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LTCOL Katherine Old is Editor of the Land Power Forum. She is an Army Reserve Legal Officer with over thirty years’ experience as a Defence civilian. Her key professional areas of focus are strategic and international policy and law. She is also a longstanding freelance writer for several national and international circulation recreational outdoor magazines. … Katherine …
In our two previous blogs on MakerSpaces ( Part One and Part Two ) we have taken our readers through a look at the Maker philosophy and a review of its potential utility to the Australian Army. It has always been the intention of our project to examine models for implementation in Army and to conduct a pilot MakerSpace as a practical application of our work. From speaking to universities, a variety of academics and military personnel from around the world—alongside reviewing literature—we developed a …
The beginning of this journey could be characterised as an unorthodox approach to solving a problem Army did not know it had. This work was originally designed for Dr Thompson to explore a non-traditional learning methodology but as interest grew, the scope expanded beyond her role as a researcher at the Australian Army Research Centre. This interest and subsequent support allowed her to access people and ideas that would eventually evolve into a yearlong joint research project and a practical activity …
Accelerated Warfare, as the futures statement for Army, outlines the challenges faced in a rapidly changing environment. [1] How we respond to these challenges will be in part governed by how we ‘think, equip, train, educate, organise and prepare for war’. Enhancing the way we think, train and educate is therefore a critical component of preparing our people—individually and collectively—to face future threats in an environment categorised by a multitude of technological innovations arising from …
By Chris Roberts and Paul Stevens Big Sky Publishing, 2021, ISBN 9781922387936, 374pp Reviewed by Dr Albert Palazzo The 1915 Gallipoli Campaign features highly in the consciousness of many Australians and New Zealanders. Much has been written on the campaign at Anzac Cove and it must be a challenge for authors to find something that is new, relevant and important to say. When Chris Roberts and Paul Stevens, conceived of their book it must have been a ‘challenge accepted’ moment, a challenge in which they …
As our nation’s land specialists, Army is acutely aware of why a diverse force matters. We fight where people live and 50% of the world’s population are women. Drawing on a presentation I made to a 2021 Defence International Womens’ Day event, this piece reflects on the opportunities for women in leadership that have emerged from Army’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Firstly, I consider the pandemic as the catalyst for cultural change, and how this enables more women to progress more naturally into …
By Jim Storr Helion & Company, UK, 2018, ISBN 978-1-912390-85-4, 283pp Reviewed by Major Andrew Maher The Defence Strategic Update (DSU) 2020 marks a significant investment in equipping the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to 2040 and beyond. Realising the equipment investments articulated by the DSU will require decision makers to reflect on historic lessons and to exercise nuanced military judgement to justify recommended acquisitions for a complex and uncertain future. It is this issue of applying …
Lieutenant General Burr assumed command of the Australian Army on 2 July 2018. He joined the Army in 1982, graduating from the Royal Military College at Duntroon in 1985 to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He has seen service in 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and the Special Air Service Regiment, which he commanded in 2003 – 04. Lieutenant General Burr's senior leadership roles have been diverse: he was previously the Deputy Chief of Army and, prior to that, uniquely, served as the …
Major General Simon Stuart is an Australian Army officer with over thirty years’ experience across a range of leadership, operations, training and program management appointments in Australia and overseas. He commenced his current role as Head Land Capability in Army Headquarters in January of 2020 after a three year deployment in command of the Multinational Force & Observers from 2017 to 2019. The Head of Land Capability's full biography is available on the Australian Army website . … Simon …
