LTCOL Greg Colton is an infantry officer with over 18 years’ experience, including over four and a half years of operational service. Greg has held range of regimental, instructional and staff postings and in 2016/17 took a year’s sabbatical to accept a Research Fellowship at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s leading international policy think-tank. While at the Lowy Institute he ran a Defence funded project examining drivers of instability in the Pacific. On his return to the Army, LTCOL Colton assumed his current position as SO1 Professional Military Education at Forces Command. He is also Director of The Cove.@colton_gregoryj