Home Library Land Warfare Studies Centre The Land Warfare Study Centre is a historical organisation that conducted and engage others to address a wide range of military related research. This section lists all of the historical papers. Series - Any --Concept Paper-Study Paper-Working Paper Every Possible Capability: Some Implications of the Army Reserve Call Out for Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020 10 November 2020 During the latter months of 2019 and the new year of 2020, Australia experienced catastrophic and widespread bushfires. As the situation worsened, the federal government unexpectedly called out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves to bolster an already significant deployment of ADF regular forces to contribute to a massive interagency and volunteer community response. This deployment was the largest ever peacetime domestic ADF operation in response to a natural disaster. The ADF responding to domestic natural disasters is not new. What was new in this case was the scale of the… Force Design in the 1990s 22 August 2017 Force Design in the 1990s: Lessons for Contemporary Military Change Management - Lieutenant-Colonel Renée Kidson, Coming to terms with the modern way of war: Precision missiles and the land component of Australia's joint force 22 December 2016 This paper is intended to spark a discussion about the future of Australia’s land forces in light of advances in land-based precision missile technologies. Eyes Wide Open: Stability, Change and Network Enabling Technology 22 December 2016 How can a large organisation, deeply rooted in tradition, order, and control, purposefully embrace change? The Ryan Review 21 April 2016 There will be some readers who will point out aspects of Army’s education, training and doctrine that are not addressed in this study. It should be noted that it was never the intention to attend to every challenge facing education, training and doctrine in Army. This was clearly not achievable, especially in a short period of time. However, the aim has been to identify the significant issues that in being addressed; might generate impact and momentum for broader change and innovation. Forging Australian Land Power: A Primer 01 December 2015 For military organisations, the aftermath of a war represents an opportunity to rest and refit, to think about the lessons so painfully learned and to preserve those of enduring value in education, training and doctrine. Arguably of even more importance, it is a time to reflect on and ask basic questions about the character of war: what has changed, what has remained the same, and what opportunities and challenges are suggested for the future evolution of the wars that are yet to come. Albert Palazzo’s research paper Forging Australian Land Power: A Primerpursues a single objective… Herding Cats: The Evolution of the ADF’s Media Embedding Program in Operational Areas 01 June 2013 Like other Western military forces, the ADF has used deployments since Vietnam to develop appropriate mechanisms to support media access to its operations. The Future of War Debate in Australia 01 August 2012 Periodically the US military is host to a robust, heated, and sometimes painful debate on the future character of war. Testing the Tenets of Manoeuvre: Australia’s First Amphibious Assault since Gallipoli The 9th Australian Division at Lae, 4–16 September 1943 01 January 2012 In this paper, Brigadier Field examines the role of the 9th Australian Division in Operation Cartwheel which involved the capture of the Japanese Base at Lae. Counterinsurgency in Uruzgan 2009 01 August 2011 Success in counterinsurgency requires a careful balance between the ability to win the support of the people Design and Planning of Campaigns and Operations in the Twenty-First Century 01 April 2011 The premise of this study paper is that operational art and strategy are dynamic and contingent practices. The Lost Operational Art: Invigorating Campaigning into the Australian Defence Force 01 February 2011 ADF Operational art is conceptually weak and has been characterised by an intellectually restrictive framework. Private Military Companies and Military Operations 01 October 2010 Private military companies (PMC) form an increasingly prominent element of military operations Projecting Force: The Australian Army and Maritime Strategy 01 June 2010 With the release of Force 2030, the 2009 Defence White Paper, the Australian Government has clearly set the ADF onto the path of a maritime strategy. Contesting the Neutral Space: A thematic analysis of military humanitarianism 01 April 2010 In a 2007 presentation to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), General John Abizaid Network Centric Warfare, Command, and the Nature of War 01 February 2010 In this paper, the author examines the claim that information technologies will allow for wider and more rapid sharing of information. Asymmetric Warfare and Australian National Asymmetric Advantages: Taking the Fight to the Enemy 01 November 2009 In an era of increasing focus upon concepts such as hybrid warfare The Australian Army Counterinsurgency and Small Wars Reading Guide 01 September 2009 Insurgency is a form of warfare as old as warfare itself, and it has gone by many names in the past Distributed Manoeuvre: 21st Century Offensive Tactics 01 June 2009 Successfully conducting an offensive action remains as much the ‘gold standard' for military commanders today as it was in the days of Napoleon, Frederick or Caesar. The Ghost In The Machine: Better Application Of Human Factors To Enhance The Military Appreciation Process 01 March 2009 The topic of this paper is the Military Appreciation Process (MAP), which is the structured procedure employed by the Australian Army for operational planning. From Moltke To Bin Laden: The Relevance Of Doctrine In The Contemporary Military Environment 01 September 2008 For contemporary, Western military organisations doctrine serves as the basis of their members' intellectual unity and underpins their ability to identify and incorporate change. The World Looking Over Their Shoulders: Australian Strategic Corporals On Operations In Somalia And East Timor 01 August 2008 The world looks over the shoulders of corporals and holds them accountable for every time they and their soldiers pull the trigger. The Making And Breaking Of The Post-Federation Australian Army, 1901-09 01 December 2007 The Australian Army did not begin with the First AIF. On the contrary, the original force lived and died from March 1901 to December 1909. Organising Complexity: Modes Of Behaviour In A Networked Battlespace 01 November 2007 This paper examines two powerful motivators in US defence policy: the pursuit of network-centric warfare and the imperatives of counterinsurgency A Tale Of Three Battalions: Combat Morale And Battle Fatigue In The 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, Bougainville, 1944-45 01 September 2007 The Anzac tradition does not talk much about what happens when combat morale falters and battle fatigue undermines military effectiveness. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last » Last updated: 31 October 2024 - 6:03am Latest Land Power Forum Land Power Library - Complex Terrain Shaun Cameron 15 July 2025 Book reviewUrban conflictLand combat Land Power Library - The Oxford History of World War II Martin Crotty 8 July 2025 Book reviewLandpower lessonsMajor power competition
