no author is a brit...I think ...
No, both Australia and Britain have the same military structure as the U.S. Army is Army and Navy is Navy. Therefore the author is a reporter... a lazy idiot, incapable of checking simple facts, by definition.
And they complain about the internet not having any editors. Hah!!! We have more editors, with more facts at our fingertips than any "mainstream press" editor could ever hope to muster.
"Oh, mercy, on the evil internet you can say anything you want and no one can stop you!" Yeah, but if you bother to read anything at all, such as this thread, you'll see every flaw and stupid mistake caught and every fact vetted and either refuted or confirmed in a heartbeat. When the mainstream media blows it they either ignore it or bury it on page 38 (of a 37 page paper).