This is part two of a four part series of articles exploring the future ready Royal Australian Artillery and how Australia's Gunners will maintain stride with peer fighting forces around the globe. This second part looks at the potential future of Australia's artillery combat capability, focusing on close support to manoeuvre forces.

Under the guidance of Accelerated Warfare, the Combined Arms Training Centre have re-examined the way Army delivers Initial Employment Training for Army's combatants. This article explains the creation of the 'Close Combatants Pre-Initial Employment Training Module'.