During her 15 year military career, Matina Jewell tracked down warlords, worked with the US Navy SEALs & SAS, fast-roped out of helicopters onto ships and led a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
Retired from active duty with numerous distinctions, Matina has served on the Prime Ministerial Advisory Council for Veterans Issues and the National Mental Health Forum, helping pioneer considerable change, particularly for female and younger veterans.
Matina was a member of the ANZAC Centenary Commission alongside former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and the late Malcolm Fraser, providing recommendations to Government around the 2014-2018 ANZAC Centenary commemoration.
Matina is the best selling author of her memoir Caught in the Crossfire (Allen & Unwin, 2009)
Matina is a founding Ambassador for Project Thankful™, a global movement to encourage us all to reflect and remind ourselves how the everyday can be extraordinary. Thankful™ is partnered with the United Nations to help empower women and help in the cessation of violence against women and children globally.
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