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Army Research Scheme The Army Research Scheme for 2025 is now open. Application Details can be found on AusTender at ATM View - AARC-ARS-03-2025 Independent researchers and research organisations are invited to register to be part of the Army Research Network that will group researchers/organisations in their speciality under the broad scope of Army’s interests being: State of the Australian Army Profession The analysis of the past, present and future state of the State of the Australian Army Profession …
The Prussian-German Origins and Application of Mission Command Introduction Part of the problem for any military absorbing or adopting a foreign concept or methodology is that the significance and meaning are consciously or unconsciously filtered organisationally and culturally to become at best a hybrid of the original. Imported ideas can also clash with existing culture, while challenging long-established norms, resulting in compromises that pervert the original intention. The Anglo-American world’s …
Debating the Australian Army Profession In the long history of the Australian Army, there has been no significant, holistic study of the Australian Army profession, past, present or future. [1] This is an awkward statement in an introductory article to a special themed edition of the Australian Army Journal (AAJ), a publication which for 10 years (2003–2013) bore on its title page the phrase ‘For the Profession of Arms’. [2] It is rendered all the more uncomfortable by recalling that the army profession …
The Utility of Mission Command within Domestic Security and Response Operations The land domain is where people live, where decision makers reside and where human, physical and technical access to all other domains begins. It is where military action intersects with populations and audiences. It encompasses decisive terrain and hosts critical infrastructure. [1] Domestic operations have unique characteristics and considerations. [2] Introduction Associate Professor David Stahel’s ‘ Auftragstaktik : The …
Brigadier James Davis joined the Army in 1995. His formative experiences were in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment which he commanded from 2014-2016. He served on operations in East Timor in 2003 and in Iraq in 2008/2009. From 2017 to 2018 he was the liaison officer to the United Kingdom Land Forces. Brigadier Davis’ staff appointments include Army Headquarters as Staff Officer Grade One – the Army Plan, Director of the Chief of Army’s Initiatives Group and Director of Joint Concepts. Brigadier Davis is a graduate …
Jutland and British Naval Command Penguin , 2015, 720 pp ISBN: 9780141980331 Author: Andrew Gordon Reviewer: James Davis Note from the Director, Australian Army Research Centre: With the release of the 2025 Chief of Professional Army Study Guide, now is an opportune time for Defence’s senior leaders to reflect on the books within that Guide which have had the greatest impact upon their development as military professionals. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to BRIG James Davis for …
We studied everything we could get our hands on. You start working hard right from the first. You can’t say later in life I will start studying. You have got to start in the beginning. Omar Bradley Introduction This reading list is designed to prepare you for service. The profession of arms is the most unforgiving and competitive of professions. The consequences of failing are significant for yourself, your comrades and the nation you serve. Training, preparing for and participating in competition and …
The Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) has been directed to publish the 2025 CA Reading List in accordance with the Army PME Plan. The AARC is rapidly preparing the List for approval and publication. Communication around the release of the List will be promulgated by Army in due course. The reading lists are designed to prepare an officer or soldier for service in the State of the Australian Army Profession. The State of the Australian Army Profession can be unforgiving and competitive. The …
This reading list comprises notable works on littoral manoeuvre. It is by no means exhaustive, nor is it prescriptive. Reading lists are often a fraught endeavour: there are countless books, articles, reports, blogs, and podcasts concerned with any topic one might choose to study. As such, it is often better to present a selection of works with the caveat that what follows is a guideline on some of the most notable literature on the topic, in this case, ‘littoral manoeuvre’. The following works are all …
William Simonds , MA, is an Alumnus of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading, UK; and a serving member of the Canadian Army. … William Simonds …