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Joined February 2017

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Jun 22, 2022
New French Army approach to war “[the French army] in contrast with the British developed a relatively clear vision of how it wants to fight in future wars to make the best use of the mass it has.” @MichaelShurkin teaches us about #French warfare. buff.ly/3xJoljp
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Apr 16, 2023
"The final, practical and mundane reason why T-14 Armata will not become a production tank is because there is no assembly line. All models to date have been assembled by hand" buff.ly/3ZyqXg8
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Mar 8, 2020
Good Morning! Here's NASA astronaut Christina Koch returning home from a record breaking 328 days in space. It's also International Women's Day. Please be as grateful and as excited as this dog for all the fierce women in your life today. #IWD2020
Christina H Koch
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Feb 13, 2020
Not sure who was more excited. Glad she remembers me after a year!
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May 14, 2023
"The final, practical and mundane reason why T-14 Armata will not become a production tank is because there is no assembly line. All models to date have been assembled by hand" buff.ly/3nzqXiZ
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Mar 17, 2023
NEW: "Much of our working day appears to be mired in process and fighting off bureaucracy...commanders feel held back from investing time in learning and practising how to fight better by the very organisation which wants them to fight better" buff.ly/3FlGjx1
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Aug 31, 2022
NEW: It is official - Britain has an army with more horses than tanks. "There were 200 horses on the parade. There are 168 Challenger 2 tanks in regular service." Is this a huge problem? buff.ly/3RgrUpz
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Feb 12, 2021
❗️❕NEW❗️❕ ”Until leaders turn their backs on buzzword-laden homilies that are an inspiration to no man and, instead, find some respect for a skill mastered by few but instinctively admired by many … we will carry on shooting ourselves in the foot”
It is time to kill our darlings
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Dec 15, 2022
NEW: #Trenchwarfare in Bakhmut. how are #Wagner fighting. These are costly infantry attacks in the style of World War I. The all arms assault familiar to a British soldier is rarely witnessed. @thinkdefence @FTusa284 @SpencerGuard buff.ly/3FvkUAW
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Jan 30, 2023
"And as many as 534 tanks have been captured as ‘trophy tanks’, including fourteen T-90 series vehicles now in service with the Ukrainian Army." buff.ly/3wCn9yk
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Apr 28, 2020
New: late as well: sorry! wavellroom.com/2020/04/16/on-…
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Dec 16, 2018
Mayday in Magellan; Leadership Lessons on flooded HMS ENDURANCE wavellroom.com/2018/12/16/may…
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Jan 18, 2023
NEW: "The most extreme massive use of armour was near the Lysychansky Oil Refinery. There they went in battalions for an assault. Tanks, BMP. A lot burned." buff.ly/3VK0El4
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Oct 6, 2018
Proud to announce that we’ve just taken on @RoyalNavy & @RoyalAirForce editors to make our content more #Joint and authoritative. This Oct we will publishing a series of maritime focused articles to celebrate our broadening focus. Better #Joint & #Together
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May 15, 2023
"The hope that removing Putin from office may offer resolution (how and with whom?) may be misplaced. The Russian president is representative not atypical of Russian culture" buff.ly/3pdKu94
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