This series of three articles published by Foreign Policy tell the story of Abu Ahmad, a Syrian operative for the Islamic State who witnessed the group's lightning expansion firsthand and spent months among its most notorious foreign fighters.

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on Australian National Policy is delivered by Ric Smith, AO, PSM the former Secretary of the Department of Defence.  

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on Australian Military Strategy is delivered by Admiral Chris Barrie, AC, RAN the former Chief of the Defence Force.

In this short video Mitchell Stemp from WONCO-A introduces the philosophy of stoicism.

This article, written by three USMC officers, examines the potential small unmanned aircraft systems have for enabling ground maneouvre through directing offensive fires.

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on Australia's contribution in a coalition campaign is delivered by Doctor Garth Pratten, former Regional Command - South war diarist.  

This Vice News video depicting Philippine Special Forces fighting ISIS in Marawi is accompanied with a link to the WONCO-A Facebook page which will allow you to join the discussion on contemporary operations.

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation is the Keynote address from the conference and is delivered by Professor Robert Hill, AC the former Australian Minister for Defence.