Part 3 of the Path to the Gallipoli Campaign sets up the ANZACs months of training in Cairo, Egypt, detailing how the expectation of a quick war and eagerness to see new places was replaced by boredom and disappointment amongst the ranks.

Doug Laidlaw argues that the re-introduction of the rank of 2nd LT for army officers who commission through the Part Time Officer Commissioning Course would enable a structured learning pathway for them to develop more closely to their full time counterparts.

"...the emerging threat hovers over our capability gap, waiting to fill the niche and take advantage of the opportunity we readily present to them." James Harvey paints a vivid and worrisome picture, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.