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Abstract This article reflects on the increased prominence of ISTAR and reviews the spectrum of ISTAR functions for land-based operations, demonstrating the effects of networked technology and the need for improved ISTAR management for complex warfighting. These developments indicate that a visionary repositioning of ISTAR within Army’s warfighting concepts is called for to harness the greater significance and growing range of ISTAR capabilities. A way ahead is offered to better manage the ISTAR functions …
Abstract As our modern army is called upon to operate in complex battlespaces against non-traditional enemies, or to undertake activities other than traditional warfighting, is the training provided to Staff Cadets applicable to the situations junior commanders will face in their future careers? This article assesses the Part Time General Service Officer First Appointment Course and highlights possible changes that would make it more relevant to the challenges facing junior officers today. It is 1130 …
Abstract In a post-Cold War, post-11 September world, the field of biosecurity has increased, both in importance and scope, as a concern for military and civilian authorities. This article explores some of those nascent threats, and their implications for military forces. Introduction In the immediate aftermath of the attacks of 11 September 2001, the threats posed by the new world order that emerged shifted Defence and First Response agencies out of their post–Cold War comfort zone. Familiar threats, …
Abstract As the contemporary battlespace evolves, consideration needs to be given to the requirements for Army Health. This article critiques the existing structure and use of health capabilities in the Army and suggests future developments to improve how Army cares for the medical needs of its members against the backdrop of complex warfighting. I went over to Brizzo, who was still alive at this time. He was laying down and he had no wounds from his knackers up, but every square inch of his legs was just …
Abstract This article, based on the 2006 Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration, examines a recent issue in the Australian military history debate, the idea of the Battle for Australia. The author challenges the reality of the Battle for Australia and locates how and why such a grand narrative emerges into a nation’s consciousness. For Australia, 1942 was the year of greatest losses, a year of crises confronted and overcome. It was a year in which war briefly touched Australia’s shores. What does this …
University Press of Kansas , Lawrence, 2016, 267 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780700622214 eBook ISBN: 9780700622221 Author : Stephen R. Taafe Reviewed By : Chris Roberts MacArthur’s Korean War Generals is a study of command under adverse conditions. Set within a narrative of the United States (US) Eighth Army’s operations during the first year of the Korean War, Stephen R. Taaffe examines the character, command styles, and performance of the twenty-one men who led that army, its three corps and seven divisions …
Abstract The author contends that significant gains are being made against the insurgency in Iraq, especially in the political realm and in light of the recent ‘surge strategy’, and yet these advances are poorly reported in Western media. At the same time, domestic pressures are growing within the United States and Coalition partners for withdrawal timetables regardless of Iraqi stability and self-sufficiency. Consequently, the author argues, a precipitous withdrawal would create greater chaos and loss of …
Colonel E. G. Keogh, Royal Australian Infantry (Retd), was the founding Editor of the Australian Army Journal in 1948. He is also the author of numerous articles and books, including Suez to Aleppo and The River in the Desert . … E. G. Keogh …
Lieutenant Colonel Shaun Fletcher is currently posted to LHQ as the SO1 HLTH. He is also Deputy Head of Corps RAAMC and the Australian National HSS representative for ABCA. LTCOL Fletcher has served on several deployments and for his work managing wounded Coalition soldiers in 2001/02, Shaun was awarded both the United States Army Achievement Medal and the United States Meritorious Service Medal. … Shaun …