1/ I remember asking a mate who’d just got back from intense combat in Helmand ‘06 what his “biggest lesson was?” I was expecting a tactical answer…

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2/ like “in an L-Shaped ambush do this. On a hot LZ do this”. He simply looked me in straight in the eye and said “don’t let your blokes lose their humanity”…

Let's try that again! I’ve been asked recently on news channels for my thoughts on the coming Ukraine counter-offensive, so here goes on this... 1/9 2/9 Shape, fix, probe, strike. We’ve had the first three, expect some more as violence increases, then concentration on Id’d weak points + reinforce success. Remember these western tanks can outmatch Russia’s - we’ll see how they perform against their anti-tank wpns

The role of Stingers, Javelins, logistics, + information in #UkraineWar rightfully in the spotlight, but to my mind its cohesion + morale, + the difficulty assessing these human factors that has impacted this war the most so far. A🧵on morale, cohesion + int sec outcomes… 1/5 First up there are imp nuances between morale + cohesion. Morale = “A psychological state of mind, characterised by a sense of well-being based on confidence in the self and in primary groups”… it is the will to fight 2/15 scribd.com/document/44383…