Search
Using the filters to the left, click your selection, it will become bold and filter the results, click it again to remove that filter.
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 …
Lieutenant Colonel Jarrod Brook is an infantry officer with operational service in Iraq, East Timor and Afghanistan. He has held a range of regimental, training, representational and staff appointments. He is currently Staff Officer Grade One – Preparedness in the Land Operations Branch of Army Headquarters. … Jarrod …
The inherent challenges of an Army that seeks to be ready now and future ready The 2020 Defence Strategic Update presents a picture of an unstable and uncertain strategic dynamic. The confluence of great power competition, the proliferation of disruptive technologies and military modernisation create both risks and opportunities. The Defence Strategic Update further states that “reduced warning times mean defence plans can no longer assume Australia will have time to gradually adjust military capability …
Von Lambert is a planner in Future Land Warfare Branch of Army Headquarters who has written on various topics including future armoured capability development, the future of strategy, information warfare techniques, operational wargaming, and the value of military history. He is a graduate of the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting where he won the Krulak Prize and a Distinguished Graduate of the USMC Command and Staff College. He is currently studying a PhD in military history at UNSW Canberra. … Von …
‘LT Corey Dunn is an RA Sigs officer. Throughout 2020 he completed a Bachelor of Computing and Cyber Security - BCCS (Hons). He successfully published a journal article with two other academics in early August 2020 entitled “Robustness Evaluations of Machine Learning Models against Data Poisoning Attacks in the Internet of Things” which is a remarkable achievement early in his honours year.’ … Corey …
Colonel Ben McLennan is currently the Australian Army Liaison Officer to the French Army in Paris. … Ben McLennan …
Brigadier General Gilbert Toropo was born on 4th April 1962. He successfully completed his Officer Training course at the PNG Defence Academy and was commissioned as an officer with a rank of Second Lieutenant on the 20th of June 1987. After graduation, he was posted to the Second Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (2RPIR) for regimental duties. Brigadier General Toropo was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1993 and was posted to the Royal Military College – Duntroon in Australia as an instructor from 1993 to …