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1215-1245: Dr Hunt discussing the impacts of the US Election on Australia and the ADF (inc. Q&A) 1245-1300: Break 1300-1400: Disinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic (inc. Q&A) … Disinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic …
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL UPDATE A NEW DATE VIA THE EVENTBRITE LINK. Our current 2020 Honours Students have just handed in their theses. They will each be presenting a 5 min TED talk on their honours year topics as part of the AARC Seminar series. LT Emma Milner (RASIGS) . For her honours she has studied a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) on cyber and specialised in dis-information and social media. LT Hugh Manson (RAE) . For his honours year he has studied a Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Civil …
Reviewed by Dr Albert Palazzo By Sean McFate, William Morrow, New York, 2019, ISBN 978-0-06-284358-6, pp.318 Reviewers hesitate to recommend a book too enthusiastically because of the risk that readers will assume one is a friend of the author or that you suffer from a tendency to exaggerate. I can assure the readers of this review that I have never met Sean McFate, the author of The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder , and no one has ever accused me of exaggeration. Therefore, when I …
Introduction Army Headquarters – Future Land Warfare Branch, through the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC), have recently supported the establishment of innovative, practical prototyping spaces that are essential for imbuing the modern Army with the Creative Thinking culture necessary to succeed in a world increasingly reliant on technology. One such Makerspace will soon be inaugurated at Holsworthy Barracks, where it will serve as an opportunity for soldiers to physically express solutions to the …
Reviewed by Major Marshall Lawrence By Qiao Liang , Wang Xiangsui, People’s Liberation Army Literature and Arts Publishing House, 1999, ISBN 978-1626543058, 212pp Understanding the conceptual foundations of Chinese military thought is important for placing present Chinese actions into context and analysing what might come next. One of the most accessible and frequently cited primary sources translated to English is Unrestricted Warfare . Its influence and contents should therefore be of interest to many. …
Reviewed by Major Andrew Maher By Caroline Moorehead, CHATTO & WINDUS - TRADE, 2019, ISBN 9781784741402, 416pp Recent discussion of the phenomenon of ‘Hybrid Warfare’ belies the history of war as a mixture of politics, deception and espionage, civilian mobilisation into irregular formations and conventional manoeuvre. World War II was typical of this mixture, particularly so in the Italian campaign. Yet, while Operation Husky (the amphibious landings in Sicily), Operation Shingle (the landings at Anzio), …
Resilience Colonel Mark Armstrong has published for the AARC an occasional paper examining the Implications of the Army Reserve call out for Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020 . This occasional paper explores resultant issues pertaining to improved national resilience to natural disasters. RAND have released a study examining the need for military and local government collaboration for climate adaptation. This report explores the case study of the impact of sea level rises on the Hampton Roads cluster of …
During the latter months of 2019 and the new year of 2020, Australia experienced catastrophic and widespread bushfires. As the situation worsened, the federal government unexpectedly called out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves to bolster an already significant deployment of ADF regular forces to contribute to a massive interagency and volunteer community response. This deployment was the largest ever peacetime domestic ADF operation in response to a natural disaster. The ADF responding to …
COL Mark Armstrong has served in the Army Reserve for over 29 years and has operational experience on Operation Catalyst (Iraq 2007), Operation QLD Flood Assist (Brisbane 2011) and as Commander Joint Task Group 629.3 on Operation COVID-19 Assist (Brisbane 2020). He is a full-time Command and Staff Course graduate and was the Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor of the Queensland University Regiment. He is currently posted as the Deputy Commander of 11 Brigade. His academic qualifications include a Master …
