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Major General Andrew James ‘Jim’ Molan, AO, DSC , joined the Army in 1968 and retired in 2008. Major General Molan has served with a number of Infantry battalions, including 6RAR as Commanding Officer. He has lived in Indonesia for five years, first as the Army Attache and then as the Defence Attache during the fall of Suharto and the Interfet period, for which he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. He has commanded both 1 Brigade and 1 Division, and was the commander of the Australian Defence …
Abstract The fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan has lasted for almost eight years now—longer than even the Second World War. The author argues that in this time, progress has been made, but that it has been made against a tide that now threatens to wash away the modest gains so bitterly made. Australian forces have been making gains in their sector, but with the Dutch contingent expected to leave sooner rather than later, the author insists that only a significantly increased Australian presence will …
Ian van der Waag , MA (Pretoria), PhD (Cape Town), is associate professor of military history and head of the Department of Military History, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. … Ian van der Waag …
The flight comes into view. Nine machines, enough to lift the whole company. Purple smoke marks the landing zone as the helicopters wheel over the jungle perimeter and ease themselves fussily onto the ground. The soldiers emerge from the nearby trees and clamber aboard, section by section, awkward with their heavy packs and weapons. Together with others of the company headquarters group, the captain is assigned to the lead helicopter. The flight is airborne again within five minutes. Aloft, the deafening …
Nick Jans is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Defence Leadership & Ethics at the Australian Defence College. His 2003 study, ‘Once Were Warriors’, deals with senior leadership culture in the Australian Defence Organisation. (This was the source of the quote from ex-CDF Chris Barrie.) He is currently working on a study that examines the leadership issues and processes at the highest levels of the ADF. … Nick …