Command Post
Staff Functions
The Failure of ‘Course of Action’ Analysis in Joint War-fighting
This article contends that predicting adversary behaviour through course of action analysis creates a false perception of certainty for a commander. A more effective approach is to use 'expectations...
Staff Functions
"Where the bloody hell are you?" The problem with our current pers tracking systems
How should we be tracking our troops on the ground? Matthew Crighton examines where we are falling short on personnel tracking systems and what we could do to improve them.
Staff Functions
Other Ranks' Performance Appraisal: Yet to evolve
This article examines the ability of our Other Ranks' performance appraisal system to deliver the talent that the Army needs in an Accelerated Warfare future.
By Ben Taylor
Staff Functions
Effects Based Tactics – Layering Effects at the Formation Level
The use of Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) enemy on Ex Talisman Sabre 19 changed the way planning was done at the formation level, as Richard Thapthimthong explains in this article.
Command Post
Over to you Convoy Commander
Your unit has decided it’s going to use the training range on the other side of the country for your next exercise.
Command Post
Writing your PAC Statement – A Warrant Officer’s Perspective
“Your PAC Statement is the most intently read item of your dossier. It is your personal voice” – CMA
By Jai Wright
Command Post
Operations Sergeant: The Job, The Myth, The Legend
This article will cover the Operations Sergeant (OPS SGT) role within a battlegroup preparing to take on the responsibility of the Ready Battle Group (RBG).
By Nick Korfias
Command Post
Never Tell Me the Odds: Prospect Theory, Risk Acceptance and Asteroid Fields via The Angry Staff Officer
Never tell me the odds! -Han Solo
By The Cove
Command Post
Interview with Jim Storr, author of The Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
In this occasional podcast, The Cove talks to author Jim Storr about his new book, The Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century.
By The Cove
Planning and Liaison
DFSS Signals Planning Process
A must see video from the Defence Force School of Signals that explains how signals planning coincides with operational plans.
By The Cove
