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MAJ Joshua Watson is a career army officer. He has deployed to both combat and training missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Solomon Islands. A US Army Lateral Transfer, MAJ Watson is a combat engineer and EOD technician whose most recent posting was as OC 20 EOD Squadron, 6 ESR. He is currently a student at the Defence Force School of Languages prior to posting to the École de Guerre in Paris, France. He lives with his wife and family in Victoria. … Joshua …
Dr Lyndal Thompson was a social scientist at the Australian Army Research Centre and manager of the Army Research Scheme. Prior to this, she has worked in several APS research roles across education and agriculture. She has held postdoctoral fellowships with the Australian National University (ANU), CSIRO/Swinburne University and the University of New England (UNE). Her key areas of research include innovation, social-psychology of decision-making, community engagement and adult education. She has had work …
Dr Chris Stothard is a computational social/behavioural scientist and recent PhD graduate from the University of Adelaide. In 2021, Dr Stothard was awarded a University Medal and Dean’s Commendation for PhD excellence for the thesis ‘What Helps Team Learning? Egalitarianism, Hardship, and Leadership in Australian Army Teams’. Dr Stothard’s research draws together multilevel statistical modelling, systems thinking, applied social psychology, management/organisational sciences, and data science to unpick the …
LTCOL Sam Baumgarten graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2005 and RMC in 2006 and served as a RAA officer in 16 Air Defence Regiment and 1RTB. He deployed on Operations Catalyst and Slipper. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 2013 and served as an RAE officer before transferring to RAINF in 2020. He recently graduated from the Canadian Forces College and in his civilian career works as a solicitor for the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions. … Sam …
The Australian Army History Unit (AAHU) is responsible for developing policy and programs for the collection, conservation, interpretation and promotion of Australian Army history. AAHU operates 16 Military Museums across Australia, Army History Grants , CEW Bean Prize and has over 200 books in publication . Chief of Army’s History Conference . Since 1994 the Australia Army History Unit has conducted the Chief of Army's History Conference, and in that time it has evolved to be a leading event on the …
War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 By Ian, W. Toll WW Norton and Company, 2015. 688. Paperback ISBN: 9780393353204 Hardcover ISBN: 9780393080643 Reviewed by Sam Baumgarten The Conquering Tide is an outstanding book for those wishing to understand the American conduct of war in the Pacific. It examines the war in the Pacific islands from the aftermath of the Battle of Midway to the Battles of Saipan and Guam in mid-1944. This is the second part of a trilogy. The other two books cover firstly the war in …
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Sun Tzu Introduction The Australian Army has an extensive history of conducting train, advise and assist (TAA) missions. These missions represent a flexible, scalable and low-risk component of national strategy. The Defence Strategic Update [i] (DSU) highlighted the requirement to shape, deter and respond to challenges within the Indo-Pacific region. In describing the shaping function, the DSU …
