I'm about to do some very expensive training in preparation for my impending departure from the ARA. The training I am doing is merely to convert my military multi-engine, command instrument rating and NVG rating to a civil multi-engine, command instrument rating and NVG rating. Seems a bit silly really. If the Australian Army (and the RAN and RAAF for that matter) is a Registered Training Organisation, I'm not sure why CASA can't provide greater recognition. Is it simply a case that the ADF has not engaged with CASA recently to achieve a better outcome?
This military-VS-civil training regime has been raised numerous times previously, and the answer is simple.
Military pilots are trained in an environment where every risk must be taken in pursuit of the objective - the military task/objective at hand.
Civil pilots are trained to take no risks in pursuit of the objective - which is generally just safe arrival of aircraft and all pax at the destination.