Sandwich jokes and service records: what the Coyle backlash tells us about Australian defence culture
On 13 April 2026, Lieutenant General Susan Coyle was announced as the forty-second Chief of Army, the first woman to lead a branch of the Australian Defence Force in its 125-year history. By the time most Australians had finished their morning coffee, the online threads were already flooding with vitriol. She should be making sandwiches. […]