 Kọ ọrọ tó wà nísàlẹ yìí: Ọdún 1984 ni Field wọ ilé ẹkọ ológun ní Ọsirélíà. O gboye pẹlu oye oye oye ti Bachelor of Arts ati, lẹhin ikẹkọ afikun ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Royal Military, Duntroon, ni a fi sinu Royal Australian Infantry Corps. Lakoko ibẹrẹ iṣẹ rẹ, Ogun ṣiṣẹ bi olori ikọlu ọta ibọn ati oṣiṣẹ ila ibọn ni a href2nd4th20Battalion2C20Royal20Australian20Regiment2nd4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regimenta, ti a gbe jade fun iṣẹ pẹlu United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ni 199697, jẹ adjutant ti ẹya Reserve Army Australia, ṣiṣẹ bi olukọni ni Duntroon, o si paṣẹ awọn ile-iṣẹ ni 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 2RAR. O je osise isẹ nigba ti 2RAR deployed bi ara ti awọn : Àjọ International Force East Timor ní oṣù Kẹsàn-án ọdún 1999. Fun iṣe iyasọtọ ti awọn iṣẹ rẹ lakoko isẹ naa, a fun Field ni Iyin fun Iṣẹ Iṣẹ Iṣẹ ni Oṣu Kẹta Ọdun 2000. 