A great article that gives weight to research from @Jack_Watling and others on the true role of FPVs etc as an adjunct to - not replacement of - conventional arty, mortars etc on the battlefields of Ukraine.

@RUSI_org And remember *why* you're landing:. It's the opening phase in a *land* campaign. A means to an end. Not an end in itself. Which means the requirement is set by the *follow-on* force, not the *entry* force. Which means. The Army. Not the Navy & it's fighting branches.

@RUSI_org Zealots who said "it's too hard to do Normandy '44". Guess what?. You *always* want to land at "and unprotected spot". Even Normandy was *comparatively* unprotected Vis a Vis Pas de Calais. And if you can't. you use overmatch of mass and fires.

@RUSI_org The most frustrating thing is the amount of time, effort and resource expended on trying to find a solution to a problem that - by and large - was only an evolution in the character of amphib warfare. It's nature *never* changed. No matter what the FCF zealots say.

Oh no. If *only* someone had been talking about this at some point in the last *4* years. Oh, wait. That was me. Repeatedly. Via @RUSI_org.

Jary summed up the difference between the serious soldier, and the play-acting "warrior". The prevalence of crossed tomahawk & skull motifs in unofficial unit flags & "warfighting" persona etc are a symptom of "ally-ness"; the cult of the "SF" soldier, not quiet professional.

My latest for noduffdispatches:. "Page Turners & Turned Off Phones. or how I ditched the feed and found a plot". A slightly irreverent take on why I read, how it's good for my MH, and the joys (?) of PhD'ing.

Timeline cleanse. New post from TravelsofClones - Young Adventures on Middle Earth. This time, it's Brittany. Woodpiles, campcraft, and molluscs. What's not to like?. Oh, and a goodly helping of suspicious looking sausages.

Decided to catch up on some PhD writing (having not been able to do any for a month or so) this afternoon. 1203 considered, fully referenced, words done this far! Boom!

Thought I would put some stuff down on paper.

Anybody else put there with cPTSD find themselves rehashing micro-conversations around events *years* later?. No? Just me?

Drawing stumps for today.

I have been saying this for *years*. If you have to define yourself by a made-up word with no synonym or antonym, you're not a serious military professional. Or professional military.

A little something I wrote for @ConGeostrategy a little while back. I wonder how much of this is recognised in today's SDR release?.

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I am a hugely interested in what the Australians are doing to forge a coherent Joint doctrine, and the Army are actively pursuing a littoral role with all that entails. We could learn a huge amount - both intra- and inter-Service, and internationally.

But, according to RN/RM doctrine, this is not "amphibious".

I may be absent for some time.

A tongue-in-cheek talk that I presented @RUSI_org NATO75 Conference last year (my bad on the delay!) posted via @wavellroom. TL:DR: It's time to stop treating people as assets/a function; give them thinking space; and invest in their wellbeing.