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Commander Felicity Petrie is an Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Navy and is posted to the Sea Power Centre—Australia as the Australian War Memorial Navy Fellow. Holding postgraduate degrees in both engineering and strategic studies, Felicity is a Chartered Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Marine Engineer with the Institute of Marine Engineers. Felicity’s research interests include naval and maritime technology (particularly relating to the RAN), and reviewing historical case …
Captain (RAN) Alastair Cooper is a Maritime Warfare Officer. He has served at sea in HMA Ships Canberra (II) , Melbourne (III) and Fremantle (II) , and ashore as Commanding Officer Navy Headquarters South Australia, as the research officer to the Chief of Navy, in Navy Capability Division, and in Navy Headquarters as the Director of the Sea Power Centre—Australia. He has also worked in private sector telecommunications and as a public servant in the Department of Defence, the Department of the Prime …
The Free Press, New York, 1986, ISBN 0029227907, 329 pp Written By : Richard Neustadt and Ernest May Reviewed By : Samuel White Thinking in Time was first published in 1982. I would argue its core message about the importance of integrating historical thinking into decision-making remains timeless, with the idea that “better decisions involve drawing on history to frame sharper questions”. [1] However, does the book stand up as a practical guide for contemporary readers? On this point, I believe it …
Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2023, ISBN 9781350352957, 258 pp (paperback), RRP AU$44.99 Author: Jack Watling Reviewed by: Robin Smith The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century by Jack Watling is a seminal work that delves deeply into the transformative impact of emerging technologies on modern warfare with a particular focus on the land domain. As a military strategist, Watling brings a wealth of knowledge and …
Dr Jordan Beavis is an Academic Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre, having formally worked as a Researcher for the Australian War Memorial’s Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. His research focuses on the militaries of the British Empire/Commonwealth in the interwar period (1919–1939), international engagement, professional military education, and mobilisation. … Jordan …
Dr Andrew Richardson is the Senior Academic Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC). He was awarded a PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2005, and contributed entries to The Companion to Tasmanian History (2005) during his postgraduate years. Between 2007 and 2018 Andrew was an historian at the Australian Army History Unit, Department of Defence. In 2018 he was seconded to the Official History Project at the Australian War Memorial, where he co-authored the (forthcoming) volume …
An introduction to the One Defence Capability System The aim of this series of posts on the Land Power Forum is to pass on what I have learned about the role of Land Capability Division (LCD) over the last 20 months, in helping the Chief of Army (CA) to manage the capability provided by the Australian Army. The first post introduced the series and outlined the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) fundamental inputs to capability (FIC). [i] It highlighted how the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS 24) heralded …
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-316-62369-5, 344 pp Written By : Brian N Hall Reviewed By : Chris Roberts The thrust of Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 is that communication systems are at the heart of command and control, and those employed by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at each stage of the war had a profound effect on the ability of British commanders to control operations. In addressing this matter, Brian N. Hall seeks to …
The AARC has expanded indexing of Australian Army Journal content to include articles for Early Access, so that users can find newly published content that matches their research interests as soon as we make it available online in a nearly final state. The DOI assigned to an article for Early Access will remain valid when the AAJ issue is published through the use of URL redirects. … Early Access …