James Davis
Biography
Brigadier James Davis joined the Army in 1995. His formative experiences were in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment which he commanded from 2014-2016. He served on operations in East Timor in 2003 and in Iraq in 2008/2009. From 2017 to 2018 he was the liaison officer to the United Kingdom Land Forces. Brigadier Davis’ staff appointments include Army Headquarters as Staff Officer Grade One – the Army Plan, Director of the Chief of Army’s Initiatives Group and Director of Joint Concepts. Brigadier Davis is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College (2011) and the School of Advanced Military Studies (2012). He assumed his appointment as Director General Future Land Warfare in September 2022 and leads Army design, innovation, land concepts, history, research and experimentation. Outside of Army, Brigadier Davis is an Australian Rules Football tragic and has been the chair of the ADF Aussie Rules Association since 2022.
Contributions
| Title | Date Published | Content Type |
|---|---|---|
| Combat Fitness: Adapt or Die | Journal article | |
| Cyber for Land Lubbers | Land Power Forum Article | |
| A response to: Some believe, ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch and dinner!’ Does this hold true for Army and is culture more important than strategy? | Land Power Forum Article | |
| A response to: Does ‘mass’ matter? How does a small Army with an ever increasing no. of enablers keep its fighting echelon strong, resilient and agile? | Land Power Forum Article | |
| Close Combat: Army’s Fundamental Skill | Journal article | |
| Senior Leaders Review - Rules of the Game | Land Power Forum Article | |
| Volume 21 Number 2 | Journal |
