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Abstract While the Australian Defence Force has seen an increasing range of roles become available to women in the recent past, women are still excluded from serving in combat roles. This article discusses the arguments both for and against women serving in combat roles, drawing on both Australian and overseas observations. Our combat effectiveness and performance in the field relates very much to the competence of our people—that is, their physical competence and their mental competence as well. Those …
A phone rings at the Pentagon. A journalist identifies himself and states, “I just read a blog that says Soldiers use dogs for target practice in Iraq. There’s a video clip showing it, too. What’s the Army’s position?” How should the spokesperson respond? Military web logs, known as blogs or milblogs, are small websites that Soldiers maintain as informal journals for personal comments, images, and links to other websites. Blogs emerged concurrently with the War on Terrorism and have become an increasingly …
Abstract This paper discusses the impact of the peaking and then decline in world oil production— commonly known as Peak Oil—on the Australian Army from a Raise, Train and Sustain perspective. Peak Oil is described as the implications of Peak Oil at a global and national level. The likely impacts of Peak Oil on the Australian Army are then analysed against four of the inputs to military capability, being personnel, equipment, training and doctrine. The paper suggests a number of actions that can be taken …
Abstract As the Australian Defence Force overseas deployments grow in size and tempo, Australian strategists and planners must consider the growing number of organisations our troops will work alongside, and in concert with. This article explores the relationship between Australia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an issue that is particularly pertinent considering current commitments in Afghanistan. The end of the Cold War came quickly, and unexpectedly. Talk of ‘peace dividends’ on a …
Major Cross graduated from the Royal Military College in December 1956. He attended the Royal Melbourne Technical College (1957-58) for his Diploma in Civil Engineering. Having served in Vietnam with Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, he was awarded the National Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal and was made a Member of the Order of Australia. He retired from the Australian Defence Force with the rank of Brigadier. … F.J …
Colonel Andrew Condon graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1985. He has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College. His training and experience in Operational Analysis includes a posting to the Army War Games Centre, the Royal Military College of Science’s Military Operational Analysis Research course, a Masters degree in Military Operational Research (Cranfield University, UK), posting to the Army Battle Simulation …