early 90s. In doing so, it also examined relevant cultural, structural and management issues at ADFA. Having found evidence of bastardisation, and of a failure to recognise and prevent such bastardisation by staff, the review received considerable attention from the national media, and thereby caused considerable damage to the Academy's reputation.

During 1998, whilst there were journalists/reviewers enlisted as cadets during first year, there were a number of instances involving bastardisation and sexual harassment/assault. This included a CPL in the Military Police being charged with sexual assault of a first year officer cadet whilst on common military training within the first few weeks of being at the Academy.

In July 2006 LCDR Robyn Fahey – one of the first female Midshipmen to graduate from ADFA – was awarded an undisclosed amount in compensation for abuses suffered during her service in the ADF, including instances of physical and verbal abuse suffered at ADFA. ADFA attracted further criticism from the Canberra gay and lesbian community after its commandant, Brigadier Brian Dawson, issued an order preventing Academy personnel from frequenting the Cube nightclub – a well known gay and lesbian venue. The order was in response to then recent violence at the club, in which a patron was stabbed. The ban has since been lifted.

Reform

Following the 1998 Grey Review ADFA made various immediate and significant changes in reaction to evidence of widespread bastardisation. Now all recommendations of the Grey Review relating solely to ADFA have been implemented. Such actions include the abolition of the internal Cadet rank system, which ranked Officer Cadets and Midshipmen on their years. Now all Officer Cadets and Midshipmen are considered as equal in rank. Additionally, whilst cadets of differing years once lived together, they now live only with those in the same year. Staff were educated on how to identify and deal with bastardisation.

In order to fix its tarnished public image, ADFA went to the ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

to offer it the opportunity of making a documentary about Academy life. The result was a five episode-long documentary called The Academy, which featured in 2001.

Awards

ADFA's academic education is run by the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

, and it offers awards at the Diploma

Diploma

A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...

, Associate Diploma, Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

, Master's Degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

, and Doctor's Degree

Doctorate

A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...

levels.

Under its agreement with the Department of Defence, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) provides Midshipmen (RAN

Royal Australian Navy

) and Officer Cadets (ARA

Australian Army

and RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

) with a tertiary education at its 'University College' campus (UNSW@ADFA) which is located on the Academy grounds.

Midshipmen and Officer Cadets undertake three and four year undergraduate degrees at ADFA. Currently, available undergraduate degrees include:

Bachelor of Arts – BA
Bachelor of Science – BSc
Bachelor of Business – BBus
Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical) – BE
Bachelor of Technology (Aeronautical and Aviation) – BTech

However, those that do well academically and militarily have the possibility of a return to ADFA for one year in order to do honours, as long as their respective services authorise further training. Currently, UNSW@ADFA offers honours in:

Bachelor of Arts – BA(Hons)
Bachelor of Business – BBus(Hons)
Bachelor of Science – BSc(Hons)

Post-graduate studies are provided to civilians, senior members of the ADF and senior public servants. Increasingly, distance-education units are being offered for service members not based in Canberra.

Entrance requirements

The UNSW and ADF have invested considerable effort in maintaining a high standard of academic performance. "83 per cent of the more than 600 students enrolled in the three-year course had tertiary entrance scores higher than 80 per cent, placing them among the nation's best academic performers".

Student performance

"ADFA's GTS – Good Teaching Scale – is 54, and nearly triple the Go8 median of 20.53. It's SPR – Student Progress Rate, which calculates the ratio of the load passed to total course load – is 93.7, compared with the Go8 median of 88. Its OSI – Overall Satisfaction Index – is 72, [compared to] the Go8 median of 39.1."

Year One Familiarisation Training (YOFT)

After coming to ADFA, newly appointed Officer Cadets begin a six week-long phase of training known as Year One Familiarisation Training (YOFT). Midshipmen join the Officer Cadets approximately two weeks into YOFT as the knowledge that the Officer Cadets learn in this time the Midshipmen have already been taught during their first year in the ADF. This training is designed to familiarise first years with the military. It includes training in discipline, weapons handling, military customs and traditions, adventure training (for instance, abseiling and high-speed water insertions), generally how to ‘live’ at ADFA, and particularly, drill and ceremonial activities, as after YOFT first years will be formally welcomed into the Academy during the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) Parade, for which the reviewing officer is the CDF. This is the first year cadets' first opportunity to be seen publicly on parade. The current CDF is General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

David Hurley.

Academy Military Education Training (AMET)

During academic sessions, ADFA provides basic military training to Midshipmen and Officer Cadets through the Academy Military Education Training (AMET) program. The AMET program encompasses physical training (PT), leadership and management studies, equity and diversity (E&D), military history, defence studies, drill and ceremonial, the military communication program (MCP), first aid, military law, field craft and weapons training.

