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PARENTS AND GUARDIANS GUIDE
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Finding your vocation is one o lie's big
decisions. Your son or daughter has already
shown great maturity in considering a career
in the Australian Deence Force. This guide will
provide the inormation you need to help your
child consider their uture.
Military lie is demanding but also immensely
rewarding and it is important that you have the
inormation you need to help your child make an
inormed decision. Australia expects a lot o our
uture leaders. To succeed, our Ocer Cadets need
to be determined and adaptable and they must
demonstrate the highest standards o Deence
Values; proessionalism, loyalty, integrity, courage,
innovation and teamwork.
The unique partnership between the Australian
Deence Force Academy and the University o
New South Wales oers Ocer Cadets the
INTRODUCTION FROM THE
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCEopportunity to combine world class military
and leadership training with a degree rom
one o the country's leading universities.
I understand the weight o expectations and
responsibilities can seem daunting. You may
be anxious about your child leaving home so
I want to reassure you that we will care or
them, support them and encourage them toachieve. This commitment does not end on
graduation day. It is a commitment the ADF
will honour throughout their military career.
General David Hurley, AC, DSC
Chie o the Deence Force
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A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDER OF THE
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE COLLEGEThe Australian Deence Force Academy is a place
where young Australians can build a oundation or
their uture in an environment that will challenge
them, provide experiences they cannot get anywhere
else, and establish a circle o riends who will stay
by them throughout their lie. It is a place where
training and education come together to develop
Australias leaders o the uture. Whether they stay
in the Australian Deence Force, or change careers,
the lessons and experiences they will have at the
Australian Deence Force Academy will equip them
or the challenges o lie while completing a degree
through the University o New South Wales.
Our university education and military training
provides cadets with an excellent oundation or
uture leadership positions in the Australian Deence
Force, as well as opening up a wide range o other
career opportunities. We are proud o the academic
standards we achieve at the Academy with the
University o New South Wales which delivers an
exceptional standard o teaching with lecturers who
are at the top o their proession. We have one o
the best student-to-teacher ratios in the country, and
cadets have access to outstanding resources and
acilities on campus. Equally important is the military
training oered at the Academy, which provides
cadets with the skills they need to become
junior ocers in the Australian Deence Force.
On top o all this we have great sports and creative
programs to help develop well rounded leaders.
My top priority is to ensure we help our cadets
to succeed, but do so in a sae environment.To achieve this, the highly skilled academic and
military sta at the Academy support cadets
in all aspects o their training and education.
Success in lie and the military does not come
easily however I am condent the Australian
Deence Force Academy provides the opportunity
or our cadets and midshipmen to achieve
their ull potential. I look orward to joining
them as they commence their journey.
Major General Craig Orme, AM, CSC
Commander Australian Deence College
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THE AUSTRALIAN
DEFENCE FORCEACADEMY
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OUR PURPOSE
To serve Australia by providing
the Australian Deence Force
with tertiary graduates who
have the attributes, intellect and
skills required to be an ofcer.
OUR MISSION
Training the uture leaders o
the Australian Deence Force.
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THE ROLE OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE
The Australian Deence Force
comprises o the Royal Australian
Navy, Australian Regular Army and
Royal Australian Air Force. These
three Services are supported
by the Department o Deence
and Deence Industry.
The ADF mission is to deend
Australia and its national interests.
To achieve this, the ADF aims to be a
balanced, networked and deployable
orce, manned by proessional
people, dedicated to excel.
The Deence Force values o
proessionalism, loyalty, integrity,
courage, innovation and teamwork
underpin everything we do. We expect
our members to demonstrate these
values, and we support, skill and
empower them to strive or excellence,
work together and actively look or
better ways o ullling our mission.
The ADF plays a signicant role in
peacekeeping and humanitarian
operations around the world. It
perorms a vital role in Australia
perorming tasks such as:
Reconnaissance, damage
assessment, restoration o
vital services and distribution
o ood and medical aid
ollowing natural disasters;
Deterring and apprehending
illegal shing boats and
persons involved in illegal
immigration and smuggling in
our northern waters; and
Providing a wide range o
support to emergency and
community projects, such as
repairing inrastructure including
housing, sewerage, roads
and waste acilities in remote
Aboriginal communities.
