War Room
Future Operating Environment
Strategic Scripts, Accelerated Warfare, and One Hundred Words for the Australian Army
I’ve spent the last year as the Chief of Staff of the Australian Amphibious Task Group, and I’m often asked the same question by young Army officers and soldiers that I work with: how amphibious sh
Innovation and Adaptation
The 2018 Lavarack Papers
The Lavarack Papers have historically been a table top book compiling the best essays and papers written by Officers and Warrant Officers from across the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regi
By Jess Ward
Contemporary Operating Environment
Wi-Fi Over Water: Misplaced Priorities in the American Way of War
Should we be seeking out WiFi at the same time as establishing a reliable water supply? This article, via the Modern War Institute, argues that combat soldiers are not ready for the harsh realities...
By The Cove
Contemporary Operating Environment
The Tactical Application of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
How can social media contribute to the combat intelligence picture?
By PTE E
Contemporary Operating Environment
The Spear Podcast - 'Combat Outpost Keating'
A link to the Modern War Institute, and a first hand account of the battle on 3 October 2009.
By The Cove
Innovation and Adaptation
The Integrated Digital Platoon
Science fiction? Perhaps not. Check out how we might be able to fight.
By Dan Skinner
Contemporary Operating Environment
Assault Breaching: Generating Momentum in the Case for Assault Pioneers
This article seeks to outline that Assault Pioneers can achieve the routine mobility responsibilities for infantry centric small teams through assault breaching and reduction of nuisance obstacles (...
Innovation and Adaptation
Gamification - Press START to Begin (Part 2)
Work is what we have to do, play is what we choose to do. Nobody has to play a game, but you probably have to do to work.
By Callum Muntz
Future Operating Environment
Lord Byron of Changi
An entry in the 2018 ALTC Future Fiction Competition
By Hal Wilson
Innovation and Adaptation
Atrophy of a Proud Capability or a New Definition: Australian Army and its construction capability
The case for modernising and reinvigorating the construction engineer capability.
