Resupply Reduction — Water
Continuing the supply reduction series, this one is about water. To restate, the exam question is: How can we reduce the frequency of resupply for small units when deployed? Water…
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Resupply Reduction — Introduction
This series began with a discussion about the necessity to minimise resupply vehicle movements between echelons, considering the potential prevalence of FPVs and UAS on a modern battlefield. Personnel in…
Leadership and Retention — Part 2
There seems to be something wrong with (some of) our Captain’s today Recent years have seen a number of Royal Navy Commanding Officers removed from their posts. In May 2019,…
Leadership and Retention — Part 1
Leadership and Retention — and where we have gone wrong A two part series on leadership and retention, the first one from Dom Dom is a co-founder of Shipwrekt podcast,…
Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Conclusions
In this final part of the Replacing the Quad Bike ATV series, I am going to start with a few questions. Questions Do we need to replace the existing quad…
Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Trailers
Trailers, storage, and stowage are essential parts of any quad bike ATV replacement and as an integrated solution, they should ideally be acquired jointly under a single programme. Quad bikes…
Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Options
Continuing the series, this post casts a wide net and examines a range of options, all available off the shelf. They are split into two groups, those that fit within…
Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Requirements
The in-service Yamaha Grizzly quad bike ATVs have provided solid service for many years, but spares are increasingly difficult to obtain, and they might need replacing soon. In UK terminology,…