Army launches campaign to recruit women WOMEN: The Army wants you. The Australian Army has launched a recruitment campaign to lift its intake of women, insisting there's been cultural change since the defence forces were rocked by highly publicised sex scandals. A major sex scandal hit the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in 2011 when a female cadet came forward alleging she had been filmed on Skype having sex with another cadet while others watched in a nearby room. The incident prompted a series of reviews and other alleged victims emerged with claims of sexual and other abuse. Chief of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison said for too long there had been too few women in the army, but now was the time to join. "What we're seeing at the moment is a major cultural change, not just in the army, but in the ADF," General Morrison told reporters at Sydney's Victoria Barracks. And yes, there will be people who'll speculate that that was a response to the reviews following the incident that occurred at ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy) and they're probably in some parts right. But that's appropriate, isn't it? I can't say that everybody serving in the ADF is an angel, but I can assure you that the overwhelming majority of our men and women have performed stellar work. General Morrison said it was possible that one day a women would hold his position as chief of army. The campaign aims to increase the intake of women in the army from 10 per cent to 12 per cent by July 2014. That equates to an extra 660 jobs for women in all trades. Army pilot Jenny Roberts said the recent scandals were uncommon and shouldn't deter women from joining. It is a minor thing. It doesn't happen all the time," Captain Roberts said. I do believe (cultural) change is occurring. Captain Roberts said she didn't know anyone who had been subject to harassment in the organisation, but said it was possible it was still going on. I believe there may be some (harassment) out there, however, but there are processes involved in dealing with those matters.