It's a sad day when the Australian military is taking orders from the stage manager of Channel 9.
stage manager: Now put the underwear on the guys head.. perfect! roll'em
It's not taking orders - just a normal courtesy on the assumption he knows what he is doing and the ADF doesn't mind co-operating with the media if it produces a better story - as long as that doesn't involve distorting the truth. You want to see soldiers in the background - fine. Just don't try and make out there's any reason that they are there, except that you asked to put them there.