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Abstract Contractor support is an overlooked aspect of Army operations. This article outlines the conditions where Army can best use the considerable capability provided by deployed contractor support, highlights the pitfalls if implementation of this support is not conducted in a comprehensive and integrated manner, and details the management considerations necessary if this support is to be successful. ... the US, and to a lesser extent the UK, now rely extensively on private firms to provide logistics …

Abstract Reading is the core of not only military professionalism but also human development over the last 5000 years. Reading provides a foundation for broadening Army’s capability, especially in the complex and uncertain environments of the twenty-first century. With the launch of the Chief of Army’s Reading List , the Australian Army provides an important tool to aid soldiers and officers develop their thinking skills. Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply …

Abstract This paper makes explicit a process for developing moral leadership and ethical decisionmaking. It provides insight into the theoretical frameworks and practical outcomes that have been inserted into the All Corps Soldier Training Continuum promotional courses and provides a series of recommendations for further effort. Introduction In a world of far-flung deployments, uncertain and fluid environments and persistent media coverage, the strategic soldier makes snap decisions every day that may have …

Abstract While the Australian Defence Force has seen an increasing range of roles become available to women in the recent past, women are still excluded from serving in combat roles. This article discusses the arguments both for and against women serving in combat roles, drawing on both Australian and overseas observations. Our combat effectiveness and performance in the field relates very much to the competence of our people—that is, their physical competence and their mental competence as well. Those …

A phone rings at the Pentagon. A journalist identifies himself and states, “I just read a blog that says Soldiers use dogs for target practice in Iraq. There’s a video clip showing it, too. What’s the Army’s position?” How should the spokesperson respond? Military web logs, known as blogs or milblogs, are small websites that Soldiers maintain as informal journals for personal comments, images, and links to other websites. Blogs emerged concurrently with the War on Terrorism and have become an increasingly …

Abstract This paper discusses the impact of the peaking and then decline in world oil production— commonly known as Peak Oil—on the Australian Army from a Raise, Train and Sustain perspective. Peak Oil is described as the implications of Peak Oil at a global and national level. The likely impacts of Peak Oil on the Australian Army are then analysed against four of the inputs to military capability, being personnel, equipment, training and doctrine. The paper suggests a number of actions that can be taken …

Abstract As the Australian Defence Force overseas deployments grow in size and tempo, Australian strategists and planners must consider the growing number of organisations our troops will work alongside, and in concert with. This article explores the relationship between Australia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an issue that is particularly pertinent considering current commitments in Afghanistan. The end of the Cold War came quickly, and unexpectedly. Talk of ‘peace dividends’ on a …

Listed below is a selection from the review copies that have arrived at the Australian Army Journal.  Some of these books will feature as book reviews in future editions. Are you interested in writing a book review for the Australian Army Journal?.  Please contact the AAJ  at army.journal@defence.gov.au A Thousand Miles of Battles: The Saga of the Australian Light Horse ,  Ian Jones, ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee, ISBN 9870975712382, 224pp.   After Eden: The Evolution of Human Domination ,  Kirkpatrick …

A purely academic study of war by itself is today unrewarding. It is important that the future Commander or Staff Officer should understand the inter-action of political, geographic, economic and military factors in the various parts of the world and that our military studies be set in these realistic settings. - Major-General M AH Butler CB, CBE, DSO, MC (Commandant, Staff College, Camberly) 1 March 1967 Introduction On 8 March 1966 the Prime Minister of Australia announced that an Australian task force …

Abstract The purpose of this article is to explain some of the various types of incentives that can be awarded within sustainment contracts and that will benefit both the contractor and the client—in this case, the Australian Defence Force (ADF). This article describes a variety of financial and non-financial incentives including those currently employed by the ADF in its Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contracts. Introduction A number of Australian Defence Force (ADF) outsourced logistics contracts have …