And in the global community, including:
Lie saving aero-medical
evacuations and distribution o
humanitarian supplies to remote
villages and communities;
Playing an important part in
the Australian Governments
international humanitarian
relie eorts;
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Helping turn around civil
unrest and violence in the
Solomon Islands as part o the
Australian-led Regional Assistance
Mission to the Solomon Islands;
Securing key inrastructure,
repatriating hundreds o
Australians, conscating hundreds
o weapons and assisting in
the provision o humanitarian
aid in Timor Leste; and
Contributing to the rehabilitation
and reconstruction o Iraq
and Aghanistan.
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THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE ACADEMY
ADFA is a unique partnership
between the Department o Deence
and the University o New South
Wales, which provides training and
education or the uture leaders o
the Navy, Army and Air Force.
Students at ADFA join the ADF as
an Ocer Cadet i they choose to
join the Army or Air Force, or as a
Midshipman i they choose to join
the Navy. However, all students
attending ADFA are collectively known
as cadets. They will decide which
service to join beore they apply to
the Academy. While cadets complete
the majority o their studies (training
and recreation with peers rom all
three services) they will wear the
uniorm o their chosen service, and
will complete some o their training
in what is known as a single Service
environment. For example, Midshipmen
will spend time at sea on Navyships, Army Ocer Cadets will learn
weapons and eld crat tactics and
Air Force Ocer Cadets will perorm
workplace training on Air Force bases.
As members o the ADF, cadets receive
a salary while they study, as well as
benets such as a textbook allowance,
subsidised accommodation, ree health
care and uniorms. The ADF will also
pay their tuition ees and guarantee
them a career as an ocer in the Navy,
Army or Air Force on graduation.
The military education and training
combined with a balanced and liberal
university education enables cadets to
develop their proessional abilities and
the qualities o character and leadership
that are appropriate to ocers o the
ADF. It will equip them to meet the
many interesting and varied challenges
o their uture military career.
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THE ACADEMY MILITARY EDUCATIONAND TRAINING PROGRAM
The Academy Military Education
and Training Program at ADFA
combines academics, taught by
UNSW sta, and military training and
education, taught by military sta.
Military training takes place over three
years and is carried out in blocks at
the beginning and end o each year,
and or about six hours each week
during the academic session. In
their rst year at ADFA your son or
daughter will also participate in six
weeks o Year One Familiarisation
Training, which will help them make the
transition rom civilian to military lie.
Leadership and communicationstudies orm a large part o military
training at ADFA and cadets are
given opportunities to develop and
practise these skills both in practical
exercises and throughout daily lie at
the Academy. Cadets will also study
deence issues in local, regional and
global contexts, as well as military law
and the laws o armed confict. They
will learn how to handle weapons,carry out rst aid, and live in the eld
as part o a group, and will maintain
a high level o physical tness
through prescribed physical training
and optional sporting activities.
ADFA also oers a range o sporting
and extra-curricular activities or cadets,
encouraging them to compete against
and become involved with local and
interstate organisations.
A range o leave options are available
on weekends and during semester
breaks, and cadets are encouraged to
return to their home town or city and
keep in touch with parents and riends.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
UNSW is one o Australias most
respected universities, with an
international reputation or outstanding
academic programs and world class
research. UNSW@ADFA comprises
our academic schools, oering
undergraduate and postgraduate
qualications in a wide rangeo disciplines.
Cadets at ADFA are also undergraduate
students o UNSW. When they graduate
at the completion o their three or our
year undergraduate program, they do so
with a world class degree rom UNSW
the same as the degree received by
graduates o UNSWs campus in Sydney.
In addition, UNSWs academic
sta are some o Australias best
qualied in their respective elds
and oster high quality learning
outcomes. As such, students can
be assured that their UNSW degree
is o the highest standing.
Academic programs consist o
lectures, tutorials and other activities
that comprise the undergraduate
degree your son or daughter has
chosen to study at UNSW@ADFA.
UNSW@ADFA oers a range o
undergraduate degrees in Arts,
Business, Engineering, Inormation
Technology, Science or Technology.
Cadets enrol in and attend a range o
classes over two semesters each year.
They study, complete assignments
and sit exams in order to meet the
requirements o their degree.
Detailed inormation on each o the
undergraduate degrees oered can
be ound in the UNSW@ADFA
Undergraduate Studies Guide
rom www.unsw.ada.edu.auor
or specic academic enquiries
email [email protected]
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GRADUATION
To graduate rom ADFA, cadets
must achieve or demonstrate:
ocer qualities, as embodied by
the ADFA values o teamwork,
honesty, integrity, courage and a
sense o giving everyone a air go;
successul completion o theAcademy Military Education
and Training Program;
successul completion o
single Service Training; and
successul completion o an
undergraduate degree;
ADFA applies equal weighting to
each o these components.
