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Abstract Emerging challenges that are beyond the capability and intent of terrorist actors will require changes to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) counterterrorism (CT) enterprise. The ADF has been developing specialist CT capabilities since the Sydney Hilton bombing in 1978, 1 and has applied these skills to pronounced effect in many international theatres, including East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. However, recent operations have seen a transfer of those skills from the special operations force (SOF) …
Culture is the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organisation; that operate unconsciously and define in a basic ‘taken for granted’ fashion an organisation’s view of its self and its environment. - Edgar Schein Abstract The way the Australian Army uses the term ‘warfighter’ as part of its contemporary culture undermines its joint warfighting philosophy by generating disharmony between the elements of fighting power and the external environment. This ultimately …
Abstract Army’s ‘Accelerated Warfare’ framework promotes the notion of constant change, technological disruption, and the contest of ideas which ultimately should encourage us to innovate. Advanced manufacturing is one of many areas where we may be able to do this. At present, there is an inherent lack of organisational agility to design, prototype and test innovative proposals within Army. There are also some very real constraints in the supply chain, specifically getting quick access to repair parts, …
Abstract Army’s futures statement, Accelerated Warfare , describes a future operating environment that will be complex and uncertain. Uncertainty in the battlespace can be reduced through effective intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Yet Army’s ISR capability has not been widely debated in the context of the future battlespace. The aim of this article is to prepare Army’s ISR capability for the challenges of an accelerating environment. Using an inside-out methodology, this analysis …
Abstract The Australian Defence Force (ADF) operates in an environment characterised by accelerating and converging change, set against an international context of cooperation, competition and conflict. To meet the Army’s mission of preparing for war, the organisation must undertake a holistic process of modernisation to anticipate the challenges of the future environment. Using available, emerging technology, Army can exploit opportunities to define the operating concepts, structures and personnel …
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and means can never be considered in isolation from their purpose. - Carl von Clausewitz 1 Abstract The ‘levels of war’ is a doctrinal construct which describes the way political objectives are translated into military strategies which in turn guide tactical actions. Or at least that is what it should be. The operational level has been expanded and redefined over the last century by writers of Western doctrine. Unfortunately, the …
Author: Sebastian J Bae Dietz Foundation , 2022, 2-6 Players SKU: DTZ 2022-1-1 Reviewed by: Robert C Engen, PhD Wargaming is a fast-growing discipline within professional military education (PME). Much of my new job here at Deakin University’s Centre for Future Defence and National Security in Canberra involves wargaming for PME, and the Australian Army Research Centre has kindly provided a venue to review wargames relevant to PME and the Australian Army context. Littoral Commander is a …
Written by: Williamswon Murray Cambridge University Press , 2011, 332 pp Paperback ISBN: 9780511996252 Reviewed by: Chris Roberts Professor Emeritus Williamson Murray, a Vietnam veteran, has written, and co-edited over 20 books on strategy, military effectiveness and military history. All are worth reading. Murray bases his works on sound research of past events, keen analysis, and a deep understanding of the realities of politics, strategy and war. Underlying his work is a strong belief in the value …
Written by: Anthony King John Wiley & Sons , 2021, 288 pp Paperback ISBN: 978-1-509-54366-3 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-509-54365-6 Reviewed by: Charles Knight We run into a curious void in the literature of warfare. Those practitioners of the art who were also its ablest theorists, scholars and writers dwelt on its varied aspects to the limit of their imaginations. One thing, however, they did not touch upon—combat where life is centred. Run through the list of writers and their works—Frederick, de Saxe, …
