26 November 2013

Editorial: Interservice Harmony and Australia’s Near Abroad


By James R. Holmes

Canberra’s middle status simplifies life for Australia’s military in many ways. The US should take note.

I recently heard the most compelling speech I’ve ever heard on behalf of a strong navy. It came from a top navy army officer representing America, the world’s foremost seafaring state, in Australia, a middleweight power along maritime Asia’s southern flank, and was given in Newport Sydney. Scope out this address from General David Morrison, the Australian Army chief of staff:

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