Graduation rom ADFA is
dependent on cadets achieving
all our components during
three years o training.
At the discretion o their Service,
cadets studying a our year
undergraduate degree or those who
intend to undertake an honours
year, may return to ADFA
ollowing graduation to complete
their studies and graduate.
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WHAT ADFA IS LOOKING FOR FROMYOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
When we select individuals or
admission into ADFA, we are looking
or a range o qualities, academic
and otherwise, which demonstrate
their ability to urther develop and
enhance the skills and attributes
which will enable them to be
eective leaders within the AustralianDeence Force. These are oten
reerred to as ocer qualities.
There is no doubt that gaining entry into
ADFA is competitive. To successully
complete the selection process,
candidates must satisy a number o
military and academic requirements
over a period o six to twelve months.
The rst stage o joining the Navy,
Army or Air Force is to call
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www.deencejobs.gov.au
Sta will take your son or daughters
details and send them inormation
about ADFA and the careers within the
Services. I your son or daughter has
urther questions, they can contact
Deence Force Recruiting again or
book into an inormation session.
As part o the application process your
son or daughter will take an aptitude
test to determine what particular
roles they are best suited or. Your
son or daughter will be provided
with inormation on the range o
careers that are available to them,
and will discuss career opportunities
with an ADF Careers Counsellor. By
this stage they will have all o the
inormation needed to decide what
careers within the ADF best suit their
interests and particular abilities.
The next steps include completing
a medical questionnaire and
assessment, a psychological
interview, and a Deence interview.
The purpose o these assessments is
to ensure that your son or daughter
has the knowledge required, and
is ully prepared, or an excitingand challenging career within
the Navy, Army or Air Force.
On completing these assessments
your son or daughter will be advised
i they have been recommended
to proceed to an Ocer Selection
Board or their preerred career role
within the Navy, Army or Air Force. I
they have not been recommended to
proceed, they may be provided with
alternate career options or advised to
return once they are better prepared.
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A UNIQUEENVIRONMENT
ADFA provides an environment that welcomes students rom
a range o overseas deence orces, as well as mature age in-service
candidates. This environment allows your son or daughter to learn rom
people rom a diverse range o backgrounds and experiences.
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OFFICER SELECTION BOARD
I your son or daughter has been
recommended to attend an Ocer
Selection Board or ADFA entry they
will be invited to attend a our-day
trip to Canberra, where the Selection
Boards are held. This trip includes a
amiliarisation tour o ADFA, a tour
o Canberra, and participation inpersonal development and leadership
workshops. The Ocer Selection
Boards are held during the March/
April, June/July and September/
October school holidays.
The Ocer Selection Board consists
o a series o activities designed
to test aspects such as leadership
skills, teamwork and individual
abilities critical to the role your
son or daughter has applied or.
They will undergo a ormal interview
beore a panel o ocers and a
psychologist, as well as participate
in a range o challenging problem
solving exercises designed to test
their competitiveness or available
vacancies. Army candidates may
also participate in a ormal leadershipexercise. They may also undergo a
Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA).
The PFA comprises a range o
activities, depending on the Service
your son or daughter has chosen to
join. Your son or daughter must be
capable o achieving and maintaining
a sucient level o tness to saely
commence training. This assessment
must be passed at some time during
the eight weeks prior to enlistment.
Following the Ocer Selection Board
your son or daughter will be advised in
writing i they have been recommended
or not recommended to proceed. I
they have not been recommended
they may be provided with alternate
career options or advised to return
once they are better prepared.
In some instances they will be placed
in competition with other applicants
and notied o their success at
a later date. I they have been
recommended, successul acceptance
into ADFA is then dependent on
their nal Year 12 results and
successul admission into UNSW.
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PILOT OFFICERCANDIDATES
A SUCCESSFULAPPLICATION
Candidates wishing to become pilots
in the ADF will undergo a separate
centralised selection board process
at Tamworth NSW. This process
will assess your son or daughters
suitability as both an ocer and ADF
pilot. These selection boards are run
predominantly during school holidays.For more inormation on pilot selection
visit www.deencejobs.gov.au
I your son or daughter has been
recommended ater their Ocer
Selection Board they will need to
submit an application to the Universities
Admission Centre (UAC) in NSW, listing
UNSW@ADFA degree as their rst
preerence. Conrmation o meeting
the admissions requirements to studyat UNSW@ADFA is advised separately
by an oer rom UAC in early January.
