Australian Army United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard
Years of service
1976–2009 2010–present
Rank
Major general (AUS) Lieutenant general (UAE)[1][2]
Commands held
UAE Presidential Guard Training Command - Army Joint Task Force 633 Special Operations Command Special Air Service Regiment
Battles/wars
Operation Pollard Iraq War
Operation Bastille
Operation Falconer
War in Afghanistan
Operation Slipper
Yemeni Civil War
Awards
Officer of the Order of Australia Distinguished Service Cross Conspicuous Service Cross
Lieutenant General Michael Simon HindmarshAO, DSC, CSC (born 1956) is an Australian military officer, who holds a senior position within the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, commanding its elite force known as the Presidential Guard. A retired senior officer of the Australian Army, he spent over 30 years with the Australian Defence Force, during which time he served as Special Operations Commander Australia from 2004 to 2008, and as Commander of Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East Area of Operations from March 2008 to January 2009. He retired from the Australian Army in mid-2009, and joined the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces as a special advisor and later, a commander of the UAE Presidential Guard, which is a UAE Armed Forces formation that includes both conventional and special forces units. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, for Rabdan Academy. (H.E. Staff member).
^"Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis meets with retired Maj. Gen. Michael Hindmarsh, commander of the United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 19, 2017". Alamy. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^"Hundreds of foreigners are fighting for UAE in Yemen—How war crimes trials may deter them". Just Security. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
of the Board of Trustees, for Rabdan Academy. (H.E. Staff member). MikeHindmarsh entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1976, graduating into...
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the sample size by making them attend boot camp. He invited Maj. Gen. MikeHindmarsh, the retired former head of Australia's Special Operations Command,...
including Major General MikeHindmarsh from the Australian Army have served and/or are serving in the guard. In the case of Hindmarsh, he serves as the guard's...
of Special Operations of the Australian Defence Force, Major General MikeHindmarsh. The RSL plans to erect a permanent display of military equipments nearby...
Marshal Angus Houston, Chief of Defence Force; Major General Michael Hindmarsh (27 September 2006). "SOCAUST Media Briefing Post OP Slipper Transcript...
influence in Australia. Lewis retired on 15 September 2019, and was replaced by Mike Burgess, the former director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate...
Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 273–274. Major General Michael (Mick) Hindmarsh, AO, CSC Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov...
The Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy was a 1990s Australian legal and political controversy that involved the clash of local Aboriginal Australian...
automobile racer; ten-time Grand Prix winner Military Major General MikeHindmarsh, AO, DSC, CSC (Retired) – Former Australian Special Operations Commander...
1992 Adelaide Arena 8,000 mid-19th century Botanic Park Unknown 1960 Hindmarsh Stadium 16,500 Western Australia December 24, 1904 His Majesty's Theatre...
murder, and two attempted murders in Adelaide during March 1838, Governor Hindmarsh created the South Australian Police Force (now the South Australia Police)...
the 1935 Le Mans 24 Hour race with a Lagonda M45R driven by John Stuart Hindmarsh and Luis Fontés. The Lagonda Rapide V12, introduced in 1939, was the most...
euthanasia legislation, the rights of the Indigenous community in the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy, and entitlement to superannuation for same-sex...
in the men's A-League and women's W-League. The club's home ground is Hindmarsh Stadium (Coopers Stadium), but it occasionally plays games at the Adelaide...
Adelaide Oval, the club changed home grounds to the smaller, 16,500 capacity Hindmarsh Stadium, a soccer specific venue which was better suited to a rugby league...
game in charge: a 2–1 win over defending champions Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium on 6 November 2016. However, the Mariners ended the season in...
The Adelaide edition is broadcast from the network's Hindmarsh studios and is presented by Mike Smithson (Monday - Wednesday) and Elspeth Hussey (Thursday...
between 1,000 and 11,300. It is located on Port Road in the suburb of Hindmarsh, just north-west of the Adelaide city centre. With modern architecture...
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