Tag : training
Failing to Succeed – A Different Approach
The Armed Forces should have a different approach towards ’failure’ if they want to develop commanders and staff that are capable of understanding and solving...
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...
Does Professional Military Education Matter?
‘Education should implant a will and facility for learning. It should produce not learned but learning people. In times of change, learners inherit the earth...
Wavell Talks – Train Harder, Drop Loyalty and Hyper-elitism
Recorded at our second fringe event; this time at CHACR’s GAP conference in 2018....
Emotional Resilience: The Role of Social Media.
Soldiers are increasingly connected to the virtual world and it is degrading Operational Capability. Our soldiers’ social groupings and structure have been redefined; they are...
Attack of the Drones – Information Terror, Hot Takes & Hybrid Warfare
As of Boxing Day 2018, motivation and responsibility for the Gatwick Drone attacks are still both unknown. However, one thing is clear. On 19 December...
The Future British Airborne Force
“Show me a man who will jump out of an aeroplane and I will show you a man who will fight” [General James M....
Preparing for Free-Play Field Exercises: The Case for Decision-Forcing Cases
The pseudonymous ‘Steve B’ hits three nails squarely on their heads. In ‘A New Approach to Command Post Training,’ (Wavell Room, 10 July 2018) he...
Military Service: A Step in Life or a Profession for Life?
Differences between Officer training in Britain and Germany. Once selected by the Army Officer Selection Board, British cadets are trained on a Commissioning Course at...