Lieutenant Colonel Mick Henderson has served in command and staff appointments spanning the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war. His previous appointments include Commanding Officer of the 1st Armoured Regiment, Brigade Major of the 1st Brigade, Operational Planner at Headquarters Joint Operations Command, a posting to Headquarters 1st Australian Division, and Australian Army Liaison Officer to the British Army. These roles have involved operational planning, capability development, coalition engagement, and force modernisation. He is currently the Deputy Director LAND 400 Phase 3, Infantry Fighting Vehicle, within Defence Delivery Group.
After Hamel: Designing for Dependency in a Transparent Battlespace
This article argues that the critical question is not where capabilities belong, but whether the dependencies they create can survive Australia’s geography, contested logistics, and the latency of modern war.
