Mitchell McAlister

In the final installment of this article series, I’d like to share some of the things I have both learned, experienced, and seen first hand in relation transitioning from the military. The point of this piece is not to provide a check list of things people should and should not do prior to getting out. […]

Successfully planning through foresight is essential in creating the necessary atmospherics for easier transitioning into your post-military career.

The federal government confirmed that a number of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members had been mentioned on the Islamic State’s latest “hit list.”

SAS Captain Andrew Hastie has proven himself on the battlefield and is now putting himself out there by running for the federal seat of Canning.

Australia’s most elite members of the military are often overqualified when compared to civilian certification requirements, yet this experience is ignored.

An operator from an SF unit can be on the back side of a decade-long military career, yet may struggle to find gainful employment in the outside world.

Gun Control Australia (GCA), has its sights (obviously the metaphorical kind) set on a new ‘mass murder’ weapon which is soon to hit Australian gun dealers.

With the right guidance, we can hopefully start to take back the vocabulary in which terrorism is being reported on and use it to our full advantage

Australia’s most wanted terrorists, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar, were reportedly killed in a drone strike in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, Iraq

A simple oversimplification of a word such a ‘Jihad’ or ‘mujahideen’ can have an enormous potential effect on counter-radicalisation strategies.

For the first time in its 114-year history, the Australian Army’s most senior staff are all Special Forces officers.

The Islamic State’s undeniable appeal to the misguided, amplified via aggressive online strategies, is simply unprecedented.