VICTORIA Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith says he is "just a normal Aussie bloke" and hopes to broaden his horizon by venturing into the business sector. Corporal Roberts-Smith, who today announced he is retiring from full-time Army duties, said he was looking forward to life as a normal citizen. He said he had made the tough choice to leave his role in the Special Air Service Regiment and move to being an Army Reservist because he felt he had achieved all the goals he had set for himself in the military. "My view is I am still just a normal Aussie bloke, I had a job, but I am at a point where I am ready to move on," Corporal Roberts-Smith said. I am no different to anyone else ... hope that along (my new) path I can still make a significant contribution. The Australian Defence Force this morning announced Corporal Roberts-Smith was leaving the army after 17-years of service. He will still remain connected to the Defence Force through the Army Reserve and will continue representational duties. Corporal Roberts-Smith said he wanted to focus on education and will commence a Master of Business Administration part-time at the University of Queensland in 2014. The 34-year-old, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for heroism on the battlefield in Afghanistan, said his wife Emma was "relieved" she no longer had to move around so much. "After 17 years of moving around the country she is probably a bit relieved," he said. But we are no different to any other ADF family and I recognise her sacrifice. She's the one that sacrificed the whole time I was away. Families are the ones that stay behind and have to keep life going on. Corporal Roberts-Smith said serving with the SAS had been the "highlight of my military career." His comments come as Chief of the Defence Force General David Hurley will today hold a press conference. He is understood to announce a further inquiry into the "green on blue" attack on a group of Australian diggers by a rogue Afghan soldier that left three dead. Earlier General Hurley extended his best wishes and gratitude to the Corporal. He is one of a rare few throughout history who have shown such selfless dedication to their mission and mates," he said. Corporal Roberts-Smith, a young dad, won the Victoria Cross after charging an insurgent machinegun nest that was firing on his unit during an attack in Kandahar province in June 2010. He is currently on long service leave from the Australian Army and is expected to transfer to the Army Reserve with effect from mid-October. He said, however, the family would settle in Brisbane and had "finally bought a house." In February, News Corp Australia first revealed that Corporal Roberts-Smith would be leaving his full-time Army duties to pursue a "business career." Today he said he had genuinely not made up his mind about leaving at the time of publication.