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Download Australian Army Journal 2007 3 Volume IV, Number 3 Summer 2007 Th e Australian Army Journal is published by authority of the Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, AC Th e Australian Army Journal is sponsored by: Director, Land Warfare Studies Centre © Commonwealth of Australia 2007 Th is journal is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research, criticism or review (as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968), and with standard source credit included, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Director, Land Warfare Studies Centre, Geddes Building, Ian Campbell Road, Duntroon ACT 2600. Contributors are urged to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in their articles; the Editorial Advisory Board accepts no responsibility for errors of fact. Permission to reprint AAJ articles will generally be given by the Editor aft er consultation with the author(s). Any reproduced articles must bear an acknowledgment of source. Th e views expressed in the Australian Army Journal are the contributors’ and not necessarily those of the Australian Army or the Department of Defence. Th e Commonwealth of Australia will not be legally responsible in contract, tort or otherwise for any statement made in this journal. ISSN 1448-2843 Th e Australian Army Journal Staff : Publisher: Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McGregor Editor: Mr Scott Hopkins Research Editor: Ms Natalia Forrest Editorial Advisory Board: Dr Robert Ayson LTGEN John Coates, AC, MBE (Retd) BRIG John Essex-Clark, DSM (Retd) Prof. Jeff rey Grey MAJGEN John Hartley, AO (Retd) Mr Roger Lee Dr Peter Londey Mrs Catherine McCullagh MAJGEN Michael O’Brien, CSC (Retd) LTGEN Laurie O’Donnell, AC (Retd) Dr Albert Palazzo A/Prof. Hugh Smith Prof. Carl Th ayer Prof. Tom Young Design and typesetting by Mr Sam Highley Contents EDITORIAL . 5 Strategy Partnership or membership? Australia and NATO in the Global War on Terror. 7 Jeff rey Grey Peak Oil And Th e Australian Army . 21 Major Cameron Leckie Future Concepts and Force Development Muddy Boots IO: Th e Rise of Soldier Blogs. 39 Major Elizabeth L. Robbins, U.S. Army Th e combat exclusion of women in the military: paternalistic protection or military need?. 59 Major Scott Davison Education, Doctrine and Training Character and the Strategic Soldier: Th e Development of Moral Leadership for the All Corps Soldier Training Continuum. 81 Chaplain David Grulke and Chaplain Mark Hinton Reading: Th e Military Profession and the Course of History . .93 Scott Hopkins Operations ‘Hardened, Networked … and Commercially Capable’: Army and Contractor Support on Operations. 105 Brigadier David Saul Tactical Operational Analysis Support to a Commander on Operations . 115 Colonel Andrew Condon Implementing an Adaptive Approach in Non-Kinetic Counterinsurgency Operations . 125 Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan Australian Army Journal Volume IV, Number 3 page 3 Contents Military History Th e 1st Australian Division in 1917: A snapshot . 141 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stevenson Retrospect Engineers in Counterinsurgency: A Diff erent Approach. 159 Major F. J. Cross Book Reviews Contemporary perspectives on private military contractors. 167 Reviewed by Antony Trentini Th e Torch and the Sword: A History of the Army Cadet Movement in Australia, by Craig Stockings . 171 Reviewed by Lieutenant General John Coates (Retd) Vietnam: Th e Australian War by Paul Ham . .175 Reviewed by Brigadier John Essex-Clark (Retd) Everyday Jihad: Th e Rise of Militant Islam Among Palestinians in Lebanon by Bernard Rougier . 177 Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Jason Th omas Taken By Force: Rape and American GIs in Europe during World War II, by J Robert Lilly . .179 Reviewed by Narelle Biedermann Prisoners of the Japanese – Literary Imagination and the Prisoner of War Experience by Roger Bourke . 181 Reviewed by Captain Kate Tollenaar General Ulysses S. Grant: Th e Soldier and the Man by Edward G Longacre . .185 Reviewed by Joseph K Smith Rommel’s Desert Commanders—Th e Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–42 by Samuel W Mitcham Jr.. 187 Reviewed by Antony Trentini Titles To Note . .189 Crossfire Warrant Offi cer Class Two Ian Kuring. 193 Lieutenant Colonel Ted Lynes RFD ED (Retd) . 