Russian forces must retreat from the Dnipro before winter – or face defeat
On 9 February 2017, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, a member of the Expedition 50 crew, captured a winter landscape image from the International...
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Falklands 40: 5 Infantry Brigade and the peril of ‘ad-hoccery’
If there is one, stand-out moment that captures the British experience of the Falklands conflict, it is the loss of Sir Galahad and the horrendous...
Falklands 40: The Question of Command
One of the great contentions during the conflict, and something that surfaced in the recent Channel 4 documentary, was the chain of command established by...
The Integrated Operating Concept Isn’t Very Good
The Integrated Operating Concept 2025 (IOpC 25) is supposed to guide the UK armed forces for the years ahead starting in 2025. As a concept, however,...
The Integrated Operating Concept
In September 2020 the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) launched The Integrated Operating Concept 2025 (IOpC). IOpC...
Op Ed: Defence should train more for MACA
This opinion piece argues that Defence needs to re-assess their enduring view of military aid to the civil authority (MACA) tasks and conduct more training...
Company Command – Tea, Toast and Tactics with Ash
Grab a cup of tea, pop some toast on and get ready to get talk tactics with us. We know you love reading about strategy,...
Women in Ground Close Combat: An opportunity
Recently an essay was published on this forum titled “Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat“. The central argument seems to be that women are physically...
Stabilisation 2.0? Insights from the Somali and African Union operations in Lower Shabelle
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is the organization’s longest, largest, most expensive and most deadly peace operation....
“Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?”
Risk, Opportunity, Autonomy & ‘Child Soldiers’ in the British Army The Guardian Newspaper has again called for a ban on the recruitment of children by...