Mike Hindmarsh retired from the Australian Army in mid-2009, and joined the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces as a special advisor and later as commander from 2011 to 2024 of the UAE Presidential Guard, which is a UAE Armed Forces formation that includes both conventional and special forces units.
14 Facts About Mike Hindmarsh
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Mike Hindmarsh entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1976, graduating into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1978.
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Mike Hindmarsh was later appointed to command the Special Operations Component on Operation Bastille and Operation Falconer in the Iraq War.
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Mike Hindmarsh was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his distinguished leadership in this position.
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Mike Hindmarsh served as the Commander of the Australian Special Operations Command from October 2004 to February 2008.
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Mike Hindmarsh was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours of 2008 for his distinguished service in that position.
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Mike Hindmarsh assumed command of Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations in an official ceremony on 1 March 2008; he succeeded Major General Mark Evans in this position.
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Mike Hindmarsh's tour ended on 12 January 2009, at which time he was succeeded by Major General Mark Kelly.
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From March 2009 until his retirement from the Australian Army in the later half of 2009, Mike Hindmarsh assumed command of Army Training Command at Victoria Barracks, Sydney.
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Mike Hindmarsh relinquished command of the Presidential Guard in 2024 and currently commands the Zayed Military University as well as leads the program for the modernization of the UAE Armed Forces.
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Mike Hindmarsh was invited by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to help reorganize the Emirati military.
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Mike Hindmarsh is a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College, Queenscliff, the Joint Services Staff College and the United Kingdom Royal College of Defence Studies.
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Mike Hindmarsh enjoys mountaineering, rock climbing, bush walking and rugby union.
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Mike Hindmarsh is a patron of The Grub Club, the organisation set up in memory of Sergeant Matthew Locke.