Education
He graduated nearly four years later in December 1978 and was allocated to the Royal Australian Artillery.
He graduated nearly four years later in December 1978 and was allocated to the Royal Australian Artillery.
Power served as Chief of Joint Operations from 2011 until his retirement in May 2014. Power entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in January 1975. He was posted to the 4th Field Regiment for regimental duty and performed the functions of Section Commander, Gun Position Officer, and Assistant Adjutant.
He later returned to command the Regiment, for which he was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 1998.
He has been an instructor at the School of Artillery, the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, United Kingdom, and has also attended Command and Staff College, Bangkok, Thailand. He was posted as the Defence Attaché Thailand in January 2000, and on his return in January 2002, studied at the Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Canberra.
Power was promoted to brigadier on 22 November 2002, and assumed command of the 1st Brigade on 6 December 2002. In 2005 Power was promoted to major general, and assumed command of the 1st Division on 2 July 2005.
Power served as Australian Commander of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2007 (TS07) before assuming command of Training Command, Army on 6 July 2007.
In May 2011, Power was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Chief of Joint Operations (CJOPS) and Commander of Headquarters, Joint Operations Command (HQJOC). Ash Power is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and Bougainville. In 1978, Power married Narelle.
They have two daughters.