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Susan Coyle
Australian army officer
Lieutenant General Susan May Coyle, is a senior officer in the Australian Army who has served as the Chief of Army since July 2026. She joined the army as a reservist in 1987 and, following training at the Australian Defence Force Academy, was commissioned into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in 1992. She has commanded the 104th Signal Squadron (2003–04), 17th Signal Regiment (2009–10), Task Group Afghanistan (2015) and the 6th Combat Support Brigade (2017–19), and has deployed on operations to East Timor, the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. She was appointed Commander Joint Task Force 633, with responsibility for all Australian operations in the Middle East, from January to November 2020. She was the first woman to command the task force, which had oversight for 1,200 personnel under Operation Accordion. Coyle was Head Information Warfare from January 2021 to November 2022, Commander Forces Command from November 2022 to June 2024, and Chief of Joint Capabilities from July 2024 to July 2026. She was appointed Chief of Army on 8 July 2026, making her the first woman to lead a branch of the Australian Defence Force.
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Susan May Coyle
Susan Coyle leads Australian Army