Air and Space Power Conference 2024 Panel Moderator
Resilience to Enable Air and Space Operations
Group Captain Jo Brick
Director Strategic Issues Management
Group Captain Brick studied law at the University of Technology, Sydney, and is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. She joined the Air Force through the undergraduate sponsorship scheme in 1997. Previous postings include Staff Officer Legal to the Chief of Defence Force, and Legal Advisor to Chief of Air Force. She was also previously Directing Staff on the Australian Command & Staff Course at the Australian War College, and the Chief of Staff, Australian Defence College.
Group Captain Brick’s operational deployments include Operation Catalyst (Iraq), Operation Slipper (Afghanistan) and Operation Amulet (domestic security). She also deployed on Operation Okra as the Legal Advisor to the Commander of the Australian Air Task Group.
Group Captain Brick has a keen interest in international relations, military strategy, and the laws of war. She holds a Master of Laws (Australian National University) and a Master of International Security Studies (Deakin University). She is a graduate of the Australian Command & Staff College and completed a Masters (Advanced) in Military and Defence Studies (Honours) through the Australian National University. Group Captain Brick recently concluded her appointment as a Non-Resident Fellow of the Krulak Center, United States Marine Corps. In 2023, she completed the Higher Command & Staff Course at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
Group Captain Brick was previously a member of the editing team for the blogs: The Strategy Bridge, and The Central Blue. She is also a writer and a published author who has contributed chapters to books published in the United States: Redefining the Modern Military (US Naval Institute Press, 2018), On Strategy: A Primer (US Army University Press, 2020) and To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond (October 2021), Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse (October 2023).