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Chaos Versus Predictability: A Critique of Effects-Based Operations

Authors: Justin Kelly and David Kilcullen

Volume 2, Number 1 (April 2006), pp. 63-73.

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About the Authors

Brigadier Justin Kelly, AM, graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in December 1974 and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. He commanded the 1st Armoured Regiment, the Peace Monitoring Group, on Bougainville and was Deputy Force Commander of the Peace Keeping Force in East Timor. His staff experience has included postings in the Directorate of Operational Requirements, Directorate of Armour, and as Director of Restructuring the Army, and of Concepts and Capability Development. His current appointment is Director General of Future Land Warfare in Army Headquarters.

Lieutenant Colonel David Kilcullen has served as a platoon commander with 6 RAR and 2 RAR, and in a number of overseas appointments including as commander of a Mobile Training Team with the Indonesian Army and Australian Exchange Instructor at the British Army School of Infantry. His operational experience includes service with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, Headquarters Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville, and with 2 RAR during the INTERFET campaign in East Timor in 1999–2000. Lieutenant Colonel Kilcullen is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College, and holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales.