The C.R. Boxer Affair: Heroes, Traitors, and the Manchester Guardian
Heroes come cheap these days. The word is used so promiscuously for well-paid sports stars and…
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The focus on distributed operations – Maritime DO, the USMC EABOs, and the Air Force agile…
Read More »A Vision of Contemporary Brazil
The book Kenneth Maxwell on Global Trends – an historian of the 18th century looks at…
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On. 6 October 2001, Kenneth Maxwell published a piece on Afghanistan on a Brazilian website, which…
Read More »MAWTS-1 and Innovation
We are publishing our book on MAWTS-1 later this year. This is my introduction to the…
Read More »Recovery of MH-60S Seahawk: The CH-53K Does the Heavy Lifting
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), U.S.…
Read More »The April 2024 Seminar: The Multi-domain Requirements of an Australian Maritime Strategy
A maritime strategy considers more than naval operations. It details the ends, ways, and means necessary…
Read More »How to Acquire Submarines for the Royal Australian Navy: Shaping an Effective Path
In a recent article for The Strategist I painted a depressing picture of the UK’s submarine capability—a force undercapitalised, with…
Read More »USMC Transformation Path: A Discussion with LtGen Heckl
Recently, I met with LtGen Heckl in his office at Quantico. I have known him for…
Read More »Distributed Operations, C2 and the Challenges: The Elephants in the Room
Recently, the 17th annual Mobile Deployable Communications Conference was held from the 24th to the 25th…
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