Dayton McCarthy

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Dayton McCarthy is currently the Staff Officer Grade 1 Special Projects in the G5 Cell, Headquarters 2nd (Australian) Division. He served in the Australian Regular Army from 2005 to 2013 in a number of regimental, training and staff appointments. Transferring to the Army Reserves in 2014, he was the Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment from 2021 to 2022. A defence analyst in his civilian career, LTCOL McCarthy is the author of several books and numerous conference papers, articles and book reviews. He has a Doctor of Philosophy and a Graduate Diploma in Science (Operations Research and Systems) from the University of New South Wales.

Contributions

Title	Date Published
The Worst of Both Worlds - On the Nature and Character of Urban Littoral Combat	4 Dec 2019
Volume 15, Number 2, Spring Edition	11 Dec 2019
The Worst of Both Worlds: An analysis of urban littoral combat	11 Dec 2019
Holding the Door Open	15 Jun 2023
‘Holding the Door Open’ - Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region - Part One	22 Jun 2023
‘Holding the Door Open’ – Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region’ - Part Two	14 Jul 2023
‘No Other System Could Have Achieved the Result’	8 Oct 2024
Land Power Library - General Walter Krueger	21 Nov 2024

Latest Land Power Forum

Land Power Library - General Walter Krueger Dayton McCarthy 21 November 2024 Book review, Landpower lessons, Military history

Official Defence portrait photograph of Major General David Thomae.

Seminar on ‘Reflections as Commander of the 2nd (Australian) Division and as Commander of Joint Task Force 629’ Jeremy Barraclough, David Thomae 20 November 2024 Leadership, Civil-Military Relations