- Ash Power
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name= Ash Power
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allegiance=flagicon|AustraliaAustralia
branch=Australian Army
serviceyears= 1975 –
rank= Major General
commands= Training Command 1st Division 1st Brigade 4th Field Regiment
battles=International Force for East Timor War in Afghanistan
*Operation Slipper Iraq War
*Operation Catalyst
awards=Member of the Order of Australia Conspicuous Service Cross
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Major General Brian Ashley "Ash" Power AM, CSC is currently Commander of Training Command for theAustralian Army .ervice History
Ash Power entered the
Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1975. He graduated three years later in December 1978 and was allocated to theRoyal Australian Artillery . He was posted to the 4th Field Regiment for regimental duty and performed the functions of Section Commander, Gun Position Officer, and Assistant Adjutant. He later returned to command the Regiment, for which he was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 1998.He has been an instructor at the School of Artillery, the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , Camberley, United Kingdom, and has also attended Command and Staff College,Bangkok ,Thailand .In November 1998 Power deployed to
Bougainville on Operation Belisi as the Chief of Staff, and in September 1999 was deployed as the Colonel Operations forInternational Force for East Timor (INTERFET). He was posted as the Defence Attaché Thailand in January 2000, and on his return in January 2002, studied at the Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Canberra.Power was promoted to
Brigadier on 22 November 2002, and assumed command of the 1st Brigade on 6 December 2002. [ [http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/May/310504/power_bio.pdf Australian Defence Force Biography as Commander, 1st Brigade] , May 2004.]In 2005 Power was again promoted, this time to Major General, and assumed command of the 1st Division on 2 July 2005.
In June 2006 he became a
Member of the Order of Australia , and in November 2006 was posted as Commander Joint Task Force 636. [ [http://www.contactairlandandsea.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=623 Task Force home from Fiji] ]Power served as Australian Commander of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2007 (TS07) [ [http://www.defence.gov.au/exercises/ts07/q&a.htm Exercise Talisman Saber Question & Answers] - "The Commander of the Task Force Legais (a fictional land mass represented in part by Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA)), the live portion of the exercise, is Australian Major General Ash Power, Commander 1 Division."] before assuming command of Training Command, Army on 6 July 2007.
Major General Power is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and
Bougainville . [ [http://bordermail.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-club-an-oasis-at-barracks/782619.aspx Major General Power, a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and Bougainville] ]Personal
In 1978 Ash Power married Narelle. [ [http://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/news_media/archive/2005/oct.asp Major General Ash Power, CSC and Mrs Narelle Power] at Government House, Queensland, October 2005.] They have two children, Renee and Jessica.
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* [http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2007/apr/20070426/20070424cpansw8025730_048_lo.jpgCopyright photo of Major General Ash Power AM CSC, Commander 1st Division] , 26 April 2007. Source: [http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2007/apr/20070426/index.htm Kapyong Parade for 3rd Battalion]
* [http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200603/photos/coverstory6.jpgGeneral John Abizaid (US Army), right, presents Major General Ash Power with The Legion of Merit award] Photo by Phill Vavasour
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