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Warrant Officer Class Two Dallas Sharp is an Australian Intelligence Corps soldier and is currently posted to Headquarters 1st Division. He has been involved in the PSYOPS capability for the past five years, attending the Psychological Operations Officer Course at the John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in 2006, prior to commencing exchange within the then 4th Psychological Operations Group, both at Fort Bragg, NC. He deployed to Iraq as the PSYOPS Detachment 2IC, supporting OBG(W)-2 and …
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Gills trained at ADFA and RMC Duntroon between 1991 and 1994. His operational experience includes deployments to Bougainville, East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is currently posted to the J2 Branch of the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. … Scott …
In the years since improvised explosive devices (IEDs) became symbols of asymmetric warfare and modern military conflict, very little has changed in the realm of counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) strategy. The military is always searching for better vehicles and equipment to defeat what is, at its core, a homemade device made for a fraction of the cost of our technological countermeasures. As a result, C-IED strategy has primarily focused on developing new ways to mitigate the effects of an IED …
Benjamin Kohlmann’s essay, “The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers,” 1 struck a chord like no other essay published recently in the Small Wars Journal. In brutal honesty, I have to say that the many sniping comments struck exposed flesh. While an ardent fan of Kohlmann’s essay, I have to agree that his argument was more akin to birdshot at maximum range than a mailed fist to the throat of the problem. Perhaps a better analogy is that his was a marking round lobbed in the general vicinity of the …
Brigadier David Luhrs is the Commandant of the Royal Military College of Australia. His career has spanned 32 years, commencing as an Army Apprentice Carpenter and Joiner and including multiple training, combat and construction engineer appointments. He has served on the staff in Defence and Army Headquarters, commanded at each troop, squadron, unit and formation level, and seen operational service in Namibia, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a graduate of the Southern Cross University, the Australian Army …
Peter J Munson is a Marine officer, KC-130 pilot, and Middle East Foreign Area Officer currently assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command. He is the author of two books, Iraq in Transition: The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy (Potomac, 2009) and War, Welfare, and Democracy: Rethinking America’s Quest for the End of History (Potomac, forthcoming in fall 2012). A frequent contributor to multiple journals and blogs, including his own ( http://peterjmunson.blogspot.com ), he …
Army After Afghanistan Speech to the Sydney Institute by the Chief of the Australian Army Lieutenant General David Morrison, February 2012 It is an honour to address the Sydney Institute. Over more than two decades Gerard and Anne have cemented the reputation of the Sydney Institute as the premier forum in this city for the serious discussion of public policy as well as the arts and culture. Theirs is a considerable achievement, and I am grateful for the opportunity to deliver my first address to an …
Major David Caligari is an infantry officer who has served in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment. He has commanded at platoon and company level, including as commander Ready Combat Team and commander Ground Combat Element for the Australian Amphibious Force. He served as the 2019 aide-de-camp to the 1st Division Commander, planned the 2020 NATO response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan as the acting Director of Current Operations, and was the operations officer of the Ready Battle …
Colonel John Pearse , CSM is a SERCAT 5 Officer who has served most of his career in the armoured corps. He has a passion for force integration across the Total Workforce System and is currently the Director of Total Workforce Training at HQ FORCOMD. He has Master degrees in Military and Defence Studies from the Australian National University and in National Security and Strategy from Deakin University. John is a Fellow of the Defence Strategic Studies Centre. … John …
Major General Chris Field, @ChrisFieldAus , serves as an Australian Army Officer in Headquarters Australian Defence Force. … Chris Field …
