Susan Coyle
Australian army officer · Australia · On the map · Born 1970 · age 56
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.
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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 assumed the role of Chief of Joint Capabilities in July 2024. In April 2026 she was selected as the next Chief of Army, making her the first woman to lead a branch of the Australian Defence Force.