Army After Afghanistan Speech to the Sydney Institute by the Chief of the Australian Army Lieutenant General David Morrison, February 2012 It is an honour to address the Sydney Institute. Over more than two decades Gerard and Anne have cemented the reputation of the Sydney Institute as the premier forum in this city for the serious discussion of public policy as well as the arts and culture. Theirs is a considerable achievement, and I am grateful for the opportunity to deliver my first address to an …

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Australia awakened slowly. The outbreak of the war did not bring an immediate threat to the safety of the people living in Australia … clearly the first care of a nation on entering war was to make certain that home defence measures were adequate to meet any probable threat. But after the first fortnight of war, it was difficult for either the Government or its critics to find clear evidence that any immediate threat existed. [1] … The First Half …

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[ Editorial note : This speech has been edited for clarity.] [ZACH LAMBERT]: My name is Major Zach Lambert. I am here today to talk on mobilisation. I’ve done a fair amount of academic studies on this topic, most recently a Fulbright Fellowship in the United States where I looked into mobilisation in detail. I have a fairly significant operational background and previously I was in the divisional staff as a joint logistics planner. With me today, I have Major David Caligari. [DAVID CALIGARI]: Good …

To Win Without Fighting   by James A Siebens (ed.) New York: Routledge, Asian Security Series, 2024, 286 pp. Hardcover ISBN 9781032481838 eBook ISBN 9781003387770 Reviewed by:  Gregory Raymond Security in the Indo-Pacific region is rarely discussed without mention of China. Its military spending, expanding naval capabilities, investment in new technologies and assertiveness in the maritime domain guarantee its continued attention from journalists, policymakers and security studies scholars. So what might …

Combat Units in the US, British, and German Infantries of World War II   by G Stephen Lauer Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2022, 463 pp. Hardcover ISBN 978-1626379589 Reviewed by:  Anthony Duus In keeping with the theme of this edition of the AAJ, it is prudent to examine how the Australian Army selects, trains and sustains forces for employment. This book investigates how nations raised infantry forces up to and through the Second World War, and explores the popular [1] (or unpopular depending upon your …

The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943    by Ian Howie-Willis Big Sky Publishing, 2023, 480 pp. ISBN 9781922896148 Reviewed by:  Tom Richardson   In September 1943, Allied forces seized the town of Lae on the northern New Guinea coast in an operation codenamed POSTERN. On 4 September, the 9th Australian Division went ashore east of Lae to little immediate Japanese resistance and began advancing towards their objective. The next day, the US 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment seized the airfield …