Modern Australian

Banning soldiers displaying death symbols is about the right military mindset, not political correctness

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Banning soldiers displaying death symbols is about the right military mindset, not political correctnessLieutenant general Angus Campbell Campbell has issued an order banning death symbols, such as the pirate skull and crossbones, the phantom or punisher symbols, and spartans and the grim reaper.AAP/Andrew Taylor

It didn’t take long for incoming chief of the Australian Defence Force Lieutenant General Angus Campbell to find himself the centre...