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The Defence White Paper 2016 challenges us all, specifically the Australian Army, to innovate and to integrate reform into our core business processes in the face of a more complex future strategic environment. How do we respond to the White Paper’s challenge and how can the Army fulfil the exacting innovation requirements articulated in its pages? The logical starting point for this discussion is to create a common understanding of the term ‘innovation’. From this understanding we can examine two ideas …
As the summer holidays approach, full of the promise of reading (or listening) time, it is worth looking at some of the books, articles, and other writings that have inspired members of the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) over the last year. There are other resources out there, with no end of professional reading lists to choose from, including from the AARC: a littoral focused list from earlier this year, and the 2019 Army reading list . A new Army Reading List is being developed and will be …
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been traditionally been viewed as a predominantly military institution focused on conventional warfighting. However, over the past few decades, this perception has broadened significantly. The ADF's remit now includes a variety of non-military tasks, such as disaster relief and support during public health emergencies. These activities have highlighted the inadequacies in our existing legal and policy frameworks, particularly the ambiguous term "domestic violence" …
Reflecting on recently introduced ADF-wide policy on respite, author Phillip Hoglin identifies areas for further improvement in Occasional Paper 21, Respite Periods in the ADF . He outlines factors that contribute to enduring challenges to the achievement of consistent respite policy, with reference to both Australian and overseas experience. Hoglin identifies a spectrum of applied and academic approaches to address these issues and, based on his analysis, provides several workable options for …
Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era Editor : Benjamin Armstrong Naval Institute Press , Annapolis, 2013. 179 pp Reviewed By : Jennifer Parker Benjamin F. Armstrong’s 21 st Century Mahan revisits the works of Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, an influential American maritime strategist whose ideas shaped maritime thinking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – and arguably the 21st. Mahan is best known for the often quoted, yet impenetrably written ‘The Influence of Sea Power Upon …
The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor by Paul Dickson Grove Atlantic, 2020, 416 pp Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8021-5869-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8021-4767-7 E-Book ISBN: 978-0-8021-4768-4 Reviewed by: McLeod Wood Paul Dickson has been a freelance writer since 1968 and has written historical works on American interwar slang ( War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War ) and the Cold War ( Sputnik: The Shock of the Century ), to list a few. His …
Unsung Hero of the Pacific War by Kevin C Holzimmer University Press of Kansas , 2007 (paperback reprint 2022), 330 pages Paperback ISBN: 978070064040 Reviewed By: Dayton McCarthy, CSC Hailing from the University Press of Kansas – a long-standing publisher of high-quality military history – Kevin C Holzimmer’s book on General Walter Krueger book joins a growing body of work that (re)examines the role of the United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) during the Second World War. These …
2(AS) Division PME Program SPEAKER : Major General David Thomae, AM Reflections on Command Reflections on Command Major General David Thomae assumed command of the 2nd (Australian) Division on 17 July 2021 and as commander of the standing Joint Task Force (JTF) 629 on 10 December of the same year. In that role, he has had responsibilities that have shifted the purpose, meaning and narrative of 2(AS)DIV from fulfilling a predominantly domestic support role to becoming a platform for domestic security and …
2(AS) Division PME Program Small Uncrewed Air Systems, The Threats They Pose and How To Counter Them SPEAKER : Dr Carl Rhodes In the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP), un-crewed or robotic and autonomous systems are mentioned a total of 57 times. [1] Clearly this is an area of significant interest and concern for the Australian Government. But why are these systems without humans useful and what need do they fill? Additionally, if our adversaries are using …
The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 by Tony Cowan Cambridge University Press, 2023, 326 pp, 7 maps, 13 figures, 17 tables Hard cover ISBN: 971108830232 Reviewed By: Roger Lee Anyone interested in World War I is only too aware of the vast volume of relevant literature available: most of it is good, some of it is exceptional for its insight, explanations and analysis but, regrettably, some of it is indulgent, self-serving and, worst of all, wrong. Further, the tyranny of language has inevitably …
