Planning Australia's Defense Forces

Abstract

Australia is now in year three of a Defense Revoluation sparked by the Minister for Defense, Mr. Kim C. Beazley, which is designed to improve Australia's self-reliance in national security matters. This report reviews and discusses the process of military force planning in Australia from an organizational framework. The unique influences exerted by Australia's history, parliamentary form of government and strategic environment are presented, along with various approaches used in military force planning. A detailed review of Australia's unusual defense establishment is presented, analyzing both the military and civil servant organizations. The organizational structure used to accomplish Australian force structure planning and development are reviewed and discussed in detail. Recommendations and conclusions about possible lessons learned which could have application to force planning in the United States are presented the last chapter.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA227252

Entities

People

  • Wesley H. Schmidt Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Government Procurement
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Administration
  • Second World War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.