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Executive Summary The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, originating with the Russian invasion in 2014 and escalating significantly following the full-scale invasion in February 2022, has exerted a profound influence on global security dynamics as well as on the future direction of war. While the likelihood of achieving a peaceful resolution by 2025 remains remote, the war has offered invaluable insights into contemporary warfare, specifically in the areas of advanced technological applications, strategies for …
The AARC has expanded indexing of Australian Army Journal content to include articles for Early Access, so that users can find newly published content that matches their research interests as soon as we make it available online in a nearly final state. The DOI assigned to an article for Early Access will remain valid when the AAJ issue is published through the use of URL redirects. … Early Access …
Foreword Command is central to the Army profession. The Australian Defence Glossary defines command as ‘the authority which a commander in the military lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.’ It notes that command also includes responsibility for resources, coordination and control of military forces, and the health, welfare, morale and discipline of assigned personnel. How leaders command changes with the character of war. Lawrence Freedman observes in Command on War that …
Chief of Army’s Foreword Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Chief of Army Professional Study Guide. The Australian Army is at once a national institution, a profession and a fighting force, which has proudly served our nation since its federation in 1901. This study guide contributes to maintaining the health of the Army profession. Our profession is expressed through three pillars: our jurisdiction (the unique service that we provide for the society we serve), our expertise (the professional body of …
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 …
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 …
Abstract In 2021–2022, the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), experimented to develop a ‘disrupt force’ consisting of light infantry augmented with uncrewed aerial systems and ground vehicles. This group operated ahead of other forces to report on the opposing force, but also ambushed enemy reinforcement and withdrawal routes. The disrupt force actively attacked and degraded opposing forces and their plans, isolating objectives and setting the conditions for friendly combat teams to conduct …
The Australia of 2020 is amid a health and economic crisis that it did not fully anticipate, after a bushfire emergency of such significance that wartime provisions for a military response were required, while witnessing dramatic shifts in the geostrategic environment. The complexity of circumstances defies memory, with events of historic scale and significance. It has been a challenge for the Army, as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), to respond to this confluence of problems. This is not a …
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