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Foreword We stand at another inflection point in our Army’s history. In April this year, our government delivered clear direction for our Army in response to the Defence Strategic Review. The review recognised a pressing need for our ADF to adapt more quickly to the changing character of war to ensure we are best positioned to fulfil our purpose of deterring conflict and protecting Australia’s national interests. While we must adapt to war’s changing character, we know that war remains an enduringly human …
This edition of the Australian Army Journal explores force structure, command and control, with particular focus on the relevance of disruptive technology. In doing so, it presents contemporary perspectives as well as those drawn from Army’s archives. Three book reviews focus on the moral, cultural and practical challenges posed by war. The Australian Army Journal is an integral element of the Australian Army Research Centre’s contribution to discourse on the profession of arms and preparation of the ADF …
The National Defence Strategy describes Australia’s preferences for the application or threat of force to achieve national policy outcomes. In his introduction, the Director General Future Land Warfare observes that Army’s body of professional knowledge must align with these preferences. This edition of the Australian Army Journal signposts some of the new professional knowledge that may be required in respect of technological development, ways of fighting and geography. It covers a diverse range of …
As Army transforms to meet contemporary security challenges, it must optimise for littoral manoeuvre operations by the sea, land and air as part of the integrated force. Drawing on lessons from the ADF's operational history within the region and beyond, this volume of the Australian Army Journal applies focus to Australian operations in the littorals. Chief of Army’s Foreword On the morning of 4 September 1943, soldiers from the 9th Australian Division disembarked from landing craft and waded ashore on …
Editorial Despite the ADF’s withdrawal from operations in Afghanistan, the Army’s operational tempo remains high. Several important strategic policy documents were released over the past year, and the maintenance of professional discourse is vital for a military force to ensure it is ready for future operational challenges. This edition of the Australian Army Journal is an integral part of our past, present, and future contributions to the discourse on the profession of arms. In the first article of this …
The Chief of Army opens this edition of the Australian Army Journal recognising Army's intellectual capital as a driver for innovation and change. This Journal covers diverse topics - from the relevance of the Basic Fitness Assessment in preparing soldiers for operations, analysis of the Australian Defence Force Gap year Program, to a history of staff development in the Australian Army. Foreword We stand at another inflection point in our Army’s history. In April this year, our government delivered clear …
