Royal Australian Air Force pilot Corporal Tulk dismissed after exposing genitalia in public

A Royal Australian Air Force corporal has been dismissed from duty after repeatedly exposing his genitalia in public, filming it, and uploading the videos to social media.

The entrance of Lavarack Barracks.

A Royal Australian Air Force corporal has been dismissed from duty after repeatedly exposing his genitalia in public, filming it, and uploading the videos to social media.

RAAF Corporal Tulk pleaded guilty to five charges before a defence force magistrate over a series of incidents between March, 2023 and February last year.

Corporal Tulk engaged in various sexual acts and exposed his genitalia in public parks and on a sports field at Lavarack Barracks – the military base in Townsville.

He filmed these acts and uploaded them to social media platform, X.

Corporal Tulk was reported to his chain of command when two junior colleagues saw the videos online.

An investigation took place and Corporal Tulk made “wide-ranging” admissions to the offending.

Corporal Tulk’s matter was heard before a defence magistrate last month, where he pleaded guilty to three charges of indecent exposure, and two counts of prejudicial conduct.

Prosecution described the offending as “serious” and submitted Corporal Tulk should be sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

“The Prosecuting Officer submitted that the offending was objectively serious, involved a course of conduct over a not insignificant period of time, demonstrated a departure from service values, was deliberate and brazen and showed little regard for other members of the community,” the court report said.

Corporal Tulk’s defence said he had an otherwise clean history, was genuinely remorseful, and assisted with the investigation.

“A psychiatric report was also relied upon but did not establish a causal nexus between certain disorders and the offending conduct,” the defending officer said.

Defence Magistrate Group Captain Scott Geeves said the only penalty that would satisfy general deterrence was dismissal.

“In all of the circumstances, the DFM held that notwithstanding the mitigating features, the minimum penalty that would adequately satisfy the sentencing principles of personal and general deterrence and the maintenance of good order and discipline in the Defence Force was dismissal.”

Corporal Tulk was dismissed from the RAAF.

His penalty was upheld by an automatic review on April 9.

Originally published as Royal Australian Air Force pilot Corporal Tulk dismissed after exposing genitalia in public