Can it really be done, or are we pissing into the wind?  Can the Australian Defence Force really defend our

Alternative title: The Fighting Spirit of Soldiers: What NOT to do … to Keep it Alive! “The Australian Army still

The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) used to have three roles.  With armoured mobility having been taken over by infantry,

Is it too much to expect that more than 100 published letters would make a difference?  Maybe it’s time to

Will returning 1st Armoured Regiment to its combat role be something Lieutenant General Susan Coyle should list high among her priorities?

“Ethics refers to the principles, values, and standards that guide people in determining what is right and wrong. It influences

On 29 June 2026, the outgoing Chief of Army gave an address at the Australian War Memorial.  He referred to

The following is a follow-up to this letter. Unfortunately, the options available are few indeed.  One might hope that Lieutenant

The need to save the RAAC is both obvious and urgent.   1st Armoured Regiment has been stripped of its

Although it’s a truism, it’s none-the-less worthy of emphasizing:  defending a land mass the size of Australia, means defending a

The provision of close fire support by tanks, is a completely different undertaking to that of intelligence gathering by reconnaissance

If a Shakespearean tragedy had cast the RAAC as MacBeth, it couldn’t have been more appropriate.  The RAAC has recently

Lieutenant General Susan Coyle AM, CSC, DSM will soon be Chief of Army … will she resurrect 1 Armd Regt? The

The role of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps is to “locate, identify, capture, and destroy the enemy using fire, manoeuvre,

“Ukraine and Russia deploy drones for every tactical purpose imaginable: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, artillery spotting, electronic warfare targeting, psychological operations, logistics

Will Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, the first woman to be Chief of Army, be the saviour of the Royal Australian Armoured

“Our attack was timed to start at 12.30am on 23 July 1916.  Three shrill blasts on a whistle, was the

Why was 1 Armd Regt nominated to become the Army’s experimentation unit, instead of any other unit?   Why not,