Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Mission Command

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  1. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    25:55Task forces need officers who can act alone and togetherNotable Point
  2. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:02:39Japanese captains carried initiative under a senior-heavy command systemNotable Point
  3. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:05:18Japanese attrition groups needed independence and radio silenceNotable Point
  4. The Leadership of Santa & The Trauma of 12 Days of Christmas
    4:50Objectives, purpose, and delegated commandNotable Point
  5. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    11:00Why troops need political context in the fieldQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    4:46:12A comparison of British and German tactical flexibilityNotable Point
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:19:39Why the Royal Navy relied on objective commandQ&A
  8. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    40:15Team leadership and many simple plansChapter
  9. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    26:05Nelson and Collingwood turn friendship into command methodNotable Point
  10. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:35:12What Ukraine suggests about preparing navies for high-intensity warQ&A
  11. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    1:15:57When Camperdown's signal book gave way to mission commandNotable Point
  12. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    1:08:26King put the Atlantic Fleet on a war footingChapter
  13. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    5:19Was Nelson's leadership based on trust or personal ability?Q&A
  14. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    54:23Nelson prepares captains to act after signals failChapter
  15. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    1:45:58Foley finds the gap inside the French lineChapter
  16. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    47:02Operation MI versus Cunningham's Operation MB8Chapter
  17. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:16:53Command complexity made Japanese radio silence brittleChapter
  18. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:55:55Spruance launches without waiting for perfectionChapter
  19. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:03:12Concentration as a command-and-control solutionChapter
  20. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    0:31Vian's calculated aggression and command philosophyChapter
  21. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:23:03Second Sirte paired distributed command with a painful convoy outcomeChapter
  22. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:30:45Keeping command present without stifling subordinate initiativeNotable Point
  23. A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin
    1:10:39Regional fleets were trapped by centralized controlChapter
  24. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    33:17George Tryon's loss made subordinate judgment essentialNotable Point
  25. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    16:07George Tryon and the case for thinking officersChapter
  26. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    21:15HMS Victoria and the cost of unthinking obedienceNotable Point
  27. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    42:40Walker and the captain's three command problemsChapter
  28. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    45:13A captain's command problems are interconnectedNotable Point
  29. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:03:15An admiral commands captains, not puppetsNotable Point
  30. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    45:46Authority, rescue volunteers, and the missing heavy response teamChapter
  31. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    1:31:38Command intent for teams beyond communication and resupplyChapter
  32. What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?
    39:09Why Japanese submarines might not stop the sortieNotable Point
  33. Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...
    5:03The cost of removing a prepared mission commanderNotable Point
  34. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:23:53Rodney breaks escort to intercept BismarckChapter
  35. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:52:07Naval Secretary and the Navy's senior cultureChapter
  36. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    1:01:49Nelson's initiative and Jervis's command climateNotable Point
  37. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    1:18:22Perry trusts Saratoga to operate independentlyChapter
  38. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    4:15:26Farragut's leadership: detail, support, and calculated riskNotable Point
  39. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    0:00The Battle of the Barents Sea as a leadership testChapter
  40. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    23:46Strategic leadership fails when it becomes tactical micromanagementChapter
  41. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    1:52:43The battle's leadership lesson: set objectives people can achieveChapter
  42. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:05:39Controlled aggression as the British advantageNotable Point
  43. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:06:00The command tradeoff behind British radio silenceNotable Point
  44. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:49:02What makes a good naval leader?Q&A
  45. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:56:48Mahan and Sims made trust the center of leadershipChapter
  46. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:59:30Sims taught future junior officers how to exercise initiativeNotable Point
  47. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    1:11:23Unconventional commanders turn known ships into capabilityNotable Point
  48. Chattanooga Campaign of 1863
    2:25:50At Missionary Ridge, indecision became the deadliest choiceNotable Point
