Australian Military Losing ‘Haemorrhaging’ Talent and Experience: Inquiry

Published on October 15, 2024

An Australian Army aircrewman—identified only by the pseudonym “D4″—has told an inquiry the military must address the “haemorrhaging” of experience and corporate knowledge. Former Justice Margaret McMurdo is conducting an independent inquiry into the crash of an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter, off the north Queensland coast in July 2023, that killed four soldiers. It is the fifth public hearing into the deaths of Captain Daniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock, and Corporal Alexander Naggs. Their aircraft, callsign “Bushman 83,” was one of four helicopters flying to Lindeman Island to collect Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel who were taking part in Exercise Talisman Sabre, training with American forces....

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