Amphibious Complexity: C2 in the AAF

About this episode

Ray Leggatt discusses the development of amphibious capabilities in the Australian Defence Force and the challenges faced in this area.

If Europeans have been swiftly divesting themselves of real amphibious capability, the reverse has been true of the ADF in recent years. Ray Leggatt, the first true Commander Amphibious Task Force of the Australian Amphibious Force, talked through his experience in putting together an amphib capability for a state that had not done this sort of operation in a couple of generations. Ray provides a remarkably honest and frank set of assessments about the capability when he was CATF, the essential trust and relationship needed with the Commander Landing Force (CLF), and the realities of doctrine versus practicality necessary to make a nascent capability tangible.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Roberts

Guest: Ray Leggatt

Topics covered

• amphibious capability
• military operations
• Australian Defence Force
• doctrine
• trust and relationships

Keywords

• amphibious capability
• Australian Defence Force
• military doctrine
• trust
• Commander Amphibious Task Force

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Amphibious Force, Commander Amphibious Task Force, Commander Landing Force

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