Reader (Assoc Prof) in Security @PoLIS_Bath. @UKRI_News Future Leaders Fellow. CT. Warfare. Ex @RIrishRegiment @natopapress. Love good music + good rugby
Jun 1, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
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…
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”…
May 29, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
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... 1/92/9 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
Mar 8, 2022 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
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…