Single Service Training (SST)

At the end of each academic session, Midshipmen and Officer Cadets move to their respective single service colleges for Single Service Training (SST). Such training prepares them to be officers in the ADF

Australian Defence Force

. Army Officer Cadets continue this training for another 12 months after leaving ADFA at the Royal Military College, Duntroon

Royal Military College, Duntroon

(RMC-D) to later be commissioned as Lieutenants. Most Officer Cadets and Midshipmen undertake six SST periods over a three year period. However, Midshipmen have already completed 12 months of training in the Navy so they may not be required to train in these periods.

Academy life

The ADFA year is split by the two academic sessions, during which academic education is carried out. However, a variety of other activities take place in and around these sessions. Before Session 1, 'first years' undertake YOFT whilst second and third years are trained on their respective SST blocks. After Session 1, a two week holiday period begins, though first years go on their first SST block. Academics recommence after this period with the start of Session 2. At the end of Session 2, all years commence their final SST block for the year, and shortly after this, third years graduate, and this is formally recognised during the 'Grad' parade.

Timetable

ADFA runs on standard military time and generally follows the timetable:

0600h – Reveille
Reveille
"Reveille" is a bugle call, trumpet call or pipes call most often associated with the military or summer camp; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise...
0605 to 0700 – Breakfast and morning routine
0700 to 0750 – OC hours and Drill
0800 to 1930 – Academic and military classes (9 x 50 minute periods)
1200 to 1240 – Lunch
1730 to 1930 – Sport training (optional)
2200 to 0500 – Quiet time

Sports

ADFA is well known within both the ADF

Australian Defence Force

and the Canberra

Canberra

local region for its sports programme. While not compulsory, it is strongly encouraged that each and every OCDT/OFFCDT and MIDN takes up at least one sport each year to develop their team, leadership and social skills. The sports available at ADFA include both ‘inter-range’ sports that are played against other civilian and ADF teams, and Academy sports that are just competed within the academy itself. Cadets are permitted to play one grade A sport and up to two grade B sports from the following non-exclusive list:

Grade A

Association Football (Soccer - including a women's team)
Australian Rules Football (including a women's team)
Rugby League (On a trial basis in 2011)
Rugby Union (including a women's team)

Grade B

Athletics
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Cricket
Cross country running
Cross Fit
Fencing

Golf

Marathon and Long Distance Running

Tennis

VECAs (Voluntary Extra-Curricular Activities)

"ADFA offers a range of sporting and voluntary extra-curricular activities (VECAS) for cadets, encouraging them to compete against and become involved with local and interstate organisations."

VECAs currently offered at ADFA include:

Aerospace Interest Group
Bands and Musical opportunities
Community Service VECA (CSV)
ADFA Debating Society (ADS)
FOCUS (Fellowship of Christian University Students)
Military Shooting VECA (MSV)
Musical Production VECA (The ADFA Performing Arts Company)
Precision Drill Team
FSAE (Academy Racing - Formula SAE Car)
Web Design Group

Others not mentioned on the ADFA VECAs webpage include:

Aviation Interest Group
Maritime Interest Group
DJ VECA
ADFA Focus

Facilities

ADFA maintains premier military and academic facilities. These include, but are not limited to:

Accommodation blocks, commonly known as 'divs', or 'lines'.
An Indoor Sports Centre (ISC), complete with pool (and overhead obstacle course), weights gym, cardio room, boxercise room, squash courts and a basketball court.
Military and Academic theatres, complete with state-of-the-art audio-visual technology.
A Junior NCOs mess, Senior NCOs mess, Officers mess and the Academy Cadets Mess (ACM), which is the largest mess in the southern hemisphere.
Sporting facilities, including a football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

oval, rugby field, tennis courts, volleyball courts, netball courts, soccer fields, cross-country course and a boat shed.
ADFA also has access to a Weapons Training Simulation System (WTSS), though it is technically run by RMC
Royal Military College, Duntroon
The Royal Military College, Duntroon is the Australian Army's officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, in the Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 and is situated on picturesque grounds at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence...

.
ADFA also has the lowest student to staff ratio of any institution of higher learning in Australia at 7.9:1.

Structure

UNSW@ADFA

UNSW@ADFA is managed for UNSW by a Rector. Under the Rector of UNSW@ADFA are the heads of schools, who manage their respective schools.
UNSW@ADFA schools were restructured from twelve discipline-based schools to five multi-disciplinary Schools as of 1 July 2003. These are:

School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (formerly Schools of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering)
School of Business (formerly School of Economics and Management)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (formerly Schools of History, Language, Literature and Communication, and Politics)
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (formerly Schools of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences (formerly Schools of Chemistry, Geography and Oceanography, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics)

ADFA

As of January 2001, ADFA has been part of the Australian Defence College (ADC) command structure, which is also responsible for the Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) and the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS).

The Commandant of ADFA is appointed by the Australian Defence Force for a period of three years. Command of ADFA is based upon a three year rotation between the three services and is held by a Commodore

Commodore (rank)

, Brigadier

Brigadier

Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....

