The Land Power Forum blog is published by the Australian Army Research Centre in order to generate discussion and debate about the future of Army.
It is a forum for informed analysis, commentary, thoughts and ideas. Contributions are welcomed from stakeholders, subject matter experts and those interested in future land warfare.
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What is Littoral Manoeuvre? – Part 1
Amphibious/joint/interagencyForce DesignOur Region |
In this part one of a two part LPF Post, Mark Mankowski examines the littoral manoeuvre capability with reference to the Defence Strategic Review. He considers the importance to the integrated force and provides an alternative definition, similar to the concept of ‘archipelagic manoeuvre’, which he submits better reflects the capability envisaged by the DSR. |
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Finding Asymmetry With Army’s Train, Advise and Assist Capability
Force DesignEmerging Threats and OpportunitiesStrategyTrain, Advise and Assist |
The Defence Strategic Review challenges Army to project land power into the region and to engage our neighbours. Jarrod Brook asserts the strategic relevance of train, advise and assist missions to achieve this imperative. |
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An Army in Forward Motion – Presence and Deterrence
Land combatRegional politicsEmerging Threats and Opportunities |
Andrew Carr explains why the new Occasional Paper,' An Army in Forward Motion - Presence and Deterrence' offers Army timely insights that can inform efforts to shape the strategic environment in line with the direction set by government and by Army itself. |
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Forward Presence for Deterrence
Land combatRegional politicsEmerging Threats and Opportunities |
While Australian policy guidance has recently embraced deterrence as a strategic posture, there is limited guidance about the force structure and posture implications for Army. The Australian Army Research Centre's new Occasional Paper addresses this gap by developing three models to achieve strategic deterrence through the forward presence of land forces. |
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Providing Security Force Assistance to Developed/Advanced states
Our RegionRegional politicsEmerging Threats and OpportunitiesTrain, Advise and Assist |
Not all security force assistance provided by Australia is focussed on states in conflict or categorised as 'fragile', Athol Yates considers the distinctive characteristics of training with developed and advance states, including the necessary adjustments to Army's approach. |
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Australian Army: Security Force Assistance Battalion (SFABn)
Force DesignFuture ReadyRegional politicsTrain, Advise and Assist |
While the Australian Army may respond to the Defence Strategic Review by continuing its ad hoc and bespoke, pathway to train, advise and assist (TAA) missions, Chris Field argues an alternate pathway. Specifically, he makes the case for a standing Australian Army Security Force Assistance Battalion (SFABn) to achieve TAA missions. |
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Shared Challenges and Mass Insecurities
Force DesignAmphibious/joint/interagencyStrategy |
William Leben reflects on the many shared challenges facing the ADF and the UK military as they both respond to strategic disruptions. |
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Strengthening Regional Stability and Security in the Indo-Pacific
Our RegionPeople, Culture and EthicsRegional politicsTrain, Advise and Assist |
In this Land Power Forum post, Thomas Davis explores how the Australian Army's role in train, advise and assist missions contributes to strengthening regional stability and security in the Indo-Pacific. He focuses on the opportunities to leverage these missions to achieve strategic deterrence. |
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The Difference Between Allies and Friends
Our RegionPeople, Culture and EthicsRegional politicsTrain, Advise and Assist |
John Wellfare discusses the benefits of collaboration as a key tenet of train, advise and assist missions in the Indo-Pacific region. The mutual benefits of such operations are achieved most effectively when we truly view regional neighbours as joint partners. |
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Building Blocks
Our RegionPeople, Culture and EthicsArmy & Society |
Building solid relationships conducive to mutual force preservation is at the forefront of international missions. Luke Jones considers elements of relationship building - including strategic dialogue, training, and cultural awareness - through the aperture of train, advise and assist missions. |
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When Australian went to War in China
Our RegionMajor power competitionLandpower lessonsTrain, Advise and Assist |
With a focus on resistance strategy, Andrew Maher reflects on the modern relevance of historical lessons from Australia's WWII capacity building efforts in China. |
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The Place of an Intellectual Edge in Train, Advise and Assist Missions
Cognitive edgeOur RegionPeople, Culture and EthicsTrain, Advise and Assist |
Australia’s model of 'Good Soldiering' involves the development of trusting teams, where ideas can be contested, and each soldier is expected to contribute to a force with an intellectual edge over potential adversaries. Matthew Malcolm considers how an Australian approach to 'Good Soldiering' might encounter challenges arising from the educational heritage of nations in our region. |
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‘You Can’t Surge Trust’
Civil-Military RelationsArmy & SocietyEnvironment |
Beth Eggleston outlines the findings of her recent research into how humanitarian civil-military coordination can be enhanced to support climate-change related operations and the delivery of life-saving assistance. |
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1945 Amphibious Operations in Borneo - Operation Oboe Staff Ride
Landpower lessonsAmphibious/joint/interagency |
A Staff Ride to Borneo conducted by the Australian Army Research Centres offered a rich learning experience for Greg Strahan. As he observes in this Post, the discussions that took place around the contemporary significance of historical events was made profoundly more beneficial by the opportunity to walk the ground and share insights among the diverse group of participants. |
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‘Holding the Door Open’ – Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region’ - Part Two
Amphibious/joint/interagencyEmerging Threats and OpportunitiesFuture Ready |
In Part Two of this Land Power Forum series focussing on littoral manoeuvre, Dayton McCarthy discusses the relevance to Australia of a denial strategy requiring Army to be ready to deploy into the near region to effect and/or enable multi-domain fires. |
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Book Review - Burning Steel
Book reviewLandpower lessons |
Chris Roberts reviews Peter Hart's book 'Burning Steel', a splendid account of a British Territorial Army tank regiment - the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - during World War Two. |
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Release of Australian Army Journal Vol XIX No 1 2023
AAJAustralian Army JournalContent Release |
The Chief of Army opens this edition of the Australian Army Journal recognising Army's intellectual capital as a driver for innovation and change. This Journal covers diverse topics - from the relevance of the Basic Fitness Assessment in preparing soldiers for operations, analysis of the Australian Defence Force Gap year Program, to a history of staff development in the Australian Army. |
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Innovation lessons from Land Forces 2022
Emerging TechnologiesAccelerated WarfareFuture Ready |
James Eling reflects on the Land Forces 2022 conference held in Brisbane late last year and the opportunities for innovation highlighted by exhibitors. The emerging technologies showcased will shape the direction of future warfare. |
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‘Holding the Door Open’ - Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region - Part One
Amphibious/joint/interagencyEmerging Threats and OpportunitiesFuture Ready |
The 2023 Defence Strategic Review states that ‘Australia’s army must be transformed and optimised for littoral manoeuvre’ as part of the ADF transition from a balanced force to one focused on applying a strategy of denial. In this Part 1 of a four-part Land Power Forum Littoral Series, Dayton McCarthy examines some key characteristics of the littoral environment in Australia's nearer region. |
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Holding the Door Open
Amphibious/joint/interagencyEmerging Threats and OpportunitiesFuture Ready |
In response to the Defence Strategic Review's twin-fold guidance to clarify the area stretching from ‘maritime Southeast Asia into the Pacific’ as the ‘primary area of military interest’, and for Army to become adept at littoral operations, the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) has produced a four-part series to promote further discussion. This series will be published on the Land Power Forum over the coming weeks. |
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