Welcome to Australian Defence Force Journal Issue No. 177. We conclude the year with a number of articles which I hope readers will find interesting and informative. I am particularly pleased that the Secretary has agreed that the Journal publish a speech he delivered to the Lowy Institute several months ago entitled 'Mending Defence's Broken Backbone' which generated much favourable comment. In it, the Secretary discusses some of the challenges in managing the Defence portfolio. This issue also covers such varied topics as space weapons, chaplains, manoeuvre warfare, and New Zealand Pacific policing.
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