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Rowan John Tink AM〔(Member of the Order of Australia ), 26 Jan 1996, itsanhonour.gov.au Citation: "For exceptional service to the army in the field of Regional Force Surveillance."〕 (born 1955) is a former Special Air Service Regiment officer whose identity was widely publicised after he was awarded the United States Bronze Star〔(US honours SF commander ), ''Army News'', 1 August 2002 Bronze Star Citation: ''To Lt-Col Rowan Tink, Australian Defence Force ''For exceptionally meritorious achievement while serving as commander (of the Australian Task Group), Australian Defense (sic) Force, with Coalition Task Force – Mountain, in Bagram, Afghanistan. Lt-Col Tink's outstanding leadership, strategic and tactical proficiency, dedication to duty and commitment to mission accomplishment in a combat zone under the most extreme of circumstances greatly contributed to the success of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lt-Col Tink's performance of duty reflects great credit upon him, the Australian Defence Force and the Coalition members of Coalition Task Force – Mountain. ''Signed by ''Major General F.L. Hagenbeck, Commander, Coalition Task Force – Mountain, and ''Thomas E. White, US Secretary of the Army.〕 for his role commanding 150 SASR operators in Afghanistan, notably during Operation Anaconda. The medal was presented to Lieutenant Colonel Tink by Major General Frank Hagenbeck at a farewell ceremony at Bagram on 24 July 2002. After leaving the ADF, Rowan Tink joined Tenix〔(Tenix Group makes new Corporate appointments ), AIDN-VIC INC, NEWSLETTER No 10 of 2006, pg 4. ''Tenix Defence has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Rowan Tink, AM (Ret) as Requirements & Capability Analyst to boost its Joint Project 2048 amphibious ship (LHD) Capture Team. LtCol Tink was previously Commander Amphibious Task Group and Commander of the Australian Special Forces Task Group in Afghanistan during the battle known as Operation 'Anaconda'.''〕 who were subsequently merged with BAE Systems.〔(Enhancing Reconstruction and Stabilisation – conference program ), 14–15 Oct 2008, www.cimic.org.au. (Tink's presentation )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowan Tink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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