Shaping C2 for the ADF and Coalition Forces: The Perspective of Air Vice Marshal Mike Kitcher
When I was in Australia in September of last year, I had a chance to talk to the then Deputy Chief Joint Operations (DCJOPS), Air Vice-Marshal Mike...
Read MoreRPAs, Autonomous Systems and How to Strengthen the ADF in the Next 3-5 Years
The Australian government is shifting resources from the Air Force and the Army and from the surface fleet to pay for a new fleet of eight SSNs with...
Read MoreGrowth of the Marine Infantry Regiment (March 1941-April 1943)
Marines training with a 60mm mortar Adopted on 28 March 1941, the D-series tables of organization remained in force for a little more than two years....
Read MoreHow to Enhance Space’s Contribution to Australian Multi-Domain Operations in Support of Maritime Operations
Australia has more demands than it has budget. It has more challenges than it has forces. So how to maximize the effect of what capabilities...
Read MoreMarine Infantry Regiment (28 March 1941)
Jeeps of the 1st Marine Division on a beach at Guadalcanal (1942) On 1 February 1941, the United States Marine Corps converted the two infantry...
Read MoreStrategy is About Solving Core Problems: Not Asserting Lofty Principles
The release of the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) in April revealed a dividing line within Australia’s strategic and defence community. The...
Read MoreKenneth Maxwell Looks Back at the Portuguese Revolution: The 25 April 2024 São Paulo Lecture
I was invited by Professor Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini, who holds the Jaime Cortesão Chair at the University of São Paulo (USP), to speak at the...
Read MoreThree Infantry Regiments (1935-1945)
A self-propelled 75mm gun of the US Marine Corps lands on Cape Gloucester (1943) In 1928, Ludwig von Cochenhausen wrote a book in which he described,...
Read MoreDepicting Infantry Guns
A light Minenwerfer, in direct-fire mode, on maneuvers (1927) In the days when field artillery pieces frequently fired over open sights, batteries...
Read MoreLogistics and Sustainment for an Evolving Defence of Australia Strategy
There is no more daunting challenge facing a credible Australian defence strategy in it is region than that of logistics and sustainment. Australia...
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