, or Air Commodore

Air Commodore

Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

. Since January 2010, the Commandant of ADFA has been Commodore

Commodore (rank)

Bruce Kafer AM, CSC. Commodore Kafer replaced Air Commodore

Air Commodore

Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

Margaret Staib, who has since been promoted to Air Vice Marshal.

Temporary restructure

From March to August 2007, Brigadier Brian Dawson was temporarily promoted to Commander, Australian Defence College

Australian Defence College

The Australian Defence College comprises three tri-service educational organisations operated by the Australian Defence Force in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory:* the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies ,...

due to an absence of a two-star flag officer to fill the position. During this temporary command reallocation, Captain Peter Murray, RAN, was appointed as Acting Commandant. The Command of the Australian Defence College was then given to Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

Davyd Thomas AM, CSC, RAN. With Admiral Thomas' appointment to the command of the Australian Defence College, Brigadier Wayne Goodman AM was appointed Commandant, ADFA.

The appointment of Brigadier Goodman was unusual since the previous Commandant was also an one-star officer in the Australian Army. Brigadier Goodman was appointed to this position however, because Brigadier Dawson did not complete the full three year command posting, which under the rotation system at the time, still belonged to the Army.

Organisation

ADFA is based on an amalgamation of all three services, and the organisation of the cadet side of the academy reflects this. Divisions are accommodated in accommodation blocks (commonly known as 'lines' or 'divs') consisting of five sections (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo) with a sixth section (Foxtrot) normally reserved for divisional staff and storage. Each section has 2 corridors (Half-sections) with four rooms and shared toilet, bathroom and laundry facilities.

There are six squadrons each consisting of several divisions:

1A Squadron (1st year) 1–4 Division;

1B Squadron (1st year) 5–8 Division;

2A Squadron (2nd year) 9–12 Division;

2B Squadron (2nd year) 13–15 Division;

3A Squadron (3rd year) 17–19 Division, and

3B Squadron (3rd year) 21–23 Division.

Advanced students (commissioned officers and 4th year engineering students) are part of either 20 Div under 3A Sqn or 24 Div under 3B Sqn. Advanced students may live in the Officers' Mess or off base.

Prior to 2006 first year squadrons were tri service with cadets spending their final 2 years in single service squadrons. This fostered a greater service pride than the current arrangement and allowed cadets time to adapt to their forces particular way of life before graduation.

The Squadron chain of command is as follows:

Each division has a Divisional SNCO (Petty Officer

Petty Officer

A petty officer is a non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-6. They are equal in rank to sergeant, British Army and Royal Air Force. A Petty Officer is superior in rank to Leading Rate and subordinate to Chief Petty Officer, in the case of the British Armed...

/Sergeant

Sergeant

Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....

) and Divisional Officer (Lieutenant

Lieutenant

A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

RAN/Army Captain/Flight Lieutenant

Flight Lieutenant

Flight lieutenant is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above flying officer and immediately below squadron leader. The name of the rank is the complete phrase; it is never shortened to "lieutenant"...

Each squadron has a Squadron Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major

Sergeants major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world. In Commonwealth countries, Sergeants Major are usually appointments held by senior non-commissioned officers or warrant officers...

(SSM) (Chief Petty Officer

Chief Petty Officer

A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.-Canada:"Chief Petty Officer" refers to two ranks in the Canadian Navy...

/Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2)/Flight Sergeant

Flight Sergeant

Flight sergeant is a senior non-commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and several other air forces which have adopted all or part of the RAF rank structure...

) and an Officer Commanding (OC) (Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...

/Major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

/Squadron Leader

Squadron Leader

Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. In these...

Within each division a Midshipman

Midshipman

/Officer Cadet

Officer Cadet

Officer cadet is a rank held by military and merchant navy cadets during their training to become commissioned officers and merchant navy officers, respectively. The term officer trainee is used interchangeably in some countries...

is appointed as the Divisional Duty Orderly (DDO) on a weekly or fortnightly basis. The DDO is responsible for the general administration of the division, its cleanliness, and conducting the division's movements to and from military commitments. In addition, each section has a section leader appointed who is responsible for the section duties and assists the DDO. Permanent positions (referred to as the Cadet Leadership Team) are also available for mainly third year Midshipman and Officer Cadets. There are 5 major yearly positions which are: President of the Mess Committee, Deputy President of the Mess Committee, Admin Coord, Band Coord and Sports Coord.

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Establishment

Criticism of ADFA

Reform

Awards

Entrance requirements

Student performance

Year One Familiarisation Training (YOFT)

Academy Military Education Training (AMET)

Single Service Training (SST)

Academy life

Timetable

Sports

VECAs (Voluntary Extra-Curricular Activities)

Facilities

Structure

UNSW@ADFA

ADFA

Temporary restructure

Organisation

See also

External links