Commander Forces Command (Australia)

Commander Forces Command (Australia)
Incumbent	Michael Slater

Commander Forces Command (CFC) is a senior Australian Defence Force position created in July 2009 and held by an Australian Army officer. The incumbent holds the rank of Major General (Australia) (two-star rank).

The position was created by the merging of the previous Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) and Commander Training Command - Army (CTC-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
Land Commander Australia
Major General	Arnison, PeterPeter Arnison	AO
Major General	Hurley, DavidDavid Hurley	AO, DSC	000000002002-12-01-0000December 2002	000000002003-12-01-0000December 2003
Major General	Gillespie, KenKen Gillespie	AO, DSC, CSM	000000002004-01-01-0000January 2004	000000002005-07-01-0000July 2005
Major General	Kelly, MarkMark Kelly	AO	000000002005-07-01-0000July 2005	000000002008-12-01-0000December 2008
Major General	Morrison, DavidDavid Morrison	AM	000000002008-12-01-0000December 2008	000000002009-07-01-0000July 2009
Commander Forces Command
Major General	Morrison, DavidDavid Morrison	AO	000000002009-07-01-0000July 2009	000000002011-06-01-0000June 2011
Major General	Sengelman, JeffreyJeffrey Sengelman	DSC, AM, CSC	000000002011-06-01-0000June 2011	000000002011-11-01-0000November 2011
Major General	Slater, MichaelMichael Slater	AO, DSC, CSC	000000002011-11-01-0000November 2011	Present

Forces Command

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

2 Division

• 4 Brigade
• 5 Brigade
• 8 Brigade
• 9 Brigade
• 11 Brigade
• 13 Brigade

1 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 Brigade

• 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

• 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

7 Brigade

• 2/14 Light Horse Regiment
• 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
• 28/9 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

16 Aviation Brigade

• 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