This article provides a book review of 'The Ethics of Special Operations' in which the authors explore ethics across four primary missions: raids, recoveries, reconnaissance, and rebels.
Communication and Planning and on the Job Learning – A Junior Officer's Reflection
… graduate from RMC, they tell you to ask questions and to learn … can. To lean on your Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) and … a platoon commander you are somewhat limited to official tasks and …
… full time soldiers hate but want to be, since they get to choose what military activities they are … and Waiouru, respectively. I have completed both the New Zealand …
Book Review | In the Wake of Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made
… down We may have all heard the story about the children’s nursery … self-importance. Looking at these comments and reviews at the … for thought for me. Firstly, the What If’s? What if the daughter of …
… the last decade as an alternative to more established methods of … organisations – Defence included. What is a microcredential? … a discrete (small) body of completed learning. The term is …
… We've all heard that the Total Workforce System (TWS) can … to you and your subordinates. What is the TWS? The ADF TWS was … reports for a battalion. They may complete this work after hours at …
Mobilisation for Large-Scale Combat Operations: Would you like to know more?
… the war in Ukraine or listening to people at work talk about growing great power competition , the threat of … Stage Four Mobilisation is what the Australian Defence Force …
… leaders who were rewarded for accomplishing the mission at the … throwing phones. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel because our … into my leader philosophy to undo what I learned from fixed leaders. …
Leadership Lessons Observed by a Contemporary Role Model - General Peter Cosgrove AK, MC
… be sacked, made redundant or become a casualty of war but they cannot opt out' according to General Peter Cosgrove … person for the job. No matter what mistakes occur, when things …
Atrophy of a Proud Capability or a New Definition: Australian Army and its construction capability
… Army has had a long and proud history of employing construction … that with such change has come a diminished capability … capability, comparing what is expected of it and …