There is no Accounting for Time
This article proposes that the Armed Forces account for people’s time in a new way. Instead of looking at years served it should look at...
Category : People and Leadership
A Captive Audience; Recruiting From Prison
This article argues that the British Armed Forces should recruit from the prison population. It would provide benefits for the individuals, the nation and the...
MAYDAY IN THE MAGELLAN – PART III What Caused the Flood?
Ten years ago, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Vessel HMS Endurance catastrophically flooded. Her main engine room filled to the deckhead within 30 minutes. Such...
Professional commentary in the public domain: advice from an occasional Naval dissident
I am a digital immigrant, despite having been taught basic computer programming at University in the 1970s and operating and managing combat data systems and...
Proposal: Armed Forces Officer Internships
The Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst said recently ‘there are a number of people with very good degrees out there, but what you...
Recruiting the Network Generation – A Viral Approach
Executive Summary The British Military are trying to recruit millennials, but they are already in the military, we need to look to recruiting the Network...
Wartime Sexual Violence: From Silence to Condemnation of a Weapon of War
The evolution of conflict-related sexual violence For as long as warfare has been waged, armed forces have weaponized sexual violence as punishment, incentive, and a...
Closing the Personnel Gap; Robin Hood and Sacred Cows
The British Armed Forces should scrap their current pension scheme and pay junior ranks 20% more. This article presents a cost neutral proposal....
In Defence of Crow Culture
Crow culture is an enduring feature of life in the British Army. When done properly, it develops individuals and enhances team cohesion. When done poorly,...
The Case for Innovation
In 2016 the announcement of the Defence Innovation Initiative by the Secretary of State for Defence placed renewed emphasis on innovation as a way of...
