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Tom McDermott

Tom McDermott is a serving Australian Army Officer and a student of strategy and military ethics. You can follow him on Twitter via the handle @helmandproject.

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LES

Reflections on Command

Lieutenant Colonel Tom McDermott provides 12 reflections on his time in command.

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ASW

Tactical Spurs Part 2: Finding the Reward in Risk

Army Risk Management theory has the tools to exploit tactical risk, but this article argues Army does not use them as effectively as it could.

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Tom McDermott

ASW

Tactical Spurs Part 1: Making Plans to Fight Battles

Former director of the Cove, Tom McDermott give us some insight into what he has learnt about battle planning.

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Tom McDermott

OPP

Strategic Scripts, Accelerated Warfare, and One Hundred Words for the Australian Army

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Tom McDermott

AST

What's with the Intellectual Edge?

This article describes the why and how of the development of Army's PME Strategy

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Tom McDermott

AST

Evolving an Intellectual Edge: Professional Military Education for the Australian Army

The Professional Military Education Strategy lays out the argument for an intellectual edge, and then directs the ends, ways and means that will be used to achieve it.

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Tom McDermott

LES

We Need to Talk About Marine A

This article via the University of New South Wales, author Tom McDermott discusses the Case of John Blackman (Marine A). He not only provides a case study, but also a number of legal, tactical and cultural questions for you and your colleagues to discuss and consider.

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Tom McDermott

OPP

The Secret to a Blister Free Foot March

In this link via 'The Military Leader' we get some good advice on how to prepare your feet for those hard days on the march.

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Tom McDermott

ASW

Case Method: the Battle of COP Keating, Afghanistan (9 x FF KIA, 32 x FF WIA, 150 x INS casualties) via JTCOIC

The Cove believes that the lessons of recent ops are key to improving for the future. This is why we push the 'case method' project, where we present real-life combat experiences, and then seek reflection through a series of focused questions.

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Tom McDermott

ASW

Reality of War - Convoy Drills and SVBIED Attacks

This video, via @bjoernstritzel, shows an Islamic State suicide bomber targeting an Iraqi Army convoy with a vehicle bourne improvised explosive device.

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