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Defence Mastery
Joint Operations in the 21st Century
This presentation from the former Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, outlines the senior leadership vision and joint operations out to 2030.
> 30 mins
Australian Army soldier overseeing Ukrainian trainees.
Defence Mastery
The Operational Level of War and the Operational Art
In this article, via Defence-In-Depth, Kings College London, two historians Dr Huw Davies and Dr Robert Foley, outline the relevance of the operational art and operational level of war concept to the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and the Second World War.
< 5 mins
United States Army paratroopers.
Defence Mastery
Levels of War
This document via the United States Air Force College provides a concise 1 1/2 page explanation of each of the levels and how they relate to one another.
< 5 mins
Defence Mastery
What is Operational Art (Keeping it Simple?)
In less than a page encyclopedia.com breaks it down for us, explaining that operational art forms a bridge between strategy, defining the political aims of a war, and tactics, fighting the battles of a war.
< 5 mins
A Royal Canadian Air Force member and Australian Army member.
Defence Mastery
Operational Art from a Canadian Perspective
The book 'The Operational Art: Canadian perspectives: Context and Concepts', edited by Allan English, Daniel Gosselin, Howard Coombs and Laurence Hickey contains a number of essays that are designed to make a contribution to professional military education.
< 5 mins
Defence Mastery
Technical Mastery
Are 'Warbots' Changing the Future of Warfare?
This article by Brian Michelson via The Strategy Bridge discusses the idea that we are relatively accepting of warbots in roles such as reconnaissance, selective strike and logistics support, however there remains a level of discomfort with incorporating warbots into primary combat roles.
< 5 mins
Combat Team Charlie from Battle Group Ram prepare for a simulated night raid in Abergowrie.
Defence Mastery
How Do We Learn from the Past?
This video titled 'How do we learn from the past?' is from the 'What is War Today?' series of panel discussions presented by the University of Cambridge. The panel discussion is chaired by Professor Sir Hew Strachan who is featured across a number of our #BreakIn subjects. 
> 30 mins
Lt. Gen James Mattis speaking.
Defence Mastery
General Mattis on Professional Reading and the Study of Military History
Here via Business Insider Australia we share an email General Mattis wrote in 2003 on the importance of reading (note: copies of the same email are provided by multiple online sources).
< 5 mins
A geographical world map.
Defence Mastery
World Battleground
Watch this time lapse video 'World Battleground: 1000 years of war in 5 minutes' by Kolomaire via YouTube.
< 5 mins
Just after dawn men of the Highland Division are up to their waists in water unloading stores from landing craft tanks. Meanwhile beach roads are being prepared for heavy and light traffic during dawn of the opening day of the invasion of Sicily.
Defence Mastery
Strategy, Theory and History
This article titled ‘Strategy, Theory and History’ by Dr Christian Tripodi via Defence-in-Depth, discusses how a particular experience changed his approach. He moved from not wanting to be labeled as a military historian for fear of producing unoriginal and derivative work, to embracing the label.
< 15 mins