20.06.2023. SEASON 1 / EPISODE 9.
Combat, Training and Culture
Different cultures conduct military training and education in very different ways. The Israeli Defence Force might be the gold standard for a mantra of ‘Train Hard, Fight Easy’: the US Navy during the interwar period experimented with carrier air power to such an extent that it had a mature operating model by the 1940s (one that was instrumental in the outcome of WWII). This culture is not only evident in live military exercises, it is also reinforced by the behaviours during them.
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SEASON 1 / EP.Trailer
Trailer episode: Why now and why is this an important conversation?
Military training budgets are getting hot in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Holding big live exercises is expensive....
SEASON 1 / EP.1
Training for lethality, readiness and deterrence
Former UK Chief of Defence Staff General David Richards talks to Peter Roberts about how important training is in...
SEASON 1 / EP.2
Simulation has changed military training. A lot.
When militaries started using simulators back in the 1930s, live training remained the priority. Things have reversed...
SEASON 1 / EP.3
First learn, then train, then fight
You can train a military as much as you want, but if you are not training the right skills for the coming fight, it is...
SEASON 1 / EP.4
Whither the intellectual renaissance in education and training?
After their experience in Vietnam, the US military actively pursued thinking about warfare in different ways – and...
SEASON 1 / EP.5
What could the military learn from civil teaching and training?
Teacher training includes education processes, systems, human behaviours and methods of engagement with students. That...
SEASON 1 / EP.6
Money, exercises and simulation
Peter talks to Professor Jim Storr about the use of simulators in the British military since the 1980s. Why and how...
SEASON 1 / EP.7
Military training, Primes and SMEs
As simulators have taken an increasingly prominent role in military training since the 1980s, their complexity – and...
SEASON 1 / EP.8
Credibility is about training people not buying equipment
The capability of a military force is often measured by the equipment it operates. If a cursory examination of combat...
SEASON 1 / EP.10
Harder than your worst day in combat
The best training many of us experienced has always taken us outside of our comfort zone. For military forces this is...
SEASON 1 / EP.13
Fighting and Debating
Good wartime commanders are very different to those who excel in peace. How do we educate and train people for both...
SEASON 1 / EP.14
Best Tank on the Battlefield?
The best tank on the battlefield is determined by the best crew inside it, not the best...
SEASON 1 / EP.15
So What Did We Learn?
This first series of this podcast on military training has taken us from World War One to modern day combat operations,...
SEASON 2 / EP.1
Naval Training: Putting People First
For decades, navies have crewed the ship ‘cos the ship fights (the people – apparently – didn’t). According to...
SEASON 2 / EP.2
Can Partnering Work in Military Training?
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SEASON 2 / EP.3
Combat Engineers – trained to fix stuff under fire
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SEASON 2 / EP.4
The Captain’s Warfare Course
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SEASON 2 / EP.5
The Engine
Everyone seems to be talking about technology as the engine of future training but sometimes that drives a conversation...
SEASON 2 / EP.6
CWC: Learning and Development
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SEASON 2 / EP.7
Military Training: What Needs to Change?
In 2023, a report by the Royal United Services Institute on military training didn't make headlines. And that's a shame...
SEASON 2 / EP.9
CWC – The Directing Staff
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SEASON 2 / EP.11
The Grizz
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SEASON 2 / EP.12
CWC – The Graduates
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SEASON 2 / EP.13
The British Army Land Training System
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SEASON 2 / EP.14
How will this feel different?
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