Dear Hasbeen,

The author of the link I gave, C. August Elliott is
a former soldier. So your brushing his comments aside
as ABC's "propaganda" is not worthy of you.

Dear Is Mise,

Taken from the link cited earlier:

"Weighed against all the facts, Lieutenant General Campbell's
directive has little to do with political correctness or
avoiding offence and everything to do with a strong leader
engineering a culture of discipline that is appropriate for a military force in the 21st Century."

"In the end, the difference between an Army that marches into
battle beneath a symbol like the Rising Sun and an Army that
marches into battle beneath symbols of vigilantism, lawlessness,
extreme militarism, and death is the difference between a force
that values professionalism and obedience to the law and a
force that defines itself by its own violence."

"The difference between an Army and a "death cult," if you will."

"It's not difficult to guess which fighting force the Australian
public would prefer to have represent them on operations abroad."

"Lieutenant General Campbell should be applauded for setting the
tone for his future tenure as Chief of the Defence Force."

Here is another link with comments from Neil James, Executive
Director of the Australian Defence Association and James M.
Dubik a retired Lieutenant General of the US Army.

http://theconversation.com/banning-soldiers-displaying-death-symbols-is-about-the-right-military-mindset-not-political-correctness-95655

Foxy,

"In the end, the difference between an Army that marches into
battle beneath a symbol like the Rising Sun and an Army that
marches into battle beneath symbols of vigilantism, lawlessness,
extreme militarism, ..."

Ir the Rising Sun badge is not a symbol of extreme militarism, then what is it?

Likewise, the SAS dagger, if a dagger is not a symbol of death then what is it?

Here is a selection of fighter decals from as recently as the gulf war on modern fighter jets.

https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=402

Notably, they include the skull and crossbones.

According to Muammar Gaddafi war is a waste of time & it looks like he was right. So, stop worrying about emasculation of our Defence Force.

Google - Muammar Gaddafi quotes;

We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. there are signs that Allah will grant victory in Europe-without swords, without guns, without conquest-will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.
Muammar Gaddafi

Individual,

How's Muammar Gaddafi doing these days?

If seems that we should be consulting the ABC for military advice now.