As well as gaining the required
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
(ATAR) or equivalent entrance
score, some degrees assume
students have studied certain
subjects or met specic knowledge
requirements in Years 11 and 12.
UNSW@ADFA admission requirements
are clearly outlined in the ADFA
Undergraduate Handbook.
This handbook is available rom
the UNSW@ADFA website at
www.unsw.ada.edu.au
I your son or daughter is successul
at an Ocer Selection Board and
meets the admission requirements or
UNSW@ADFA, they will be contacted
by an ADF Careers Counsellor and sent
a letter o oer. They will need to advise
o their intent to accept the oer prior
to their appointment, and will then
receive urther inormation about joining
ADFA. Applicants who are unsuccessul
in competition with other candidates
will also be advised in writing.
For urther inormation regarding theapplication process or lie at ADFA,
please visit www.deencejobs.gov.au
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HEAR FROM PARENTS OF PAST ADFA CADETS
In developing this guide we went
directly to the people who know
best when it comes to a son or
daughter joining the ADF and in
particular studying at ADFA. We
contacted a range o parents and
asked them to tell you a little bit
about their experiences with ADFA.
Here is some o what they had to say:
Like all parents Kim Buckland played
a big part in his daughter Amandas
decision to attend ADFA and join
the Navy, although a career with
the ADF was not something he had
thought his daughter would pursue.
In terms o priority, had you askedme our years ago what career would
have best suited my daughter, without
question a career with the ADF would
have been very much down the list.
Four years later I could not think o
a more suitable, challenging and
rewarding career or my daughter.
Any concerns I had in the early
days were based almost entirely on
perception rather than on the acts. In
my opinion, the students at ADFA ace
a similar level or degree o challengesshared by many acets o our society in
the ormative developmental years. Any
undue challenges they ace by having
a military/academic balance in their
time at ADFA is surely compensated
by the certainty and security o their
uture with the ADF, not to mention
the comradeship, as opposed to those
undergoing purely university studieswith little or, more oten, no security
whatsoever regarding their uture
employment. I the parent is condent
in the son or daughters ability to do
so, I could think o ew better careers
than the ADF and more specically a
career achieved by attending ADFA."
This level o support is also shared
by other parents. When asked how
he elt about his daughter Haileys
choice to join the Army, John Fletcher
commented that, we are very proud
that she is serving her country, and
ollowing her chosen path. We are
apprehensive about possible uture
assignments in dangerous locations
and a little worried about not seeing
her much in the uture because o
the likelihood o her being based
interstate or overseas, however,
we believe she has the potential or
a long-term career as an ocer in the
ADF. Shes expressed an interest in a
couple o dierent areas and her choice
will become clearer as her military
and academic training progresses.
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The students at ADFA have to balance
academic studies, military studies
and training, sporting commitments
and organised social activities so
time management is a major issue.
Another challenge is dealing with so
much change all at the same time
rom amily home to independentliving, settling into a new city, making
new riends and learning new skills.
Although our daughter was very
independent or her age when she
entered ADFA, she now seems much
more condent and sel-reliant.
The advice I would oer to other
amilies whose son or daughter is
considering coming to ADFA is to
amiliarise yoursel as much as possible
with the Academy, and make sure
your child has realistic expectations
o the challenges they will ace. I you
live outside the ACT, take advantage
o the ADFA Foster Family Program.
It gives you peace o mind to know
your son or daughter has amily based
support while living away rom home.
A number o parents that we talked
to had also thought about their son or
daughters longer-term involvement
with the ADF and the career paths
it might oer. When asked where
Je Proud saw his son Matthew
going in terms o his involvement
with the Army he commented, As
ar as he wants to rankly. Given his
obvious abilities it is up to him. For
my part, I think he should consider
the Army to be a long-term career.
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while his school riends have more
reedom at other universities.
However, both John and MargaretFletcher believe that in their sons
rst year at ADFA, he has matured,
become more sel-aware and grown
or the better. In particular, Margaret
was pleased to see the special
bond that has developed between
the engineering students and the
way they are working as a team.
Their advice to other amilies whose
children are considering coming
to ADFA is to look very closely,
seek advice, and help your son or
daughter weigh the pros and cons.
