Don’t forget that episode 2 (day 3/4) of SAS: Who Dares Wins (which mimics the UK Special Forces Selection process) is on Channel 4 @ 21:00 (9pm). Only 20 of the original 30 contestants are still in, and I’m looking forward to Sam the Trainee Stuntman (who is ‘fitter’ than everyone else and going to… Read More
Research Paper Title Coping with Knowledge: Organizational Learning in the British Army? Abstract This article – based on data that employs interviews conducted with British Army personnel – adopts a social theory of learning in order to examine how both formal and informal learning systems have affected organisational learning within the Army in relation to… Read More
Just completed a 7-Miler TAB (loaded march) carrying 38 lb in 1 hr 15 min (ish). The time is approximate as I didn’t take a watch (I dropped the kids of at 0800/0805 and was back in the house slightly before 0915). Mainly undulating terrain, running on pavement. Physically my body was up for the… Read More
Research Paper Title Comparison of Women’s Policies in Six International Navies. Background The present study compares policies, programmes, and practices relating to women in six international navies. Navies from the following nations are included: the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Methods Information is drawn from answers by representatives of the six international… Read More
I have just uploaded a new webpage ‘PNCO CLM Training‘ which is part of the British Army’s Command, Leadership and Training (CLM) range of programmes. This article provides a brief background, delivery and outline of course content.
Research Paper Title Colonial Volunteerism and Recruitment in the British Empire during the Great War. Abstract The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War seemed a timely occasion on which to call a meeting of leading international scholars to conduct a critical investigation into some lesser-known aspects of the relationship between the conflict and the British Empire.… Read More
Research Paper Title Hydrogel Fibers: Chinese-Noodle-Inspired Muscle Myofiber Fabrication. Outline The researchers successfully fabricated cell-laden hydrogel fibers using a simple, facile, high-throughput, and mechanical-based method, inspired by fabrication process of Chinese noodles. Muscle myotubes are generated in 3D hydrogel fibers under mechanical strain. Such an approach holds the potential to create functional tissue constructs and help… Read More
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