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Observing how our past appeared when it was the future can help us understand why events occurred as they did, how individuals became prisoners of their experiences and missed what was blindingly obvious to later generations, and occasionally saw what was coming, only to be dismissed by their contemporaries. In short, the future of war has a distinctive and revealing past.’ Lawrence Freedman [1] History is an assessment of events from the past retold in the present. History is often biased; it is both …

Lieutenant Colonel Warwick Miller is a Parachute Rigger Officer who has served in a variety of positions within Army and in the Joint environment. He has deployed on Operations both within Australia and overseas. He attended US Army Command and Staff College in 2012, finishing on the Dean’s List with a Military Masters in Art and Science with his thesis focusing on identifying trends in domestic terrorism. He has fulfilled Command appointments in both Special Operations Command and Forces Command, and …
Army interfaces with numerous government and non-government agencies to engage with, and further develop, future land warfare concepts, issues and debates. Listed below are useful links to some of the other research organisations. Australia Air and Space Power Centre Australian Civil-Military Centre Australian Defence Association Australian National University News Australian National University Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian Strategic Policy Institute Future Directions International …

Brigadier Ian Langford, DSC and Bars, is a highly experienced Army officer who provides detail and fidelity to the concept of Accelerated Warfare, a framework for thinking about how the enduring nature of war and its rapidly changing characteristics in this age of social media, artificial intelligence and contemporaneous conflict and competition. In this fascinating presentation, Brigadier Langford provides some chilling insights into the future of the world in the next two generations and impact of …

Jointly hosted by the: Australian Army Research Centre Sea Power Centre - Australia Air Power Development Centre Location: ADFA, Adams Auditorium, Canberra The Keynote address was delivered by BRIG R. Iron (UK Retd) – The Need for Speed, The Case of Operation Palliser Other topics discussed were: Instability and Climate Change The View from the Pacific Logistic readiness, how much is enough Liquid fuel supply and rapid response Tonga Case Study JAM-GC concepts, challenges and integration East Timor Case …

Paula Hanasz is a specialist in non-traditional security threats. She holds a PhD on water conflicts and cooperation from the Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy and a MScEcon Intelligence Studies from Aberystwyth University. Paula has consulted for many years to the Australian government on national security, defence, and public policy matters. … Paula …

One thing that occupies the minds of a lot of people in the ADF, is the future of force design. One of the key considerations for future force design is, what are the mission sets that we are preparing our people for? That's where our seminar today comes in because we're speaking about the train, advise and assist mission set. As our speaker points out, the ADF don't currently have forces specifically orientated to the mission of train, advise and assist. Instead this mission is regarded as something any …

COL Cook is the Assistant Head of Concepts, Future Force Development Branch in British Army HQ. He has served as the Battalion Commander of 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery, as CO of the 105th Regiment, Royal Artillery and has operational experience in Iraq. … James P …


Major General Justin (‘Jake’) Ellwood assumed command of 1st Division and the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters on 6 December 2018, following his appointment as Deputy Chief of Army. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Duntroon in 1990 into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. After undertaking regimental appointments in 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, he was posted as an instructor at the Royal Military College. He subsequently served as second-in-command of a Warrior Company …
