Biography
Greg Colton
Greg Colton is an infantry officer with 18 years’ experience in both the British and Australian armies, including operational service in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Pacific. Greg has had range of regimental, instructional and staff postings and recently took a years’ sabbatical to accept a Research Fellowship at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s leading international policy think-tank. While at the Lowy Institute he ran a Defence funded project examining drivers of instability in the Pacific. On his return to the Army, Greg assumed his current position as SO1 Professional Military Education at Forces Command. He is also Director of The Cove.
Defence Mastery
Developing the Military Professional for an Era of Accelerated Warfare: The FORCOMD PME Plan 2020-2025
Commander Forces Command has issued a new directive on Professional Military Education (PME). This short post from SO1 PME explains what the FORCOMD PME plan is and how you can use it.
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Defence Mastery
A round peg for a round hole: a new approach to non-operational decision making
Why do we insist on using operational planning tools to support non-operational decisions? In this article, Greg Colton proposes a new approach to non-operational decision making: the Military Staff Decision Process.
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Technical Mastery
Future Fires | A New Approach to Understanding Offensive Support
In this article, Greg Colton agues that viewing procurement through the cost of effect, rather than the cost of capability, not only leads to better value for money but forces the Army to examine how it will fight in the future.
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Defence Mastery
Winning Future Wars Through Developing the Intellectual Component of Fighting Power: The Australian Army’s Approach to Professional Military Education
In this post the Director of The Cove, Greg Colton, writes on the Australian Army’s approach to Professional Military Education.
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