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A portrait of Major General Chris Field in uniform.
Biography
Chris Field
Major General

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.

MAJGEN Field standing outside Headquarters
Reflections on Key Appointments – Relationships between Commanders, Operations Officers & Mission Command
MAJGEN Chris Field explores the key relationship between commanders and operations officers through the seven principles of mission command.
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Podcast logo on top of combined arms exercise.
The Principles of War – A Review
This is a brief but glowing recommendation to listen to the The Principles of War podcast.
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Book cover of On Operations by Brett Friedman
On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines – A Review
A review of the ideas presented in Brett Friedman's 'On Operations – Operational Art and Military Disciplines'.
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Modern Strategy book cover.
Modern Strategy by Colin S. Gray – A Review
This is an in-depth review of Colin S. Gray’s book Modern Strategy.
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Book cover of 'The Name of War'.
The Name of War, Jill Lepore – A Review
A book review of Jill Lepore's 'The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity'.
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A family of 3 civilians departing a military plane.
Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations: Six Ideas from August 2021
Six ideas for non-combatant evacuations based on observations and experience from August 2021 and visits to three evacuation centres.
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Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower
'How Ike Led' and ADF Leadership Principles
Chris Field takes information from the book 'How Ike Led' and links them to the ADF Leadership Principles to elaborate on each through the lens of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's leadership.
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52 Weeks of Ideas
An insight into how a Major General conducts reflective practice.
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52 Weeks of Ideas Part 2: Resilience, War and Strategy
This article is Part 2 of a two-part series on 52 Weeks of Ideas, including the final 20 ideas on resilience and war & strategy.
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52 Weeks of Ideas Part 1: By the Numbers, Leadership
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series on 52 Weeks of Ideas, articulating advice by-the-numbers and examining leadership, resilience, war & strategy.
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