No Australian veteran has been convicted of a war crime in Afghanistan. But a whistleblower and former army lawyer, David ...

Senior Australian Defense Force officers have had military honors rescinded over alleged Afghanistan war crimes committed by ...

Several special forces veterans told this masthead ... service award in respect of that command”. The Distinguished Service Medal, introduced in 1991, is awarded for exceptional leadership ...

Several Australian military commanders have been stripped of their medals following allegations of war crimes during the Afghanistan War.

The government said the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI ... Defence Minister Richard Marles has stripped distinguished service medals from a number of current and former Defence officers ...

Penelope Acierno, 6, places a medal on ... the ceremony was special because women don’t always get recognized. “The ones that are coming now, they’ll know that their service is appreciated ...

The decision to remove medals is separate to the continuing ... Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie, who served with the Special Air Service Regiment in Afghanistan, said senior commanders ...

Nov. 18, 2020 The removal of medals was condemned by Australian Special Air Service Assn. chair Martin Hamilton-Smith as a betrayal of the courage and sacrifice of soldiers in Afghanistan.

You deserve every bit of this John.” Porirua firefighter John Rowe travelled north especially for the evening to welcome ...

Holding commanders to account for alleged misconduct in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016 was recommended by an investigation.

Australian Special Air Service Association chair Martin Hamilton-Smith has slammed the government’s decision to strip several serving and former Australian military commanders of medals over ...

The removal of medals was condemned by Australian Special Air Service Association chair Martin Hamilton-Smith as a betrayal of the courage and sacrifice of soldiers in Afghanistan. "The government ...