Is Autonomy the End of the Naval Warfare Officer
The end of the Warfare Officer? In a rain-beaten marina on a rugged coastline, near a nameless village more familiar with fishing than fleet operations,...
Tag : Royal Navy
Thinking Sailors: Re-imagining Staff Training and Postgraduate Education for the Royal Navy
Introduction There can be few employers who offer such a wide array of postgraduate training opportunities as the Royal Navy. Postgraduate degrees, fellowships and staff...
Lt Cdr Hooper Prize – First Place
First Prize Winner ET(ME) Joseph Hardiman, Disposal and Reserve Ships Organisation It is more than 40 years since the Falklands conflict. Evaluate the challenges the...
The Utility of Reserve: The Royal Navy and the Maritime Reserve.
“The Reservist is twice the citizen” – Winston Churchill Genesis The Royal Navy (RN) has the Maritime Reserve (MR), a 1* led Fighting Arm (FA),...
The Strategic Utility of Raiding
What role does amphibious raiding play in British defence strategy? What historical precedents can we draw upon for today’s Commando forces? The strategic utility of...
“TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD…” Scale, Reach or Capability.
At the start of 2018, I wrote an editorial for my newsletter, Defence Analysis. Being one’s own boss is good, as you can indulge yourself...
Falklands 40: A Corbettian re-assessment
It is forty years since British forces liberated the Falkland Islands and their dependencies from Argentine occupation. What is difficult to comprehend is that today...
Changing Course? Reconsidering the Education for Seapower Strategy
A New Beginning for PME? Just six months after the release of the heralded Education for Seapower Strategy, the United States Navy (USN) was labelled...
From Trafalgar to Jutland: The Atrophy of a Great Naval Power
The embarrassing failure of the Royal Navy to destroy the smaller and less-experienced Imperial German Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 was caused...
International Women’s Day 2021 – Wavell Room #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 seeks to inculcate a global challenge culture and raise awareness of the problems that still exist for women. In Defence,...