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Lieutenant Colonel Jim Sinclair is an Army Reserve Intelligence Corps officer with particular interest in combat intelligence, tactics and military history. He authored LWP-G 7-5-5 Training Adversary, released in 2018. He was awarded an Honours Bachelor of Arts in modern history (University of Sydney, 1978), a Graduate Diploma of Librarianship (University of New South Wales, 1979), a Certificate of Competency as a Librarian (Library Council of New South Wales, 1990) and a Diploma of Intelligence and …
Abstract Toxic leadership, and the management of toxic leadership, remains a significant challenge for militaries and public service agencies around the world. The focus of management activity is typically on identifying and removing the toxic leader. By comparison, there is little discussion of how best to manage a workforce that has survived toxic leadership. Part of the reason for this is an assumption that removal of the toxic leader is an end in itself. However, an ethical analysis of this and other …
Abstract The 2016 Defence Industry Policy Statement (DIPS) emphasises that ‘Australia’s defence industry is essential to the operations of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and to the capability we need to protect Australia and our national interests’. 1 This is an admirable and logical aim, and perhaps it is actively progressing in the larger Defence–industry partnerships that build ships, submarines and armoured vehicles. However, for addressing the challenges of the individual soldier, the Defence and …
Abstract In an era of fiscal constraint and competing priorities across and external to the Defence portfolio, Army modernisation efforts are challenged by a number of financial and capability pressures. Ranging from the increased cost of technological sophistication in our equipment to the exclusion of capability replacements under the Defence Integrated Investment Program (IIP), these challenges have a dual and compounding impact on Army’s modernisation. Future equipment may consequently be inadequately …
Abstract In May 2017, Islamist insurgents laid siege to the city of Marawi in the Mindanao region of southern Philippines. This siege led to a five-month campaign by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to retake Marawi and restore order to the region. The experiences of the AFP have broad relevance to the Australian Army across a number of corps and disciplines, including close combat, offensive support, mobility and survivability, urban sniping and counter-sniping, and logistics. The aim of this …
Abstract This article invites readers to contribute to a professional debate about the capability required for urban operations: does Australia have it—and does Australia need it? In exploring what that might mean, it starts from an accepted position that urban operations are increasingly likely. It examines in some detail the nature of the limitations imposed on military operations by urban terrain, which is particularly important in understanding the dependence on the use of firepower to conduct …