1 min
Defence Entrepreneur’s Forum Australia 2019 -Sep30 and Oct01
28 Aug 2019
Your Contributions
1 min
Sir James Rowland Seminar at ADFA - 28 August 2019
26 Aug 2019
In collaboration with the Air Power Development Centre, ACSACS is pleased to announce the details of the latest Sir James Rowland Seminar.
10min
ADF Concept for Command and Control of the Future Force
23 Aug 2019
FOREWORD
by DL Johnston, AO Vice Admiral, RAN
Vice Chief of the Defence Force
3 min
Learning Vulnerability
21 Aug 2019
Learning to love learning requires passion and persistence. It can be a hard road, but intellectual endeavour is not just a personal challenge, it’s a challenge for the entire military community.
3 min
Developing the Coalition – Can We Do More?
19 Aug 2019
The aim of this paper is to provide insights into why preparing and developing a coalition environment is important for the ADF; what are the challenges that a coalition presents; and offer some recommendations on how the ADF might better prepare for the multilateral operations.
4 min
On Resilience - After dinner address to ADFA 2 August 2019
16 Aug 2019
When I informed my daughter that I was to speak to 300 ADFA cadets on the subject of resilience, she said to me:” ‘Don’t do it. They will see you as a dinosaur’. To which I replied, ‘well, dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years before becoming extinct, so they must have known something of value’.
5 min
Loose Lips Bring Ships: Operations Security in Operation Sovereign Borders
12 Aug 2019
OPSEC requires constant monitoring to ensure it addresses the identified vulnerabilities and mitigates the assessed risks. It may be that this needs to occur not only in the chain of command, but by Defence publications as well.
3 min
Moving tanks by water: A short history of Australia’s tank-capable amphibious capability
29 Jul 2019
Responsibility for maintaining a sea-going, tank- or heavy vehicle-capable landing craft capability has historically shifted between the Army and Navy. Today, the ADF lacks a dedicated green-water amphibious capability to support operations in a region characterised by great rivers, but poor transport infrastructure.
3 min
Are we ready for machines to learn and make decisions for us?
25 Jul 2019
LTCOL Jasmin Diab uses the example of her recent work in supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency to ask us to consider the future of machine learning and its ability to support military decision making.
6 min
Changes in warfare in the 16th and 17th centuries - a ‘military revolution’?
22 Jul 2019
The 16th and 17th century was a period of significant change in the character of war. The drivers accounting for these changes were not all based in military reforms, despite Western Europe being engaged almost continuously in war. While tactical applications is interesting, it was the beginnings of some profound changes in the development of warfare; the professional military, the standing army, scale of warfare and subsequent emergence of the state (Crown) owning the monopoly on violence and the arrival of proper naval forces.
4 min
The Commander’s call: Re-defining rules of engagement (ROE) during Counterinsurgency (COIN) operations
18 Jul 2019
The author writes on the inherent contradiction that exists between the implementation of international humanitarian law and the military operations in the conflict environment. The case in study is about ongoing counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan and Syria, where the U.S troops along with their ISAF colleagues face a dual challenge fighting the insurgents while working within the framework of international humanitarian and domestic laws. The article discusses the necessity of involving the field commander's view while developing rules of engagement so that the operational imperatives aren't lost while guarding against collateral damage.
