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Abstract Lessons learned by the United States in the global war on terror and in overseas contingency operations underscore the value of intelligence information gleaned from the exploitation of captured enemy personnel, equipment, and materiel. A key element of successful exploitation is accurately categorising information by intelligence discipline in order to apply the correct resources towards the exploitation effort and maximize exploitation potential. In light of these revelations, it is time to …
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Faint is a career US Army intelligence officer with extensive experience in special operations and over sixteen years of service. His most recent operational assignment was to the Joint Special Operations Command, and he also served in the 5th Special Forces Group and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan a total of seven times, and is currently in advanced civil schooling at Yale University in preparation for a teaching …
Abstract Adaptive Campaigning— Future Land Operating Concept describes the Australian land force’s response to the challenges of future warfare. It discusses the need for Army to perform successfully over various lines of operation and to maintain an adaptive approach in order to achieve its objectives. However, the novel nature of this approach poses some challenges in its practical implementation. A visualisation technique known as influence diagrams is employed to examine adaptive campaigning and help …
Christopher Manning graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) majoring in electrical and electronic engineering in 2001. He started work at DSTO in 2002 with Land Operations Division and completed a Master of Science in Military Vehicle Technology at Cranfield University during a Defence Science Fellowship to the Defence Academy of the UK in 2010. Chris is currently an Operations Researcher/Analyst working in the land force problem structuring and understanding …
Svet Gaidow joined DSTO in 2002 and was immediately posted to the Land Warfare Development Centre of the Australian Army. Since January 2004 he has been with the Land Operation Division of DSTO in Edinburgh. Previously, Svet held positions with the University of Rousse, the University of Plovdiv, the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, and RMIT in Melbourne. He gained his Master of Mathematics (Probability & Statistics) and PhD in Mathematics (Operations Research and Statistics) …
Daniel Bilusich graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2002 and a PhD in Chemistry in 2006. He started work at DSTO in March 2007 with the Land Operations Division and is involved in Army Modernisation Studies. He has also worked in Weapons Systems Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) characterising peroxide based explosives. His main interests are in operations research and complex adaptive systems. … Daniel …
Fred Bowden completed his Bachelor of Science at Murdoch University majoring in mathematics and physics. He joined DSTO in 1990. While working for DSTO Fred completed a first class honours degree and PhD in Applied Mathematics at The University of Adelaide. The focus of his work in the 90s was looking at military command, control, communications and intelligence systems. He went on to spend late 2001 to early 2003 on a Defence Science Fellowship with the RAND organisation in Washington DC working on …
Abstract The focus of the Army Reserve has shifted from supplying deployable units for large-scale conventional warfare to providing individuals and small groups to support the Army’s current operations. The requirement for soldiers to be easily integrated into Regular units has caused us to increasingly train, treat and manage reservists identically to their full-time counterparts. This is ineffective because it fails to accept the real and important differences between Regular and Reserve service. …
Lieutenant Alex Douglas is a Transport Officer and is posted to 8 Transport Squadron, 9 Combat Service Support Battalion. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of International Studies from Flinders University. He has worked as peace monitor in Nepal, an election observer in Liberia and is currently employed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Lieutenant Douglas has volunteered for a number of different organisations including the United Nations Youth Association and the …