Make sure its their decision and then
support them as much as possible.
The need or students to work hard and
develop eective time management
skills was a common theme when we
asked parents what they believed was
the most challenging thing about their
son or daughter studying at ADFA.
Were pleased by how much he
has matured so quickly and become
a more rounded and considerate
person. The most challenging thing
or him is probably time management,
as the cadets at ADFA have so much
to do. Im very impressed with the
Academy and the acilities it oers.
I think it is serving my son very well.
To parents o young men and women
considering coming to ADFA, Je
adds, Relax! Theyre in good hands.
There is no doubt that ADFA provides
cadets with a number o challenges
and in some cases situations that
neither the cadet or parent expected.
When Matthew Fletcher joined the
Army to complete his Bachelor o
Civil Engineering, his mother,
Margaret, was concerned aboutwhether their son Matthew would
be able to tolerate the training regime.
The most challenging thing about
Matthew studying at ADFA is the
need to comply with military discipline
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Shane and Anita Fogartys son Brett
is studying a Bachelor o Electrical
Engineering as a member o the Air
Force. They believe that the biggest
challenge acing their son is the
heavy combined workload o academic
and military studies and the need or
Brett to manage his time eectively.
They also observed that Brett has
become more mature since joining the
ADF. Were proud that he has chosen
to join, and we see him building an
exciting and successul career. Our
interaction with the Academy has been
excellent. We had reason to contact
sta earlier this year and ound them
very understanding and helpul.
Their advice to other amilies whose
children are considering coming to
ADFA is to tell your child to be certain
that this is the career they want and
then support them all the way.
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LOOK VERY CLOSELY, SEEK ADVICE, AND HELPYOUR SON OR DAUGHTER WEIGH THE PROS ANDCONS. MAKE SURE ITS THEIR DECISION ANDTHEN SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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A WORD FROM THE RECTORWe would like to thank you or your interest
in the possible enrolment o your child at
the University o New South Wales at the
Australian Deence Force Academy
(UNSW@ADFA). The university degree
and military training will provide your
son or daughter with an excellent
basis or a career and leadership role
in the Navy, Army or Air Force.
While your son or daughter is at
UNSW@ADFA, the emphasis will be on
university studies designed to develop
their intellectual and vocational capabilities.
The degree and the academic programs that
they undertake will be key elements in their
development as a uture leader in the Australian
Deence Force. UNSW@ADFA degrees are
considered to be amongst the best in Australia
and the educational opportunity that ADFA
students have is a remarkable one. The other
very important emphasis will be on the military
component o their overall training and the
development o proessional abilities and
qualities o character and leadership appropriate
or ocers in the Australian Deence Force.
We provide our students with an exciting,
challenging and rewarding experience in
a supportive environment where they will
be encouraged to excel. Graduation rom
ADFA provides a young person with the
best possible start to their careers.
Best wishes,
Proessor Michael Frater
Rector
The University o New South Wales
at the Australian Deence Force Academy
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A WORD FROM THE ACADEMY SERGEANT MAJOR
As well as providing education, trainingand leadership or midshipmen and ocer
cadets; ADFA employs dedicated sta
whose role is to support our personnel by
managing their health, saety and wellbeing.
As the Academy Sergeant Major I am
responsible or the maintenance o military
standards o discipline and dress by all
unormed members, and provide advice
on the Deence Force Discipline Act and
all ceremonial matters. I have a wealth
o experience within Deence and I use
this experience to educate the cadets
about the unique, challenging, exciting
and ullling rewards o a career in
the Australian Deence Force.
I provide advice, guidance and counsel
to all ranks, and make mysel available to
support midshipmen and ocer cadets.
I am responsible to the Commandant o ADFAor upholding the standards o the Academy,
and work closely with sta rom all three Services
to ensure that cadets are achieving strong
results. I also play a role in the maintenance
o morale and welare at the Academy.
Like all sta at ADFA, I am committed to
providing an environment where your son
or daughter is sae, happy and successul
during their time at the Academy.
Warrant Ocer Dave Devlin
Academy Sergeant Major
Australian Deence Force Academy
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A WORLD CLASS DEGREEA GUARANTEED CAREERIN THE NAVY, ARMY OR AIR FORCE.CALL 13 19 01OR VISIT WWW.DEFENCEJOBS.GOV.AU/ADFA MDFT3707