Mark Mankowski

Serial quoter, persistent learner and constantly curious. I love finding time to surf and hanging out with my beautiful family.

[Mark Mankowski @MankowskiMark]

My quote of the day is from Taylor Harrell: 'Leadership is understanding what it takes to walk with people into the unknown and try to build a better world'.
What leaders need to know about change | Taylor Harrell | TEDxSDSU https://t.co/VAmYb8g5Qh via @YouTube

[Mark Mankowski @MankowskiMark]

My quote of the day is from Sir Robert Vansittart, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office in 1931: 'For the first time since the peace people talked of war, foolishly, no doubt, as of a thing no longer unbelievable and impossible. It became once again a possibility'

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My quote of the day is from @AARCAusArmy:...the resources of money, people and time...have an impact on the management of capability within the Australian Army...I picked the topic of resources based on the Chief of Army’s priorities...to use resources with diligence and economy.

[Australian Army Research Centre @AARCAusArmy]

Mark Mankowski's fourth post on Australian Army capability focusses on the relevance of money, people and time. A helpful primer for anyone new to Land Capability Division and Army Headquarters more broadly.

https://t.co/fc2c1kNq2j

#AUSArmyResearch #CapabilityManagement

[Mark Mankowski @MankowskiMark]

My quote of the day comes from Neville Chamberlain in February 1936: 'I cannot believe that the next war, if it comes, will be like the last one and I believe our resources will be more profitably employed in the air and on the sea than in building up great armies'.

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My quote of the day is from @ASPI_org: 'Ultimately, wars are fought not by equipment alone, but by people operating under pressure, uncertainty and imperfect information'.

Xi’s control of his regime is looking ever more Stalinist | Ying Yu Lin | https://t.co/XxYkqZPlX2

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My quote of the day is from Timothy R. Heath: 'When there are many militaries equipped with advanced hardware, why do so few of them fight well? The answer is...They are organizationally and operationally optimized to promote domestic and regime security' https://t.co/UPO69KO6Il

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My quote of the day is from @AARCAusArmy: 'Competition between states manifests instead in proxy wars, where patrons support irregular or non-state actors to further their strategic interests. This is a reality that is seemingly yet to be recognised within Australian policy'.

[Australian Army Research Centre @AARCAusArmy]

This paper analyses Australia's Op Okra and ADF efforts against ISIS (2014–2024). It critiques proxy warfare, airpower, and counter-network strategies, highlighting policy gaps and suggests reforms for future proxy conflicts.

https://t.co/0PrlOxs4Ry

#AusArmyResearch #OpOKRA

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My Quote of the Day is from Joseph Conrad: 'I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it means'.

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My quote of the day is from the Landmark Thucydides: '...since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must'.

[Mark Mankowski @MankowskiMark]

My quote of the day is from Eugene B. Sledge: 'As the troops used to say, “If the country is good enough to live in, it’s good enough to fight for.” With privilege goes responsibility'.

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My quote of the day is from ⁦@TXNatSecReview⁩: “Grand strategy is the act of allocating resources to achieve a state's core strategic goals under conditions of uncertainty.”
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My quote of the day is from @LowyInstitute: 'In a region where missiles and ships dominate headlines, time is the quieter weapon. If time is contested terrain, whoever scripts the calendar can future-proof outcomes'. https://t.co/EY9USrVXL5

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My quote of the day is from @WarintheFuture: 'Leadership selection plays a central role in closing the gap between the emergence of new technology and its adoption by military institutions...The selection should include assessments of their risk tolerance'
https://t.co/MOGO17ND0D

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My quote of the day is from @ASPI_org: 'Pessimism and optimism often simultaneously shape our strategic thinking, particularly on the most complex and high-stakes policy challenges.' An argument for optimistically creating space to express doubt.
https://t.co/C0D3pSatdr

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My quote of the day is from @WarintheFuture: 'The eastern front line continues to be saturated with drones. As a result, within 15km of the front line, vehicle movement is difficult to impossible. Infantry soldiers must instead march to their positions'.
https://t.co/xTaHj187J9

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My quote of the day is from @LawDavF: 'to have an orderly retreat, you need time, you need to take the decision in a timely way...to move without being slaughtered...But if you have got the time to get out, you may think there's still hope of holding on'.
https://t.co/Iw2WEJZcu5

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My quote of the day is from George Dougherty on the challenges of robots: 'The first challenge is burden. Robotic systems that are burdensome to use or maintain. The second challenge is navigation...they struggle to handle the complexities of the real-world combat environment'.

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My quote of the day is from George Dougherty: the lesson of all military-technical revolutions is that military advantages accrue to those who, perceive the possibilities inherent in an emerging technology & develop effective theory that shows how to realize those possibilities.

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My quote of the day is from @WarOnTheRocks on strategy v resources: '...there is a lot of variables. You can write your document...then it goes to the hill...the services pursue their equities...then there is business...'
https://t.co/YGkqP6FoRD

[Mark Mankowski @MankowskiMark]

My quote of the day is from @AARCAusArmy: There is a bill to be paid before mission command can ultimately be used successfully across the left and right extremes of the spectrum. That bill—generating that trust—is paid in education, in training, and in shared experiences.

[Australian Army Research Centre @AARCAusArmy]

Anthony Duus argues mission command is not just a method of command, but Australian Army’s usual practice. For mission command to work, it requires investment in development of trust between superiors and subordinates.

https://t.co/o9NNGv9Jq5

#AusArmyResearch #AAJEarlyAccess