Creating a Joint Approach to New Zealand Defence Force Contemporary Amphibious Operations in the South West Pacific
Abstract
The New Zealand and Australian Governments have clearly defined the requirement to provide stability operations and disaster relief to islands within the South West Pacific in order to maintain regional security. Both countries have well aligned defence policies in this particular area. New Zealand has a functional amphibious capability that allows the deployment and sustainment of a company group in a permissive environment while Australia is in the process of developing a much larger force projection capability. Ultimately, both countries will be able to conduct independent and combined amphibious operations in the region. The current weaknesses of the NZDF amphibious capability are its approach to logistical support of ground forces from naval platforms, the design and execution of command and control arrangements, and operational planning. These weaknesses require command identification, inter-service understanding, mindset change, and deliberate education in order to improve them.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA600608
Entities
People
- Neville D. Mosley
Organizations
- Marine Corps University