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Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Foster By Charles E. Kirkpatrick, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015, ISBN 978-1519741837, 172pp ‘It would be difficult to exaggerate Wedemeyer’s impact as a strategic planner during 1941-1943.’ [1] D. Clayton James A staff officer’s work is by necessity unsung, however, at certain points throughout history it can be seminal. Over a three-month period before the US entered the conflict, Major Albert Wedemeyer wrote the US Army Victory Plan for the Second …
Chaplain Brenton Fry enlisted in the ARA in 1982 and enjoyed a variety of postings as a soldier before entering into the Full-Time Study Scheme as a Chaplain after 20 years’ service. He entered Chaplaincy as a Married Deacon/Catholic Chaplain. One of his significant postings was to 6 RAR, helping to settle the battalion back from operations. In 2013 he self-funded a trip to the USA to attend a seminar on ‘Soul Repair’ at Brite Divinity College, overseen by Rita Nakashima Brock and Larry Graham. On his …
MAJ Hayward is an Intelligence Corps Officer posted to the Future Land Warfare Branch at Army Headquarters. MAJ Hayward is currently researching Information Warfare and the Information Environment for the Australian Army Research Centre. … Lee Hayward …
This paper is the first in the Occasional Paper - Command and Leadership Series and is published in line with one of the Chief of Army’s primary tasks for AARC: to enhance the quality of leadership in Army. Nothing is more important to an army than the standard of its leaders. Success or failure in every military endeavour throughout history can be linked to the quality of leadership displayed, and therefore, any research which can positively impact on the quality of Australia’s future Army leadership is …
This is the standard we walk past In a 2013 video message to our Army my predecessor Lieutenant General David Morrison challenged us to examine our individual and group behaviours, and to consider whether our personal actions accorded with the values required for continued service in the Australian Army. This three minute video caught the attention of many in our Army, the broader Australian community and the global community. It also issued a challenge: the standard you walk past is the standard you …
Knowing what military theory is, and what it is not, is vital. It helps identify what writings further our understanding of war and warfare, and guides professional military education and research for future doctrine and training. This work answers the questions of what military theory is, where it sits within the wider context of the study of conflict, and which theorists are key in defining its body of knowledge. Many military professionals and academics outline the importance of military theory and the …
The British operation in Sierra Leone is regarded as a rare success for Western military intervention. In the popular narrative, British paratroopers deployed to Freetown over a weekend and, through a mix of professionalism, organisation and chutzpah, ‘[saved] the UN from disaster and [hastened] the end of an exceptionally nasty war.’ As Alex Renton later wrote for the Observer: ... the Sierra Leone intervention worked – uniquely well, in the history of modern military interventions in Africa. The rebel …
