Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Major General Mark Andrew Kelly AO, DSC is a former senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as Commander Joint Task Force 633 (CJTF 633) commanding all Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) and Afghanistan from 2009 until 2010 and as Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) from 2005 to 2008. Mark Andrew Kelly was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and educated at James Ruse Agricultural High School. Kelly entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in January 1975, and he graduated in December,1978 and received the Sword of Honour. In the same year, Kelly received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New South Wales. Allocated to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps he was posted to the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Kelly's first operational posting occurred when he served with the Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia during the Independence elections in 1979/80. Kelly served as the exchange instructor at the British Army's School of Infantry at Warminster between September 1985 and November 1987.