Brigadier Chris Roberts AM, CSC (Rtd) served in the Australian Army for 35 years, including operational service with 3 SAS Squadron in South Vietnam. He also served as Adjutant 5 RAR, OC 1 SAS Squadron, and Brigade Major 1 Task Force. He served as Commanding Officer of the SAS Regiment, Commander Special Forces, Director General Corporate Planning - Army, and Commander Northern Command until retiring in 1999. He spent seven years in executive positions with the Multiplex Group before retiring in 1999, and since then he has volunteered in the Military History Division of the Australian War Memorial. He is a Royal Military College, Duntroon, University of Western Australia (BA Honours in History), Army Staff College, United States Armed Forces Staff College, and Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies graduate.
