How do unit commanders know they are 'Ready Now' today? Matthew Crooks suggests a novel way of enabling individuals and junior commanders to manage the present needs, to be Ready Now.

Integrated Campaigning is the ADF’s single capstone concept that describes how the ADF maximises and applies power to defend Australia and its national interests. Integrated Campaigning is the focussed aggregation and application of national power in pursuit of national interests, achieved by realising the potential of ADF’s people, ideas and material, combined with those of allies and partners. To achieve such integration requires the ADF to foster and grow key characteristics in its people. This article explores these traits.

In this article from Smart Soldier we will provide a summary of the key themes and trends of Army leadership experiences gained through training, exercises and operations during the past 20 years, and which are contained within the Army Lessons database.