Country Brief Australia 20082009 GPCAPT Keith Brackenbury Director of Operations ADF Warfare Centre

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Country BriefAustralia2008-2009GPCAPT Keith
BrackenburyDirector of OperationsADF Warfare
Centre
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Scope

• Commercialisation update
• Doctrine approvals 08-09
• Plans 09-10
• Opportunities
• Effects based language
• Australian Defence Glossary
• Other issues.

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Commercialisation update

• Commercial project started 2007
• Only one tender
• Tender rejected by Defence late 2008
• Army/Navy/RAAF anticipated success
• So identified mil positions still going
• Exercise Eval to HQJOC
• Doctrine and Training to JETW
• Maybe only 2 pers in Doctrine by EOY 09.

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ADF Publications Background

• ADF Warfare Centre
• Owns the joint doctrine process
• Responsible for part of 0 and all 3,5 and 7
  series
• Other sponsors
• Responsible for part of 0 and all 1,2,4 and 6
  series
• Two levels of joint doctrine
• ADDP philosophical
• ADFP procedural
• 92 titles, aim at 4 year review cycle.

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Doctrine approvals 08/09(15 publications)

• ADDP 00.1 Command Control
• ADFP 1.1.1 Mortuary Affairs
• ADFP 1.2.3 Casualty Evacuation Patient Movement
• ADDP 2.3 Geospatial Information Services
• ADFP 2.3.1 Rapid Environmental Assessment
  Procedures (prov)
• ADDP 3.2 Amphibious Operations
• ADFP 3.2.1 Amphibious Operations Procedures (prov)

• ADDP 3.3 Joint Airspace Control
• ADDP 3.11 Civil-Military Operations
• ADDP 3.14 Targeting
• ADFP 3.14.2 Targeting Procedures
• ADDP 3.16 Counter Air
• ADDP 3.17 Counter Improvised Explosive Device
• ADDP 6.0 Communications Information Systems
  (prov)
• ADFP 6.0.3.1 COMSEC Instructions.

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Scheduled for 09/10(22 publications)

• ADDP 00.5 Information Management
• ADDP 2.0 Intelligence
• ADDP 2.1 Counter Intelligence
• ADFP 2.0.1 Intelligence Procedures
• ADFP 3.0.3 Mounting Operations
• ADDP 3.1 Joint Fires Support
• ADFP 3.1.1 Joint Fires Support Procedures

• ADFP 3.2.2 Littoral Environment Assessment
  Procedures
• ADDP 3.7 Collection Operations
• ADDP 3.8 Peace Operations
• ADFP 3.8.1 Peace Operations Procedures
• ADDP 3.18 Operational Employment of Space
• ADDP 4.0 Defence Logistics
• ADFP 4.2.4 Logistics Planning for Operations

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Scheduled for 09/10 (cont) (22 publications)

• ADFP 6.0.1.1 CIS Planning
• ADFP 6.0.2 Information Exchange
• ADFP 6.0.3.1 Communications Security Instructions
• ADFP 6.0.3 Information Assurance.

• ADDP 4.6 Infrastructure Engineering Maintenance
• ADDP 5.0 Joint Planning
• ADFP 5.0.1 joint Military Appreciation Process
• ADFP 6.0.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum Planning

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Opportunities

• Army Knowledge Domain
• Concept demo phase complete
• Funded for phase 1
• Architecture modality likely to become ADF
  standard
• Lack of publications support staff
• Opportunity to reconsider move away from hard
  copy to web based doctrine.

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Effects based language

• ADF monitoring US discussions
• Different interpretations within ADF elements
• But common ground found
• VCDF CJOPS consistent positions
• Key drivers
• Operational effectiveness
• Interoperability with key allies.

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Effects based language

• Consequence
• Some EBL at higher levels of planning ops
• Some targeting specific effects methodologies
• Consequence for ADF doctrine
• Slight moderation of effects language
• More selective use of effects thinking
• typically in campaign planning, and setting
  goals in evaluation activities.

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Australian Defence Glossary

• Electronic database of approved terms
• Operational glossary
• Management glossary
• Loading of operational terms is complete
• 21000
• NATO, US Joint, ADF Joint, single Service
• Hardcopy pubs being withdrawn.

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Interoperability ADF AFP

• Ministerial guidance to improve interoperability
  between ADF and Australian Federal Police (AFP)
• Consequence of operational experience in South
  West Pacific
• Proposal is to use ABCA Coalition Operations
  Handbook as a template to identify key
  interoperability issues (checklist versus
  doctrine)
• Focussed at the operational level
• Both ADF and AFP have staff capacity issues

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Questions ?