Our soldiers are also citizens - learning to defend our community.

'Our soldiers are also citizens learning to defend our community' is a recruitment poster for both the CMF and Regular army. It uses a silhoutetted green figure with one side in military uniform and the other in civilian clothes. The history of the Australian Army has 2 distinct phases. Pre-1947 the army was divided into 'Regular Army' and Citizens Military Force (CMF). The CMF had the most members, as it was formed from the colonial militia groups post-Federation. As both groups were unable to serve overseas, a volunteer force was created for both the First and Second World Wars, called the 'Australian Imperial Force'. After 1947, a standing peacetime infantry was formed and the CMF (which was renamed in 1980 to Army Reserve) started to declined in importance.