Learning Each Other’s Language:
Doctrine and AFP-ADF Interoperability
Authors: Vandra Harris and Aaron P. Jackson
Volume 7, Number 4 (Summer 2011), pp. 103-119.
Abstract
With militaries and police comprising the majority of personnel deployed during increasingly complex and diverse multinational interventions, there is a need for significantly improved cooperation and interoperability. Focusing on Australia’s police and military forces in the international arena, this article considers doctrine as a tool to enhance collaboration. It points to progress made towards cooperation and interoperability, areas requiring development, and areas where coherent practice is neither achievable nor desirable. The authors argue that both agencies need to review and realign their doctrine to form a common conceptual foundation to guide the interagency aspects of their operations, and that this will be vital to enhancing police and military collaboration and performance, particularly in emergencies.
About the Authors
Dr Aaron P. Jackson is a Doctrine Desk Officer at the Australian Defence Force Joint Warfare Doctrine and Training Centre and a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University. aaron.jackson2@defence.gov.au.
Dr Vandra Harris is a Senior Lecturer in the graduate program in International Development at RMIT University’s School of Global Studies. vandra.harris@rmit.edu.au.
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