History
The ADFIS was established after a specific recommendation of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Reference Committee from the report ‘The Effectiveness of Australia’s Military Justice System’ released in 2005. in April 2006, the position of the Provost Marshal of the Australian Defence Force directly under the Chief of the Defence Force was established and the Defence Investigative Capability Audit found the need for a tri-service investigative capability. In October 2006 the Chief of the Defence Force and Service Chiefs agreed to the formation of the ADFIS from the unification of personnel from the policing and investigative capabilities of each Service.
The ADFIS is the unification of the separate policing capabilities of each of the three services, but each service still maintains their own capabilities. The Royal Australian Navy maintains the Naval Police Coxswain branch which include the Naval Investigative Service and NPC postings on HMA ships and shore establishments. The Army maintains the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police which include general duties police officers and the Special Investigation Branch. The Royal Australian Air Force maintains the Security Police which include an investigative branch and other streams of general duties policing, counterintelligence and military working dogs.
Members of ADFIS are known as 'Investigators' rather than 'agents' but still hold a rank with in the defence force.
Read more about this topic: Australian Defence Force Investigative Service
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