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SIR: I write to thank Matthew French for his commentary (June 2008) on my article "Reforming Defence" (April 2008). Matthew's rank was not given, so I hope he will forgive my informality in using his first name. I suspect that he and I are actually closer in our views than first glance at his letter might indicate.
The major reform programs that I mentioned in my article (the Force Structure Review, Defence Efficiency Review/De fence Reform Program and Defence Regional Support Review) all had the objective of moving personnel from static bureaucracies into the combat elements of the ADF, to remove the hollowness of those units (which was part of the "fitted for but not with" syndrome that Matthew ...