Australian Defence
Corporate Information Program
Demonstration of the Australian Defence Web Home Page
Special Adviser Defence Internet/Intranet Policy
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This document is version 0.1 of 17 June 1998 at: http://www.defence.gov.au/dcip/document/dodwebs.htm(Note: This is a copy at http://www.acs.org.au/president/1998/past/dodwebs.htm). See the accompanying written presentation for further details: http://www.defence.gov.au/dcip/document/dodweb.htm
Comments and corrections would be welcome, to:
Tom Worthington
Special Adviser Defence Internet/Intranet Policy,
Department of Defence
NCC-B12-05, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Email: tom.worthington@hr-m.b-m.defence.gov.au
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Introduction
Defence Mission: To Promote the Security of Australia, and to Protect its People and its Interests
- Brief demo - see written paper for extensive references
- Brigadier Swan (my boss) detailed IT issues in the ADF
- One example is use of the Internet, the Web and intranets:
- Corporate view with internet standards (eg: CRISP)
- Challenge for security in a military environment
- Greatly enhanced facilities
- Can be used for combined operations between nations
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Defence Home Page
- Launched on 2 March 1995 (authorised by Brigadier Horne, DGIMCE)
- Part of a Commonwealth Internet Reference Group initiative
- Using an unusual proactive process
- Provides unclassified, non-sensitive information to the general public:
- structure, military and civilian recruitment, industry policy, IT policy, media releases.
- Pages for the Minister for Defence and the Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel
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Web Guidelines
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Use of the Web
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The Web for Exercise Kangaroo 95
- K95: 17,000 ADF troops & six other nations
- Directorate of Public Relations provided reports via the Internet
- Bob Lester transmitted reports & photos from the exercise
- I received them at HQADF in Canberra and up-loaded to ADFA
(& for a week remotely with a pocket modem & laptop PC)
- First report of Orange force: 29 July; first photo 1 August
- Last report 24 August
- DAS announced trucking tenders for K95 on the 'net
- May be the first military exercise reported direct via the Internet
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Use of Internet Technology for C3I
- Exercise Tandem Thrust 97:
- U.S. Pacific Command sponsored exercise in Central Queensland in March 1997
- To test the capability of Australian and U.S. command and control
- Used Internet e-mail and web servers for military communications
- I did public web pages with US personnel in the task force at sea
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Conclusion
- The 'net & web have demonstrated utility for public information
- Points the way for Command and Control of military forces.
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Copyright
Commonwealth of Australia (c) 1998. The authors assign to ACS and educational and non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The authors also grant a non-exclusive licence to ACS to publish this document in full on the World Wide Web and on CD-ROM and in printed form with the SEARCC'98 conference papers, and for the documents to be published on mirrors on the World Wide Web. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the authors.
