Dr
Martin Andrew was conferred his Doctor of Philosophy in February 2009.
He was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force from February 1977 to
February 2005. His Air Force career was in the areas of education
and training, and included postings to the Australian Joint Warfare
Establishment and the Royal Australian Air Force Staff College. For the
period 1991 to 2003, he was in the Northern Territory, a highlight
being an International Military Liaison Officer in Darwin with the
Foreign National Support Elements for their deployed forces in East
Timor from November 1999 to July 2000. These included South
Korean, Irish and Jordanian Special Forces elements, and the Fijian
Defence Force amongst others.
In September 2008 his book, "How the
PLA Fights: Weapons and Tactics of the People’s Liberation Army",
was published by the United States Army’s TRADOC Intelligence Support
Activity (TRISA) for Threats. Their mission is to look at future
training needs and scenarios for the United States Army.
His monthly GI Zhou Newsletter
on the Chinese military, currently runs into eighty-six issues, since
2000, and is in use by a number of official United States Department of
Defense customers. Dr Andrew analyses, and, where necessary, translates
articles from over fifty Chinese language magazines yearly. His PhD
research project required extensive translation of Chinese and Russian
language materials.
Aside from the operational art of the People’s Liberation Army, he has
specialised in tactics of foreign military forces, from minor infantry
and close quarter battle tactics, up to brigade level. He has also
conducted research in the areas of:
- Insurgency in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore including the
outlying islands;
- The origins of Communist guerrilla warfare in urban and
rural areas,
- The origins of close quarter battle by William Ewart
Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in the International of Shanghai and
their influence on modern police and military tactics
- Terrorism;
- Intrastate and interstate conflict in Central Asia,
Chechnya and Dagestan, Georgia;
- Air power, including ballistic missile defence and
precision guided munitions;
- Weapons of mass destruction; and
- The effects of military weapons on the human body.
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