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Reading Time: 3 minutes We talk about continuous learning and how it is important to be a professional soldier, sailor oraviator, regardless of trade. We have […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes As part of the Ukraine conflict we have been watching an increased use of civil space capability. At the Inaugural Space Summit […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes Artillery Reading List for the intellectual component of fighting power and to learn lessons from others’ experiences.

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘What the Americans lacked, or lost somewhere along the way, was imagination… It was not a failure of intelligence, but of imagination.’ […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”  – Albert Einstein […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes The rise of Result Oriented Work Environments, or ROWEs, across the globe has sparked a shift in organisational management and culture. Conceptualised […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Falklands War was “a close-run thing”, noted Admiral Sir John ‘Sandy’ Woodward, the British commander for Operation Corporate (the British name for the operation […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes As a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, I am often asked what I do for a living and many people […]

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 […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes In 2020, I deployed as the gender advisor for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), as part of Australia’s ongoing commitment to the global […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes What a difference a year makes – or does it? As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Realistically, simply saying ‘you should commission’, whilst humbling, is largely ignorant of the fact that many enlisted personnel actually love (or really […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes While in some ways the context in which the land force functions has evolved, the demands have not[1]. The persistent features of […]

Reading Time: 23 minutes “where more than twenty interpretations take to the field, the addition of one more cannot be deemed an impertinence” – Isiah Berlin Introduction […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes The pros and cons of cadet hierarchies have been debated at length. The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) removed cadet hierarchies in […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The recent Chief of Army Symposium 2021, held at the Brisbane Convention Centre from April 19-20, highlighted regional engagement, technology and the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes 19 April 2021 saw a world first. A helicopter took flight for 40 seconds. A short hover before turning and landing. It’s […]

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 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The divide between officers and non-commissioned officers (NCO) is sometimes described as the difference between ‘book learning’ and practical experience. While many […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes “They provide inspiration, purpose, motivation, direction, and discipline to the troops they lead” US Army Command Sergeant Major, John Wayne Troxell – […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes At the time the Australian Defence Force (ADF) announced it was dissolving individual service values and uniting the Army, Navy and Air […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes In September, I celebrated one year since my first article was published. When I posted to Twitter about this fact, the always […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. The main message that I took away from my phone […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Airpowerment: Athletes of air and space power; mentally, physically and […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. The Authentic Leader: Know yourself, build your team and ask […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes Combined Arms Training Centre Combat Commander’s Reading List This series addresses battle command, decision making and combat culture, in order to distil […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a junior commander, I have made the mistake of stacking my presentations and back briefs with detail for my higher commanders. […]

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 […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Department of Defence announced on April 1st the commencement of enhanced counter-narcotics operations […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes Considerations for Data Workforce 2028 This article details the author’s experience in a first-of-its-kind attempt for an Army Reservist in an Operations […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes The current social and economic crisis has seen record applications for enlistment into the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by skilled workers who […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Being an outward facing Liaison Officer (LO) is high tempo, reactive and enables the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to achieve an appreciable […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Last year, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Alan Finkel, warned that emerging technologies are “poised to disrupt almost every fabric of Australian society”. […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Australian Army’s newly adopted Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) has significantly broadened the complexity of the threat picture away from the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Counterterrorism (CT) will increasingly be a vector for access and influence in our region. In May of 2017, ISIS aligned militants seized […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes This is the third and final article in a three-part series from the Australian Defence Force Liaison Officer (ADFLO) to the New […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘If [people] cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.’  – George Orwell Professional military education (PME) underpins the study […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes From late 2019 through early 2020, I had the opportunity to serve as an Australian Defence Force Liaison Officer (ADFLO) to the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes It is hard to be optimistic about the ongoing U.S. led peace talks with the Taliban. After nearly 18 years of conflict, the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sir Michael Howard, the British military historian, once said that although it was impossible to know the future character of war, the trick was not to be far from the mark when it came, misrepresenting changes in character as changes in nature and misunderstanding the available evidence will act to almost guarantee that the trick is missed.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Speed is currency in the digital age, and success is determined by winning the contested decision cycle in less time and space […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Since our last instalment of My Curious Month, the team at GC have been enamoured with the final season of Game of Thrones. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the first of a new monthly serial titled ‘My Curious Month’, where we will explore common themes that pop up across the PME network, summarise them and signpost resources if you’d like to explore the topic further.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Innovation needs to be a way of doing business, not a reaction to effective enemy fire

Reading Time: 3 minutes History must be studied in breadth, depth and arguably most importantly in a proper context, not least because conflict is essentially between […]

Reading Time: 12 minutes Ambiguity—‘the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness’.[1] Numerous modern warfare journals refer to the ‘hybrid’ nature of various […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes As the Australian Army reconceptualises the way in which it can ensure dominance on the battlefield, it must be acknowledged that, noting […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes Let me give you my bottom-line up front: simulation is not about technology – it’s about culture. Major General Craig Orme, AM, […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes This article is the first in a two part series that seeks to generate discussion and debate on military experimentation. Part 1, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘Most modern armed forces equip their personnel with the latest body armour, the best protected vehicles, and the most sophisticated counter explosive […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes Guidelines for Debate as a PME Tool ‘But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes There is renewed interest in how Australia should navigate the coming decades of rapid technological change and increasing geopolitical multi-polarity coupled with […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Generating, Expressing and Implementing ideas – A Framework Part 1 of this blog ordered the terms strategy, concepts and defined big ideas. […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes The realisation of a human/machine, robotics, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence approach, may represent the biggest single step innovation change our Army […]