Brian Hartigan - the Big Irish Git - was employed as a photojournalist at Army Newspaper Unit from January 1998 where he developed from a junior reporter to Senior Reporter and Acting Sub Editor before leaving in May 2002

During his time at Army News, the Big Irish Git wrote news and feature stories and took supporting photos for the unit's fortnightly newspaper and quarterly magazine

As Senior Reporter he was responsible for the selection, employment and continuing education of staff reporters and was the unit's resident expert on house style

His latest mission was with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands as the Australian Federal Police official photographer. During this mission he wrote several articles for the Solomon Star - the country's national daily newspaper

Naturally, his major writing outlet now is CONTACT Air Land and Sea of which he is Managing Editor and co-owner