195 NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS . .199 page 4 Volume IV, Number 3 Australian Army Journal EDITORIAL his fi nal edition of the Australian Army Journal for 2007 maintains our recent focus on lessons from operations, especially in Afghanistan. Th e Tgrim reality of the risks entailed in all military operations has been brought home to all of us by the deaths of three soldiers in Afghanistan and another in Timor-Leste in the weeks preceding publication of this issue. Th ose losses remind us that the profession of arms is a serious business and that the soldier has entered a covenant of unlimited liability with his or her nation. As the Chief of the Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy frequently reminds us, the ultimate benchmark for the performance of those serving at home in Australia is the degree to which our eff orts are supporting our mates engaged in operations overseas. Th ey face implacable and dangerous enemies in harsh environments. For this reason the AAJ aspires to be a forum in which soldiers of every rank and specialisation can analyse and debate their experiences on operations. Our enemies are adaptive. We need to match them in this regard. Th e Centre for Army Lessons performs excellent work in disseminating the hard-won lessons of deployed soldiers to others preparing for operations. Th e AAJ seeks to complement this valuable work while providing a forum for discussion of issues of a strategic or historical nature. We reiterate our request to those with recent operational experience to commit their refl ections to paper. Th is should not be an abstract exercise. It might save a mate’s life. In that spirit we publish an article by Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan, who commanded the inaugural Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan, about the application of adaptive counterinsurgency techniques against the Taliban. His article is essential reading and has applications more broadly in other theatres where irregular enemies are operating in complex terrain against us and our allies. Similarly, we are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2007 Chauvel Essay Prize is Major Michael Scott. Selected by the AAJ’s Editorial Advisory Board, his article, ‘Rebuilding Afghanistan One Mud-brick at a Time: Lessons from an Aussie Engineer’, appeared in the AAJ’s Autumn 2007 edition. Th is clear and well-presented Australian Army Journal Volume IV, Number 3 page 5 EDITORIAL exploration of the issues surrounding coalition reconstruction eff orts is timely. Th e eminence of the judges highlights the utility and applicability as well as the relevance of the lessons Major Scott presented. We recommend it to you. Th e oft -neglected area of logistics is the subject of the article by Brigadier David Saul, who examines the benefi ts and risks involved in the reliance on contractors in the battlespace. Contractors are now an integral part of our operations in all theatres and awareness of both the limitations and opportunities associated with their use is essential to commanders. And as recent controversy surrounding the private security fi rm Blackwater demonstrates, the proliferation of contractors is not confi ned to logistic support. Contractors like Blackwater are engaged in highly visible close protection tasks in areas where our troops are operating. Th ey frequently use lethal force. Th is inevitably will aff ect perceptions of all forces operating ‘amongst the people’—to employ the phrase made famous by British General Sir Rupert Smith. Unique rules of engagement, diff ering perceptions of threat and incompatible methods of dealing with local populations may all conspire to complicate the relationship between conventional military forces and security contractors. Th is is an area in which our doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures may need to rapidly adapt to the changing battlespace. Antony Trentini reviews some of the recent literature about this controversial subject in this issue. Th is year has seen the AAJ successfully increase its publication schedule to three editions. Th at this has been achieved is a credit primarily to the offi cers, NCOs and other ranks of the Army who continue to submit high quality, thoughtful articles for publication. It is also a credit to the staff of the Land Warfare Studies Centre particularly Dr Albert Palazzo, Mr Scott Hopkins and Ms Natalia Forrest, who work tirelessly to produce it. Th is issue will appear on the eve of Christmas. We wish all of our readers a safe and happy holiday season. To our comrades deployed on operations, we wish you a safe return to your families. Finally, to the families and loved ones of Sergeant Matthew Locke, Trooper David Pearce, Private Luke Worsley and Private Ashley Baker, who died on operations in recent weeks, we off er our sincere condolences and respect at this time of inconsolable loss. Th e Publisher page 6 Volume IV, Number 3 Australian Army Journal Strategy Partnership or membership? Australia and NATO in the Global War on Terror * Jeffrey Grey ABSTRACT As the Australian Defence Force overseas deployments grow in size and tempo, Australian strategists and planners must consider the growing number of organisations our troops will work alongside, and in concert with. Th is article explores the relationship between Australia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an issue that is particularly pertinent considering current commitments in Afghanistan. * An earlier version of this article was published as a discussion paper to accompany the NATO Summit in Riga. Jeff rey Grey, ‘Future Directions for NATO: An Australian Perspective’, in Ronald D Asmus (ed.), NATO and Global Partners: Views from the Outside, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC, 2006, 26–33.
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