Entry Interviews: A New Way of Thinking about Platoon Commander Notebooks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Marching in to my first unit as a Lieutenant (LT) and Platoon Commander (PLCOMD), one of the first tasks I was told […]
Brody Hannan
Book Review – Courage Under Fire, by Daniel Keighran VC
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s challenging offering a ‘unique’ review of Dan Keighran VC’s autobiography Courage Under Fire. Written with Tony Park, the book has already received a […]
Knowing your people: a targeted approach to engagement in the Part Time Army
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Part Time Army is growing – now with a combined force of over 15,000 – and on a steady upward trend […]
Loneliness: The Other Side of Fatigue Management
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2020 saw increased operational demands for some members of the part time Army. Members were deployed on Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST, with little notice, […]
How CIMIC Can Help You In Your Job
Reading Time: 3 minutes I recently returned from the 16-day CIMIC Planner and Operator Course (CPOC) which targets those looking to post into Army’s Civil-Military Cooperation […]
Finding Maths in the Military
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a maths-teacher-turned-infantry-officer, there are some parts of military planning that I’ve particularly enjoyed. For example, I’ve always been able to quickly […]
What the Modern Staff Officer Can Learn from a WWII Japanese Guerrilla
Reading Time: 5 minutes At times, the role of a Staff Officer seems to be the furthest you can get from the field. Posted to a […]
From Infantry Officer to Call Centre Commander
Reading Time: 3 minutes How officer training prepared me for Operation COVID-19 Assist. If you’d told a newly commissioned Lieutenant (LT) what they could expect as […]