Joint Professional Military Education in the ADF: a junior naval officer's perspective

摘要

As Australians, we find ourselves in the unique situation of being a Western culture in a largely Asian region, with a population that is remarkably tiny when compared to the immense size of our landmass. Consequently, our defence force is also small when compared with our geographical neighbours and it is continually challenged by the disproportionately larger border it is tasked to defend.