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Abstract Afghanistan is an increasingly complex environment set to test our traditional approaches to planning and problem solving. With an evolving commitment, an ambitious force development plan up to 2030 and competing demands, there is a need for planners from all services to consider more innovative and adaptive approaches to mission planning. This article offers a few thoughts based on the author’s experience in Afghanistan to aid in stimulating new approaches to both this and future operational …
Lieutenant Colonel Brett Chaloner is a member of Special Operations Command. He served in Afghanistan in 2006 as the Plans Officer for the Special Operations Task Group. He has fulfilled other operations planning roles in Iraq, as an embedded officer in the United States and within the domestic security environment. … Brett …
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre W.W. Norton , 2023, 473 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780393866865 Paperback ISBN: 9781324074779 REVIEWED BY: John Nash There are few hotter topics in military and strategic studies (and economics, technology, and more) than artificial intelligence (AI). Like with all new technology, commentary runs from the hyperbolic to the scornful. Finding the true promise is often difficult, and perhaps especially so with as polarising a technology as AI, not least …
Major James Greenshields has extensive regimental experience in 2 Cavalry Regiment, where he has served from troop leader through to Squadron Officer Commanding. He was the cavalry officer instructor at the School of Armour, and has had staff experience at Deployable Joint Force Headquarters. He commanded Combat Team EAGLE during the Overwatch Battle Group West Rotation Two’s tour of Iraq over the period November 2006 to June 2007. He attended Australian Command and Staff College in 2008, and is currently …
Abstract In this article the author contends, from his own experience as a combat team commander, that commanders must first undertake significant self-preparation before preparing for command. This, coupled with a deep understanding of the combat team and the stressors that confront them, will enable commanders to exercise their command with maximum effectiveness. Introduction The good general is simply a good company commander in his postgraduate course. – S L A Marshall 1 One of the most rewarding …
Abstract In these times of economic frugality, the Army needs to consider all the avenues and opportunities available for the training and development of our soldiers and throw away some long held beliefs about how and by whom competence can be assessed and awarded. This article examines workplace learning and the contribution of Communities of Practice, Learning and Labour Networks to the gaining of knowledge, competence and expertise by our soldiers. Communities of practice’ is a term coined to describe …