Professional Military Education
Learn the lessons of doctrine, leadership, strategy and tactics by breaking down the great battles of history and studying them through the principles of war.
Professional Military Education with 30 minute podcasts.
We look at military history through the lens of the principles of war and current doctrine to better understanding tactics and strategy, terrain and leadership.
This is Part II of our interview with LT COL Harry Smith, the OC of Delta Coy / 6 RAR at the Battle of Long Tan. If you missed the first episode, check it out here. 6 RAR deployed to Vietnam twice, the first time being from June 1966 till June 1967. The decision to increase […]
This is Part I of our interview with LT COL Harry Smith, the OC of Delta Coy / 6 RAR at the Battle of Long Tan. Harry Smith discusses his early Army career, from joining the Army in 1952 as a National Servicemen, through to his deployment to Malaya and his posting 2 Coy. Harry […]
We continue to look at the genesis of Royal Navy Mission Command with Lord Horatio Nelson. The Battle of Cape St Vincent is his first famous disobediences, using his understanding of the situation, specific the view he has of how the battle is unfolding at the rear of the line and disobeys orders in order […]
This is Part II of our look at Lord Horatio Nelson and the practice of Mission Command. Check out episode 1 of our Nelson and Mission Command series. Check out the Part III of our Nelson and Mission Command series for the battle maps that illustrate just how he manoeuvred HMS Captain. The Battle of […]
Lord Horatio Nelson’s command philosophy had many elements of Mission Command – we look for lessons for Leaders about how he lead his men and how it helped him generate the victories that he won.