An evolving identity as a leader of character is supported by specific personal development. The application of character skills and qualities augments practical and professional experience in committed contexts. Experience also allows the development of greater self-awareness, consequent self-management, and ultimately more appropriate responses to situations across the spectrum of experience.
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Culture AlignmentThe Crimson Thread of KinshipLindsay Murray and Percy Ings are commemorated at a cemetery in Breadalbane, New South Wales. Both men were raised in Australia and killed in the Battle of Fromelles in 1916. Both are interred 17,000 km from home. That they were involved in a war so far away is central to Australia’s status in a British world in the early 20th century. Murray and Ings trained and served as Australian soldiers in a standardised Empire army. They personify the British learning experience of the Western Front. Their loss was keenly felt by family and friends in Australia.
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Character Role ModelCan Australians fight?A change in the character of war is the importance of pre-conflict, political warfare to weaken adversaries and undermine their will to fight. Meanwhile, recent wars between states reinforced the enduring nature of protracted, conventional war to avoid existential threats. This essay asks if Australia has the national understanding to counter the impact of political warfare and the commensurate will to endure a protracted war in the Indo-Pacific.<15 min01/03/2023