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Adventurous Training During the Spectrum of Service

This article discusses the value of adventurous training and the trial of Ex BATTLEBACK.

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Soldiers conduct live-fire training serial.

Wargaming PME Session: Setting up & Tips

This demonstration video on War Gaming explains the basics on how to set up for the War Game. It provides some basic guidance from an experienced tactician on why we take certain actions during the War Game, and how we can best prepare ourselves and the space we are using before conducting one.

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Rehearsal of Concept Demo

A video demonstration of a Rehearsal of Concept Drill

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Ethical Challenges: A Personal Reflection by Colonel Ian Langford

This 30 minute video presented by Colonel Ian Langford contains a personal reflection on the ethical challenges he has faced whilst serving. The video was recorded is part of the University of New South Wales: Canberra series of talks from the 'Ethics under Fire: Issues and Challenges from Contemporary Conflict for the Australian Army' conference.

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A butterfly on an Afghani soldiers arm.

Building an Ethical Backbone for the Armies of the 21st Century

This paper 'Soldiers, Squadrons and Strategists: Building an Ethical Backbone for the Armies of the 21st Century' by Tom McDermott forms part of the Occasional Paper Series from the University of New South Wales: Canberra. The essay discusses the likely ethical challenges that will be faced by Western militaries in the future.

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An Iraqi Army Air Corps EC635 helicopter.

'Ghosts of Abu Ghraib'

This harrowing documentary presented on YouTube by HBO is frequently used as a military ethics case study in training institutions and professional development sessions. The documentary examines the abuse, torture, and murder of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of U.S. military police in 2003.

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Book cover of 'On the Psychology of Military Incompetence'.

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence

Dr Norman Dixon, MBE is the author of ‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’. A well known book which analyses military incompetence through numerous case studies and historical examples.

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Leadership in the Profession of Arms

This paper by Sean Hannah from the Centre for the Army Profession & Ethic, outlines the unique causations and contingencies influencing leadership in military contexts. He defines what constitutes a Profession of Arms (internal context) and the combat operating environment (external context).

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The Psychology of Evil by Philip Zimbardo

'The Psychology of Evil' by Philip Zimbardo is presented as part of the TED Talk series. Known for his work on the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, Phillip has direct experience with observing how easy it is for "nice people to turn bad".

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A paratrooper with the Canadian flag.

Leadership in the Canadian Forces

This manual provides a unified doctrinal basis for all Officer and Non-commissioned Officer leadership training and education in the Canadian Armed Forces. It also constitutes essential guidance for leadership practice at all levels.

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