The Thinking Soldier: Why Intellectual Curiosity Belongs In Your Belt Kit
“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its...
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Restructuring the British Army: A Two-Division Model
The British Army faces a pivotal moment as it navigates the evolving demands of modern warfare within the framework of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR)...
Marching Below Critical Mass
As a defence capability, the British Army is in trouble. How did this happen and what change should happen? The British Army’s regular force now...
The Integration of Women in the British Army
It was not until 2018 that the British Defence Secretary announced that all roles in the Army were open to women. Unfortunately, the prevailing culture...
AI on the Battlefield: Lessons from Ukraine
In the first phase of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the focus was on hardware – the natural reflex being to counter mass with more mass. Ukraine...
Army Future Operating Concept
In this episode, the Wavell Room speaks to Lt Col Gordon Muir about the Army’s future Operating Concept. It’s been over a decade since the...
Why ‘Good Enough’ Isn’t Good Enough: Abandoning Time-Based Promotions
“It is what it is” is one of the most harmful sayings in the British Army’s lexicon. Accompanied with a shrug of the shoulders and...
Fail to train or train to fail
Introduction The British Army’s inability to train at scale seriously challenges the credibility of 3(UK) Division as the Army’s ‘warfighting’ division. If we were asked...
More range or more Rangers – the fight for the future of the British Army.
In 2015 the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, stated that the British Army had ‘bent [itself] significantly out of shape from...
A Question of Value: The British Army and the UK
On 17 May 21, the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces held a meeting to discuss the recently released report by the Oxford...