Major General Chris Field, @ChrisFieldAUS, serves as an Australian Army Service Category 3, Reserve Officer, in Headquarters Australian Defence Force. Previously, he served more than 39 years in the Australian Defence Force with leadership responsibilities for strategy, campaigning, and innovation. He served with the Australian Army in East Timor, Malaysia, and Solomon Islands; United States Army in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait; and United Nations in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. In addition, he twice served with the Queensland Reconstruction Authority as the State Recovery Coordinator and Chief of Operations & Plans.
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine Applied to the Australian Army
This article provides a review of ‘Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine’ by Lawrence Freedman and relates lessons from it to the Australian Army.
Book Review: 7 Seconds to Die – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
This article is a book review of '7 Seconds to Die' by John Antal which launches into a discussion of the changing character and unchanging nature of war, with comment on the employment of tanks and combined arms.
52 Weeks of Ideas – Part 3: On Realising Your Personal, Professional, & Cultural Potential and On Change
This article is Part 3 of a three-part series on 52 Weeks of Ideas, this one based on the topics of 'on realising your personal, professional & cultural potential' and 'on change'.
