Category : Short Read
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UK Fight Club: Iron Sharpens Iron
Using simulations for military training is as old as war itself. Romans drilled with wooden weapons. The Prussians led the world on the use of...
The psychology of artillery effectiveness
Fire Support: Doctrine and digits After thirty years focused on small wars and smart munitions, the Army looks set to update its gun park. The...
Communicate to Innovate – Positive Change in the Fire Service
Meaningful verbal communication is a rare art these days, a form of listening that we have somehow managed to devalue. In a world that sees progress...
#WavellReviews When The Tempest Gathers by Andrew Milburn
This book should be taken as a serious work, and added to your ‘must have’ lists, to be read alongside McFate’s Goliath and Kilcullen’s The...
PME, Defence and the need for Reform
Professional Military Education makes more of a strategic contribution to UK Defence than is commonly realised. Due to an historic lack of direction at the...
What is PME Anyway?
A rose by any other name: Professional Military Education (PME) has become increasingly salient in UK Defence thinking in recent years. It is also big...
The Benefits of Service Life on Young People: Why school leavers should join the Armed Forces
Levi discusses the benefits of service life to young people and how it can be life changing for some school leavers....
The UK’s Defence in the Pacific, or Lack Thereof?
Tensions are flaring up between the UK and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over Chinese intervention into Hong Kong with the recent introduction of...
Second Order Sexism?
I have a confession. I tweet. A lot. I tweet about dogs. I tweet about baking. I tweet about Defence. Worst of all, in some people’s eyes, I do it from...