The Australian Defence Force Investigative Service

You may remember this ADF version of the Keystone Cops from the recent ADFA Skypegate debacle, when the ADFIS "investigated" the cadets involved in broadcasting the intercourse between two ADFA cadets. Until it got away from the ADFIS, there was no case to answer, and it was the typical ADF response to these matters: the woman's behaviour was wrong and she was vilified by the hierarchy of the ADFA. In contrast, the boys who had committed several sins against a fellow officer cadet were simply told to get back to work.

As you know, ADFIS are clueless, and the boys were eventually charged with a number of offences.

Here is my personal experience with ADFIS:

After writing a formal and polite letter to Brigadier Michael Arnold he charged me with insubordination. He then set up a kangaroo court with one of his infantry commanders, Lieutenant Colonel Laidlow, who had the good sense not to proceed to hear the trial when I pointed out the complainent was his immediate superior. When I did eventually stand trial, an alternative CO tossed the whole thing out when he read the letter. His reasons were "There is nothing insubordinate, insulting or prejudicial to good discipline in the ADF in this letter".

But not ADFIS! This is what Warrant Officer Kealy-Bateman found:

The letter I wrote to Brigadier Arnold can be found here.

Meanwhile, Australian troops continue to have whatever health support anyone else can provide when Brigadier Arnold sends them overseas on operations.