Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on the intervention in Afghanistan is delivered by Brigadier Dan McDaniel, DSC, AM, DSM the former Commanding Officer of the Special Air Service Regiment.

A book review and summary that explores how ‘the single most important quality in a professional military officer is the ability to innovate’.

This paper by Richard Thapthimthong is titled 'A Journey to Better the Character of Australia's Leaders.'  He explains that in a fully digitised battlefield where advanced weaponry gives the individual soldier killing power previously unseen in war, the concept of character is often a second thought.

Building this state of mind should become universal in all Army training.

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on lessons and legacies is delivered by Professor William Maley, AM author of Reconstructing Afghanistan.

Welcome to our highly anticipated 'War in the Sand Pit' conference series of videos. This presentation on Maritime Operations is delivered by Vice Admiral Peter Jones, AO, DSC, RAN the former Maritime Inception Operations Screen Commander in 2003.  

The author explain how and why small arms ammunition is fundamental to the generation of land combat power

This article by Professor Lloyd Clark via the UK Centre for Army Leadership provides a German example of the successful employment of intelligent disobedience on the battlefield. He also raises some of the challenges associated with overcoming an Army culture of reflex obedience.