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Svet Gaidow joined DSTO in 2002 and was immediately posted to the Land Warfare Development Centre of the Australian Army. Since January 2004 he has been with the Land Operation Division of DSTO in Edinburgh. Previously, Svet held positions with the University of Rousse, the University of Plovdiv, the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, and RMIT in Melbourne. He gained his Master of Mathematics (Probability & Statistics) and PhD in Mathematics (Operations Research and Statistics) …
Daniel Bilusich graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2002 and a PhD in Chemistry in 2006. He started work at DSTO in March 2007 with the Land Operations Division and is involved in Army Modernisation Studies. He has also worked in Weapons Systems Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) characterising peroxide based explosives. His main interests are in operations research and complex adaptive systems. … Daniel …
Fred Bowden completed his Bachelor of Science at Murdoch University majoring in mathematics and physics. He joined DSTO in 1990. While working for DSTO Fred completed a first class honours degree and PhD in Applied Mathematics at The University of Adelaide. The focus of his work in the 90s was looking at military command, control, communications and intelligence systems. He went on to spend late 2001 to early 2003 on a Defence Science Fellowship with the RAND organisation in Washington DC working on …
Abstract The focus of the Army Reserve has shifted from supplying deployable units for large-scale conventional warfare to providing individuals and small groups to support the Army’s current operations. The requirement for soldiers to be easily integrated into Regular units has caused us to increasingly train, treat and manage reservists identically to their full-time counterparts. This is ineffective because it fails to accept the real and important differences between Regular and Reserve service. …
Lieutenant Alex Douglas is a Transport Officer and is posted to 8 Transport Squadron, 9 Combat Service Support Battalion. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of International Studies from Flinders University. He has worked as peace monitor in Nepal, an election observer in Liberia and is currently employed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Lieutenant Douglas has volunteered for a number of different organisations including the United Nations Youth Association and the …
Abstract The following is the text of an address given by the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison, to the Royal Australian Navy’s Sea Power Conference in Sydney on 31 January 2012. Lieutenant General Morrison stated that the introduction into the Australian Defence Force of new amphibious capability is anything but routine. The Landing Helicopter Docks cannot be thought of as merely a transport capability. Rather they are an integral part of a combat system with unique, and unprecedented, …
Lieutenant General David Morrison, AO took up his appointment as Chief of Army in June 2011. He joined the Army in 1979 and graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. Between 1980 and 1991 he held a variety of regimental positions including Australian Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK in 1987–1988. He was deployed to Bougainville as part of Operation LAGOON in 1994, and in 1999 took up the position of Colonel Operations, Headquarters …
Abstract This article provides an in-depth exploration and examination of operations against and around Post 11 as part of the Australian assault on Bardia. Despite the interesting nature of such operations in their own right, it aims at more than simply recounting details of this remarkable action. Events in and around Post 11 some 67 years ago provide a number of salutary lessons for modern commanders. In particular, the destructive effects of inflated ego and personal pride, stubbornness in the face of …
Abstract The Battle of Pinios Gorge was a key ‘rearguard’ action fought by Australian and New Zealand troops against a German enemy from 17–18 April 1941 during the ill-fated Greek campaign. The purpose of this investigation of events at Pinios is threefold. First, it provides a detailed forensic account of an important yet little known ‘Anzac’ battle. Second, it seeks to counter a number of mistaken interpretations, which have grown from the scant body of non-operationally oriented literature that has …