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Volume 19 Number 1

Australian Army soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, demonstrate trench warfare tactics to Ukrainian trainees during the first rotation of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom.

Foreword

We stand at another inflection point in our Army’s history. In April this year, our government delivered clear direction for our Army in response to the Defence Strategic Review.

The review recognised a pressing need for our ADF to adapt more quickly to the changing character of war to ensure we are best positioned to fulfil our purpose of deterring conflict and protecting Australia’s national interests.

While we must adapt to war’s changing character, we know that war remains an enduringly human endeavour; a contest of wills between people and nations.

Our Army must continually evolve if we are to be truly Future Ready. The challenge for us is to ensure we adapt fast enough to be equal to the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow.

We are now focused on implementing Army’s contribution to the directed outcomes of the Defence Strategic Review. There will be changes to the scale and scope of our capabilities, the sequence and pace of delivery, how we are organised, the way we train, and the resources available to us.

Now is the time to embrace the vast intellectual capital in our Army and leverage your capacity for innovation. The Australian Army Journal is a vehicle through which you can engage in a contest of ideas and professional discourse on the future of our institution, our profession and our fighting force. I encourage you all to contribute your insights and ideas to upcoming editions on the evolution and utility of land power.

We would do well to heed the advice of the author Peter Drucker, who said that the best way to predict the future is to create it ourselves.

LTGEN Simon Stuart, AO DSC

CHIEF OF ARMY

Journal Articles

Enabling Army’s Team Learning
Chris Stothard
The Design and Implementation of a Youth Learning Framework within an Ab Initio Officer Training Academy
Brad Kilpatrick
Australian Army Physical Training Continuum – Reducing Injury and Medical Discharge Rates
Micheal Abdel-messih
Army’s Gap Year: In Search of a Purpose?
Phillip Hoglin
Soft Power ‘Sky Net’ – The Importance of Artificial Intelligence for Information Operations
Callum Muntz
The Case for Cluster Munitions: Amend or Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions
James Saint
Primus inter pares vel primos? The Development of the Military Staff in the Australian Army
Leo Purdy and Tony Purdy

Journal Book Reviews

Cyber Warfare Ethics
Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw
Eight Hundred Heroes: China’s Lost Battalion and the Fall of Shanghai
Reviewed by Tim Gellel
The Witness
Reviewed by James Bryant
Elite Souls: Portraits of Valor in Iraq and Afghanistan
Reviewed by Garth Pratten
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Cover of the Australian Army Journal Volume 19 Number 1 - 2023.

Publication Date

2023

Publication Identifiers

ISSN (Print) 1448-2843
ISSN (Digital) 2200-0992