Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Staff Work

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  1. Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century
    19:27Reading command appointments and staff service from Kawano's ribbonsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:26:29Why Babylon 5's fleets feel more organized than Star Trek'sQ&A
  3. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:34:50Chief O'Brien's authority and two competing jobsQ&A
  4. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    54:21Running the amphibious command from HMS FearlessNotable Point
  5. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:11:55Staff training behind joint amphibious operationsChapter
  6. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:14:08The amphibious logistics behind the Falklands advanceNotable Point
  7. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:23:55How redactions distorted the Sir Galahad inquiry recordNotable Point
  8. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    32:41Cunningham raises the Admiralty's operational tempoChapter
  9. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    37:19A fleet commander learns committee warfareChapter
  10. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    40:15Team leadership and many simple plansChapter
  11. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    48:11The Task Force 34 message that left the strait openChapter
  12. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    55:24Clear orders and verification as Leyte's lasting lessonChapter
  13. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:43Operation Medusa and the staff method of presenting three choicesQ&A
  14. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:22:30Why counterinsurgency experience does not reproduce peer-war tempoNotable Point
  15. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    1:02:57Hornby demanded a professional naval staffChapter
  16. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    23:48How routine staff work could conceal Pearl Harbor preparationsChapter
  17. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    28:05Operational concepts and procurement shaped each otherNotable Point
  18. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    30:07Small task groups within a centralized attrition strategyNotable Point
  19. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    33:33Yamamoto's responsibility and the work of his staffNotable Point
  20. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    36:13Kusaka's air plan and the fleet's separate movement planNotable Point
  21. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    38:51Onishi became an opponent after studying the attackNotable Point
  22. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:00:34An admiral must visualize a multidomain battlespaceChapter
  23. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:14:40Starfleet's missing staffs expose a real command problemNotable Point
  24. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    27:32Flag captain, fleet staff, and command at seaNotable Point
  25. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    39:58Reconstructing decisions from incomplete battle recordsNotable Point
  26. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    11:20War College studies connect Greenwich to Admiralty procurementNotable Point
  27. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    47:12Ragnar Colvin teaches command decisions through integrated staff workChapter
  28. The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked
    11:06Naval marriages sustained informal command staffsChapter
  29. The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked
    37:08How First and Third Sea Lords divided global and domestic workChapter
  30. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    2:07Horace Hood as the Grand Fleet's battlecruiser commanderNotable Point
  31. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    32:23ABDA had ships from four governments but no common fleet systemNotable Point
  32. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    53:20Vitgeft could have served as Rozhestvensky's theatre adviserNotable Point
  33. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    3:18:58Diplomatic consequences of a Dogger Bank battleQ&A
  34. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    25:17Second Fleet turns plans into Tokyo Express operationsChapter
  35. Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle
    56:28Routine bombardment still demands detailed joint planningChapter
  36. Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War
    42:07Missing flag officers overloaded Russian commandNotable Point
  37. Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!
    21:49Command tunnel vision and the staff’s corrective roleQ&A
  38. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    1:41:30Why leaders must build an effective command teamNotable Point
  39. A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time
    16:31Suppressing Harper's review and protecting BeattyNotable Point
  40. A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time
    16:59The signals officer as a force-wide safeguardNotable Point
  41. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:36:00Percival as a planner rather than supreme commanderQ&A
  42. A Book or Two to Review (13): Images of War Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France 1940
    8:28German training and staff work, with a caveat about RommelNotable Point
  43. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    21:25The American war exposed a command-quality gapQ&A
  44. Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:44:36Should leaders recruit around their weaknesses?Q&A
  45. Introduction to Crete 1941
    12:03Command changes leave Crete without a ready staffNotable Point
  46. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:03:04How early staff work gave the Royal Navy organizational depthQ&A
  47. An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar
    26:35Thomas Drew's quiet work behind the assaultNotable Point
  48. An Introduction to Falklands Command
    37:19The uncertain provenance of the Falklands command chartNotable Point
  49. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    9:09War games made damage assessment part of officer educationNotable Point
  50. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    10:43Cruiser problems disguised the practice of economic warNotable Point
  51. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    46:26Jutland's institutional lessons shape interwar designNotable Point