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IN the development of equipment the need for experimental testing and proving has long been realized by leading engineers. To support this contention one may quote the words of Frederick Henry Royce whose organization designed and produced the engines which powered the British fighting planes in the Battle of Britain. He wrote:— “Nothing is to proceed on the basis of theory or intuition alone, even one’s own sure judgment and vast fund of knowledge are no substitute for recorded results from the Test Bench …

ONE of Napoleon’s best known sayings is, “There are no poor regiments, there are only poor Colonels.” Now what is it that “good” Colonels do to produce their “good” regiments? Good Colonels insist that, in addition to having the necessary military knowledge, their men must be trained so that they can take in their stride such things as danger, hardship, and unforeseen eventualities. But to get his men up to this high state of morale a commander must produce a motive force to urge his men to give willingly …

  The Army continues to hold a special place in the hearts of Australians through sacrifice and long service to this nation. Although times and technologies have changed, the fundamental mission of the Australian Army endures: it is to win the land battle in order to defeat our enemies and safeguard the interests of the nation and the lives of our people.  To carry out these operations effectively, the Army must be multi-skilled, flexible, adaptable, well trained and doctrinally prepared. Our skills must …

This is No 6 in a series of articles on Military Geography carried forward from the Army Training Memorandum. Other articles in the series are—Sinkiang, ATM 50; Manchuria, ATM 51; Greece, ATM 52; Persia, ATM 53; Turkey, ATM 54. THE ex-Italian colonies are situated on the African sub-continent and consist of Libya, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. Libya, which is divided into Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, is an area of 679,358 square miles centrally situated in North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea —flanked in …

2(AS) Division PME Program 'The Defence Strategic Review and National Defence Strategy: Implications and Outcomes for the Australian Army' Crafting a National Defence Strategy is an immensely challenging task. At its core, it requires a theory of victory – or a theory of success – so that practitioners can deliver it. [1] Within military education institutions and elsewhere, the development of strategy is often reduced to a formula that allocates available resources against efforts. This is wrong-headed …

Professor Peter J. Dean PhD SFHEA is the Director, Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Professor Dean has an extensive background in military and defence studies. An international award-winning author he has authored numerous books, policy papers and articles on the US-Australian alliance, Australian defence policy, military operations and regional security. Previously Professor Dean was the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) first Chair of …

  In February 2022, Russian forces streamed into Ukraine under what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a ‘special military operation’ to achieve objectives including ‘denazification, demilitarisation and its neutral status’. The early weeks of the conflict found Russia struggling to achieve its objectives despite many military experts’ predictions that Ukraine would fall quickly. Over two years later, the conflict continues, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) have made significant contributions to the …

Dr Carl Rhodes , director and founder of Robust Policy, has over 25 years of experience delivering policy analysis and actionable recommendations for senior government and military leaders in Australia and the United States. Carl has experience as a research leader and manager of policy analysis efforts and is active across several portfolios including defence technology and acquisition and national security strategy. Carl is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow with the National Institute for Deterrence …

A Comparative Analysis of Amphibious Operations in the Pacific and European Theatres of the Second World War    Within Occasional Paper Number 23 , author Richard Bushby compares WW2 Allied amphibious operations in the European and Mediterranean theatres with those conducted in the central Pacific theatre. The article further examines the relationship between amphibious techniques and broader concepts of strategy and operational art. … Occasional Paper 23 release - From The …

Army Futures Research Framework The Army Futures Research Framework (AFRF) describes the core research needs of the Australian Army in its contribution to Defence strategy. It supports Army’s ‘futures’ planning.  The objective of the AFRF is to foster research outputs that shape and inform Army modernisation in order to build a more capable land force.  The AFRF seeks to engage a wide audience, ignite thinking and rally intellectual capital to address Army’s most difficult transformational challenges. The …