What happens beyond the battlefield? Beyond Combat explores the untold stories of military life, from training and family support to nutrition, remembrance, and peacetime engagement.

What makes Australian Army leadership unique, and what lessons can leaders in any field learn from its principles and practices?

This article will trace the history of organisational changes within Defencethat have resulted in an enterprise once capable of both defence and military strategy to one now focused on defence strategy.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces was a significant escalation of ongoing tension and conflict between the two countries. This essay will evaluate three elements of military campaign planning against Putin’s strategic objectives. Noting the Russia-Ukraine War is still ongoing, an assessment of ‘success’ will not be made; instead, Russian-Ukraine War campaigns conducted between 24 February 2022 to September 2022 (Ukraine retakes 2400 square miles, including the city of Kharkiv) will be used to evaluate military campaign planning effectiveness.

Veteran suicides number 500 in Australia over the last two decades, overshadowing 41 combat deaths. This is the context of the urgent need for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Statistics suggest the scale of the issue but it gets starkly personal when we know or have supported someone who has taken their own life or thought about it.  

What impact did the Great War have on Australia—both on the battlefield and the home front? Broken Nation unpacks the battles, myths, and deep societal scars left behind.