CMDR Felicity Petrie is an Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, and is currently posted to the Sea Power Centre—Australia as the Australian War Memorial Navy Fellow. A Chartered Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Marine Engineer with the Institute of Marine Engineers, Felicity has served over 26 years in the Royal Australian Navy. Holding postgraduate degrees in both engineering and strategic studies, Felicity is currently undertaking research into battle damage repair of forces in …

Major Travis Peet is an Australian Army Infantry Officer who is currently posted to Force Integration Division of Australian Defence Force Headquarters. He has been fortunate to deploy multiple times on overseas operations and command at the platoon, troop and squadron levels. Major Peet holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and a Master of Military and Defence Studies.  … Travis …

Major David Caligari is an infantry officer who has served in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment. He has commanded at platoon and company level, including as commander Ready Combat Team and commander Ground Combat Element for the Australian Amphibious Force. He served as the 2019 aide-de-camp to the 1st Division Commander, planned the 2020 NATO response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan as the acting Director of Current Operations, and was the operations officer of the Ready Battle …

Major Zach Lambert is a logistics officer who has served in the 3rd Combat Engineering Regiment, 7th Combat Service Support Battalion and 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry). He has commanded at every rank: platoon, technical support troop and company level, including as commander Mobile Training Team Vanuatu in 2021. He has served on Operations Okra, Hannah, APEC 18 Assist, Atlas and Paladin. He has held research fellowships in the Fulbright and Global Voices programs on mobilisation …

Dr David Kilcullen is Professor of International and Political Studies at UNSW Canberra and CEO of the analysis firm Cordillera Applications Group. Professor Kilcullen is a theorist and practitioner of guerrilla and unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, with operational experience over 25 years with the Australian and U.S. governments as an infantry officer, intelligence analyst, policy adviser and diplomat. He served in Iraq as senior counterinsurgency advisor to Multinational …

Graeme Dunk has completed a PhD on defence industry sovereignty at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University. He is Head of Strategy at Shoal Group, a defence digital engineering company. … Graeme Dunk …

Richard Brabin-Smith AO is honorary professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University. His earlier positions in the Department of Defence included Chief Defence Scientist and Deputy Secretary for Strategic Policy. He has had an interest in warning time and force expansion for much of the past 50 years. … Richard …

Brigadier Shane Gabriel graduated from the Royal Military College in 1987 as an RAAF officer. He subsequently served a short service commission with the RAF Regiment in the UK before transferring to the Australian Army as an Infantry Officer. He served for 25 years in regimental, instructional and staff roles before transition to the Reserve in 2020. He was the Commanding Officer, Seventh Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from re-raising in December 2006 to December 2009, including the Mentor and …

Brigadier Sean Parkes, DSC, DSM is currently serving as the Deputy G7 of the Australian Army. He holds authorities and responsibilities on behalf of the Commander Forces Command (Army G7) for the Australian Army and Integrated Training System. His operational service includes multiple deployments to East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. Brigadier Parkes was the inaugural Commandant of the Defence Special Operations Training and Education Centre for three years, raising Army’s newest Training Centre. He …

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