Darren Moore served in the Australian Army for 17 years and held the rank of major when he left the service. He is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Command and Staff College. Highlights of his military service include operational deployments to Papua New Guinea and East Timor and serving for two and a half years (2001-03) with the United States Army on an army-to-army exchange, at the conclusion of which he was awarded the US Army's Meritorious Service Medal. In 2011 Darren was awarded a PhD by the University of New Sou...