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Dr Carl Rhodes is the founder of Robust Policy and a senior fellow with the National Institute for Deterrence Studies . He hosts the Deterrence Down Under podcast and previously served for 25 years with RAND Corporation. … Carl Rhodes …
Australian Operations to Degrade the Islamic State—2014–2024 Executive Summary Beginning in 2014, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) was committed to Operation Okra in the Middle East, with the aim of degrading the Islamic State, ISIS, or Daesh. This objective was ultimately achieved in 2018, although ongoing operations monitoring the threat have since continued. It has now been a decade since the commencement of this intervention, which the ADF formally concluded in December 2024. The Chief of Defence …
Lieutenant Colonel Aaron P Jackson PhD is Senior Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre. A SERCAT 5 (i.e., part time) Infantry officer, he is a former Commanding Officer of 10th/27th Battalion, The Royal South Australia Regiment. He has deployed on Operation Okra (Iraq), Operation Astute (Timor Leste), Operation Resolute (Australian border security), and Operation COVID-19 Assist (domestic emergency response). In his civilian employment, Dr Jackson is Senior Lecturer in War Studies at …
The Oboe landings – well planned, resourced and executed – were, and are, rightly considered the acme of amphibious operations. Dayton McCarthy Introduction to The Oboe Landings 1945 Australian Army History Unit, Campaign Series 32 “G’Day Sir, I’m looking for your support to attend a staff ride.” These were my hopeful words to my boss shortly after learning of an opportunity to travel to Borneo to study a series of 1945 amphibious operations. A staff ride wasn’t something I had previously heard of, and I …
Lieutenant Chris Wooding is an Australian Army officer. He has previously published in blogs such as Grounded Curiosity , The Forge and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Strategist . LT Wooding also has a chapter published in Australian Perspectives on Air and Space Power: Past, Present, Future (2023). … Chris …
Australian Army Staff Rides A key part of the AARC’s charter is to enhance the professionalism, leadership and ethical awareness of Australian soldiers and officers. To fulfil its role, one of its directed tasks is the conduct of staff rides and battlefield study tours. These activities involve the deep study of a battle or campaign, the key component of which is an extensive field phase that allows an examination of the actual ground where the fighting occurred. In order to elicit critical discussion …
Dr John Blaxland is Director of the ANU North America Liaison Office and Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. A former Australian military intelligence officer, he is a trusted and highly regarded historian who has authored or co-authored over a dozen broad-ranging works on international, military and security affairs. He is …
the US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980 University Press of Kansas , 2023, 300 pp RRP: US$54.99 Hardcover ISBN: 9780700634750 Author : Brian McAllister Lynn Reviewed by : Dayton McCarthy … in the historical experience of the US Army, real soldiering took place during periods of financial and manpower cuts, with little glory, an uncertain future and few immediate rewards…the army’s fundamental post war challenge was not securing higher budgets, writing a new doctrine, purchasing better equipment …
Colonel Dayton McCarthy CSC is the Colonel Campaigning at Headquarters 2 nd (Australian) Division. A defence analyst in his civilian career, he is the author of several books including The Once and Future Army. A History of the Citizen Military Forces, 1947-1974 , The Battle of Maryang San , The Oboe Landings and The Worst of Both Worlds: an analysis of urban-littoral combat . His latest book on the history of the 2 nd (Australian) Division will be released later this year. … Dayton …
The Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) is proud to announce that the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart AO DSC, has endorsed the winner, runner-up and commended essays for the 2025 Chief of Army Essay Prize competition. The winning essay from the competition is awarded the Chauvel Prize. The Chauvel Prize is named in honour of General Sir Harry Chauvel, who was the first Australian to reach the rank of Lieutenant General (and later, General). He was also the first to lead a corps and, as …