  49. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    1:35:34Swedish national service, delegated command, and Norwegian rearmamentNotable Point
  50. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    24:19The Venator as a carrier built on delegated trustChapter
  51. Battle of Blackett Strait
    22:09Blackett Strait was secondary to the bombardment missionChapter
  52. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:21:47American bombardment raids become a repeatable systemChapter
  53. Battle of Blackett Strait
    1:35:49Merrill and Halsey bring aggressive, adaptive commandChapter
  54. Battle of Blackett Strait
    2:33:45Merrill treats uncertain contact as a threat without abandoning the missionNotable Point
  55. Battle of Blackett Strait
    3:31:17Blackett Strait demonstrates quiet operational professionalismNotable Point
  56. HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 9
    44:44Tryon, HMS Victoria, and independent command judgementNotable Point
  57. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    2:09:49Why large commands cannot brief every subordinate on everythingQ&A
  58. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    55:43Singapore, command structure, and wartime decisionsNotable Point
  59. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:49:27Cradock's intentions and the missing DefenceChapter
  60. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    34:47A warship cannot always escape through hyperspaceQ&A
  61. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:54:58Local initiative rescued hard-pressed Allied shipsChapter
  62. Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina
    30:25Giuseppe Garibaldi, national identity, and ObediscoNotable Point
  63. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    38:10Pacocha and the difference between survival and victoryQ&A
  64. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    7:43Norway needs a practiced armed neutralityChapter
  65. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    43:16When better communications slow commandNotable Point
  66. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    24:29Tanaka questions the risk to his destroyersNotable Point
  67. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    32:58Wright's rule-bound style meets a fluid night battleNotable Point
  68. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:10:20Captain-level initiative was the last defence against torpedoesNotable Point
  69. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:19:57Why American strengths created a night-fighting dilemmaNotable Point
  70. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    1:09:35HMS Africa and independent commandNotable Point
  71. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    5:55Constructive challenge in a rigid command cultureNotable Point
  72. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    50:04The TA system and safe maneuveringNotable Point
  73. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    54:59The six-cables turning orderChapter
  74. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:00:34Tryon's signaling method and Markham's delayChapter
  75. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:16:31Court martial and command responsibilityChapter
  76. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:27:32The verdict's conflict between obedience and initiativeNotable Point
  77. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:30:41Majestic-class survivability and career consequencesNotable Point
  78. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:34:43Jellicoe, Victoria, and Grand Fleet commandNotable Point
  79. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:35:33A TA culture at Dogger BankNotable Point
  80. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:40:31Why Victoria discredited the TA systemNotable Point
  81. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:52:51How the Royal Navy temporarily searched the wrong way for BismarckChapter
  82. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    2:10:54Mission command existed before navies named itQ&A
  83. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:05:17George Tryon's initiative system ended in obedient catastropheNotable Point
  84. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    1:12:25Return to Haven treats reconnaissance as a mission objectiveChapter
  85. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    4:30:17Ancient empires may be better models for interstellar ruleQ&A
  86. Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)
    42:43Coastal maneuver keeps the fleet inside the land battleNotable Point
  87. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:50:11Nelson's failures as part of his command recordChapter
  88. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:56:40Why command culture must allow decisionsNotable Point
  89. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    2:15:06Flexible command includes knowing when to obeyQ&A
  90. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 3
    21:33Radar, restraint, and the convoy-first missionNotable Point
  91. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    40:42Hornby's mission command after the go orderNotable Point
  92. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:42:56Why distant naval commanders still need delegated authorityQ&A
  93. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:08:04Japanese command culture was not mechanically rigidQ&A
  94. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:50:08Honor in defeat versus the duty to preserve crewsQ&A
  95. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    35:23How Cossack coordinated a dispersed night attackQ&A
  96. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    46:44Philip Vian and the culture of naval initiativeNotable Point
  97. Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video
    31:19Greenway's judgment under delegated commandChapter
  98. Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)
    10:17The 4th Destroyer Flotilla hunts BismarckChapter
  99. Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)
    18:26Esprit de corps as an operational capabilityNotable Point