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Abstract Handguns are increasingly being recognised as a vital piece of equipment for the protection of deployed soldiers. With the correct holster, a handgun can be brought into action faster than the F88 and M4 rifles can be reloaded. Handguns thus play a critical back-up role in the event of catastrophic failure of the primary weapon. Indeed, in some circumstances, it makes sense for the handgun to supersede the rifle as the primary weapon. This article provides a detailed analysis of the current …
Abstract This article sets out a bold training investment opportunity for the Australian Army — a multinational, large-scale urban warfare training centre. Australia’s current training facilities fall significantly short of what is required to prepare force elements the size of battle groups and larger formations for either short-duration or sustained operations in the urban littoral. Urban warfare is an Army-wide skill set, not a specialisation restricted to members of Special Operations Command. …
Phillip Bradley is the author of 10 books on Australian military history, including eight on the campaigns in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. These include Hell’s Battlefield , The Battle for Wau , To Salamaua , D-Day New Guinea and The Battle for Shaggy Ridge . For the past three years he has acted as the battlefield historian for Army study tours to the Papuan beachheads. He is currently writing a narrative history of the Australian experience on the Western Front in World War I. … Phillip …
Abstract The first version of the Australian Defence Force Gap Year—Army (ADFGY-A) program, which ran between 2007 and 2012, aimed to develop a pool of willing applicants who would extend their commitment to the Army. 1 Although it has often been cited as a success, when the quantitative outcomes are reviewed more closely the extent of its success becomes somewhat ambiguous and largely dependent on views on the ADFGY-A program’s purpose. Despite the possibility that some intangible and immeasurable …
Army MakerSpace About MakerSpace Makerspace is an Army initiative providing a place for learning-by-making and education in innovative approaches, creative thinking, and agile methodologies. All Army personnel are invited to join their local community of makers to gain a professional toolbox of problem-solving techniques to tackle Army’s current and emerging challenges. Makerspace is part of The Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation & Coordination Office (RICO) within Future Land Warfare Branch …
Lincoln Sudholz is a Military Police Officer in the Australian Army. He has served in various law enforcement and policing roles domestically and on operations. He has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Management Science, Manpower Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School Monterey California. He is currently a Workforce Modeller with Modelling & Simulation, Military Workforce Design Division. … Lincoln …
Abstract The Australian Army is investing a high proportion of its capability in operations, turning to the deployment of reservists to supplement the number of full-time soldiers available to deploy. While demand for Army reservists has increased, total force numbers have been decreasing. Defence-sponsored surveys of serving reservists are designed to analyse their motivation for serving from a quantitative standpoint. This paper presents the findings of doctoral research using a qualitative approach to …
Abstract Army’s military history is not some curio simply to be admired. Events that took place many decades ago, many thousands of kilometres away and against very different adversaries to those faced today still provide valuable lessons for modern commanders. This article examines the little-known capture of Rommel’s signals intelligence unit by an Australian battalion in North Africa in July 1942 as a case in point. It identifies how risks taken by German commanders compromised not just Rommel’s …
Abstract This article explores the establishment of an operationally-orientated organisation to effect regional capacity building, which might serve as a focal point for coordinating unorthodox responses to contemporary security challenges within the region. Such an organisation would be capable of providing strategic deterrence through the employment of land-based anti-ship missiles to deny maritime chokepoints in an Australianised version of an anti-access, area-denial strategy. Habitual …