Warrant Officer Class One Blair Tidey is a member of the Australian Intelligence Corps. He has served in a wide variety of intelligence postings at the tactical and strategic level, and has deployed to Rwanda, Iraq, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea. WO1 Tidey was posted to the Defence Section of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam from 2015 to 2017. He has an academic interest in the Vietnam War, and is currently studying for a PhD at the Australian National University. WO1 Tidey has been involved in …

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The Australian Army Research Centre reviews and compiles systematic descriptions of books on land warfare topics, displayed here as separate Bibliographies. All Bibliography content can also be found through a search . Not listed here, are external bibliographies reviewed within parent Bibliographies.  They will display in a search result, or within the parent Bibliography structure. … …

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An Interview with Lieutenant General (Retired) Francis Hickling …

The Landings in Normandy* WAR in the desert had been described as “The tactician’s paradise—and the quartermaster’s hell,” a saying that must tank crews would have been quite prepared to endorse without bothering unduly how “The Q” felt about it—always excepting, of course, the vexed question of “The Bigger Gun,” War in Normandy was about equally exasperating for everybody. Before studying the problems of armour in the planning, and the initial battles, it is worth while to summarize the enemy’s …

2(AS) Division PME Program 'The Defence Strategic Review and National Defence Strategy: Implications and Outcomes for the Australian Army'   Magic weapons, political influence and resistance The  National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP) recognises strategic urgency and Australia’s challenging strategic circumstances. [i] Those circumstances, described in the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) [ii] and the NDS itself explicitly call out Russia, China, North Korea and Iran as …

THE designs of dress for the Post War Army have been announced and, as is to be expected with something that is right next to a man’s skin, a great deal of interest and discussion have been aroused. The success of the new uniforms and the reaction of the soldier to them will depend not only on the garments themselves but also upon his understanding of the methods used in arriving at the final decisions. Those whose own views have been confirmed will, no doubt, be quietly satisfied, but those who had wanted …

Introduction A cursory perusal of the Principles of War listed in Army Training Memorandum No. 53 (February — March, 1948), may lead to the supposition that the Chiefs of Staff in the United Kingdom have altered some of the old principles and introduced some new ones. Reflection, however, will show that all they have done is to re-state the well known and generally accepted principles in more precise terms, and to underline certain factors which, under the conditions of modern war, require emphasis. It …

PROMOTION examination for officers of the Regular Army will be introduced as from June, 1949.  To assist candidates for both promotion and Staff College entrance examinations, part time courses will be arranged by Commands and Military Districts. It must be appreciated, however, that the raising of the Citizen Military Forces, and the increase in training activity generally, will throw a heavy burden on formation staffs. Time simply will not permit them to run comprehensive and lengthy examination classes …