Commander Forces Command (Australia)

Commander Forces Command of the Australian Defence Force (Australian Army)
Incumbent Gus Gilmore since January 2015
Style	Major General
Inaugural holder	David Morrison

Commander Forces Command (COMD FORCOMD) is a senior Australian Army appointment created in July 2009. The incumbent holds the two-star rank of Major General.

The position was created by the merging of the previous Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) and Commander Training Command (COMD TC-A) positions.

Appointees

The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Commander Forces Command or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tour(s).

Rank	Name	Post- Nominals	Term began	Term ended	Time in Appointment
Land Commander Australia
Major General	Lawrence O'Donnell	AO	1986	1987
Major General	Peter Arnison	AO	1994	1996
Major General	Frank Hickling	AO, CSC	1996	1998
Major General	John Hartley	AO	1998	2000
Major General	Peter Abigail	AO	2000	December 2002
Major General	David Hurley	AO, DSC	December 2002	December 2003
Major General	Ken Gillespie	AO, DSC, CSM	January 2004	July 2005
Major General	Mark Kelly	AO	July 2005	December 2008
Major General	David Morrison	AM	December 2008	July 2009
Commander Forces Command
Major General	David Morrison	AO	July 2009	June 2011
Major General	Jeffrey Sengelman	DSC, AM, CSC	June 2011	November 2011
Major General	Michael Slater	AO, DSC, CSC	November 2011	23 January 2015
Major General	Gus Gilmore	AO, DSC	23 January 2015	Present

Forces Command

Forces Command is the primary command for the land forces of the Australian Army.

Formations:

2 Division	1 Brigade	3 Brigade
4 Brigade 5 Brigade 8 Brigade 9 Brigade 11 Brigade 13 Brigade	1st Armoured Regiment 2 Cavalry Regiment 5 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 7 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 8/12 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 1 Combat Engineer Regiment 1 Combat Signal Regiment 1 Combat Service Support Battalion	3/4 Cavalry Regiment 1 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 4 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 3 Combat Engineer Regiment 3 Combat Signal Regiment 3 Combat Service Support Battalion
6 Brigade	7 Brigade	16 Aviation Brigade
1 Ground Liaison Group 1 Intelligence Battalion 2/30 Training Group 6 Engineer Support Regiment 7 Signal Regiment 16 Air Land Regiment 19 Chief Engineer Works 20 Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment 51 Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment North-West Mobile Force Pilbara Regiment	2/14 Light Horse Regiment 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 8/9 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 4 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 2 Combat Engineer Regiment 7 Combat Signal Regiment 7 Combat Service Support Battalion	1 Aviation Regiment 5 Aviation Regiment 6 Aviation Regiment
17 Combat Service Support Brigade
2 Force Support Battalion 9 Force Support Battalion 10 Force Support Battalion 1 Health Support Battalion 2 Health Support Battalion 3 Health Support Battalion 1 Psychology Unit 1 Military Police Battalion 17 Signals Regiment

History

Training Command

Headquarters Training Command was the headquarters of the Australian Army's Training Command (TC-A), which was one of the Army's three commands. The other two where Land Command and Special Operations Command. In 2002 it relocated from Georges Heights, Sydney to Victoria Barracks, Sydney.

In 2010 Training Command merged with Land Command to form Forces Command.