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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 …
Resilience The AARC Quarter 3 Strategic Assessment has been published, which acknowledges resilience as an emerging theme relevant to land power’s contribution to Australian Defence Strategy. The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements recommends a ‘fundamental shift in strategic thinking about national disaster management. If there were one word that encapsulates this shift, it would be ‘resilience.’’ The Royal Commission’s report highlights that 33 people died, over 3,000 homes were …
Colonel Mark Armstrong’s Australian Army Occasional Paper ‘Every Possible Capability: Some Implications of the Army Reserve Call Out for Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020’ can now be downloaded from the Australian Army Research Library here . Read on below for an abstract of the paper. 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 …
LT Thomas Maher is an Army Intelligence (AUSINT) officer who will take up an initial posting to 145 Signals Squadron in Sydney to complete his Regimental Training. In 2020 he has studied a Bachelor of Computing and Cyber Security BCCS (Hons) with a focus on information warfare. He has successfully topped a number of Masters level courses in Cyber and has provided lecturing and tutoring at UNSW on his specific area of expertise. He has published articles in the Journal of Information Warfare and he is …
Major Power Competition The October 2020 edition of PRISM from National Defense University is focussed upon Great Power Competition. Two articles address the competition for influence in Africa which argue for sustained presence that mitigates the risk of losing influence on the continent. Similarly, the recently commenced Journal of Future Conflict (Fall 2020 edition) from Queens University in Canada takes a comparable orientation. Of note, the Journal of Future Conflict includes articles from David …
The Australian Army is in an exciting period of change and development. New strategic guidance and a generously funded force structure plan , coupled with the demand of senior leaders for change, presents opportunities for substantial enhancements to Army’s structure and capabilities. Seizing the opportunity requires innovative employment of emerging technologies grounded in real-world experience. This article will use the example of a Semi-Autonomous Combat Team concept to illustrate how disruptive …
Dr Jennifer S. Hunt is a lecturer in national security at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU and a Non-Resident Fellow at the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney. Dr Hunt has published on comparative national security policy of cyber and energy issues in the United States, Australia and the Arab Gulf. She has served as a delegate at the Shangri-la Security Dialogue and attended the World Economic Forum at Abu Dhabi. Her expert commentary has been featured on ABC’s Q&A, The Project, BBC, The …
