Ant Gilham

Personal account. All views are my own. Interested in leadership, inclusivity, armour, ISR, CBRN, and Info Warfare. Former Comd Offr of the HCR @HCav1660.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@sockguydk @thinkdefence That wasn’t me I’m afraid

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

If you like the military engineering geekery of @thinkdefence you should check out this guy for some similar thoughts on civilian infra issues.

[bernoulli_defect @BernoulliDefect]

To understand the failings of Britain's strategy for offshore wind, you've really got to delve into the details of the projects we've built.

Unfortunately this usually leaves you with more questions than when you started. A perfect example is Dudgeon wind farm:

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@thinkdefence Gunner wife says no, firing then getting away is “just SOPs”. Quick action is stopping to fire an urgent mission while in transit, and a gun raid is pushing them forward as far as possible to extend range before pulling them back again.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@kingsbury_ollie @patricklittle19 @bermicourt @WhitmarshM Yes to Merkava (dismounts are a bonus), no to Namer (no large bore cannon).

Muting this thread now 😂

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@kingsbury_ollie Stick to being a Structure Purist and you can’t go wrong.

That said the Mk IV was a tank, but would no longer be counted as such.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@kingsbury_ollie Ok, I’ll bite… it is as simple, if not simpler:

A tank has tracks, a cannon that can defeat other heavily armoured vehicles, and enough armour to take hits from other large main armaments.

[CNW @ConflictsW]

All of the group races at the tank biathlon at the army games have now finished, so here’s a thread of all the best videos from this years races. Starting with the Venezuelan commanders reaction to his crew missing all their targets with the main gun.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@ARubbishBot Do you upgrade your own smartphone every couple of years? Just give them the old one with a SIM linked to your plan inside it, and you can then limit data, turn off roaming, etc.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@SamWatt8600 @combat_boot We’re taught not to click on weird links from people we don’t know but then get sent an email from Wazoku about Ideas Space Managers. Maybe it’s a test as part of cyber awareness month?

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@combat_boot @WHearnshaw @J1mb0bbz @4d_s5 @Cookie2148 @bermicourt @MilitaryStoic @Strategyforwar1 @MortenKathy @ChrisGSeaton With some analysis I think we could find a way to service the needs of the individual and the Army though.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@combat_boot @WHearnshaw @J1mb0bbz @4d_s5 @Cookie2148 @bermicourt @MilitaryStoic @Strategyforwar1 @MortenKathy @ChrisGSeaton There’s definitely a balance to be struck - promoting all the flyers at EED-19 and then saying “if you miss that you’re doomed” will screw things up hugely. But allowing people on EED-5 to promote at 30 points while the person on 45 points at EED-17 doesn’t is not healthy.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@combat_boot @4d_s5 @Cookie2148 @bermicourt @MilitaryStoic @WHearnshaw @Strategyforwar1 @MortenKathy @ChrisGSeaton I’d rather disappoint a small cohort in the short term to fix the problem in the long term.

Also, sad to say, if people have been majors for 20 years and had 14 looks at PL then they probably shouldn’t get it just because it’s “their turn” (less those with deep KSE).

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@4d_s5 @Cookie2148 @combat_boot @bermicourt @MilitaryStoic @WHearnshaw @Strategyforwar1 @MortenKathy @ChrisGSeaton The requirement for an EED-13 average is probably the single biggest nonsense with the Pink List.

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@Cookie2148 Can you share anything about the type of events the candidates went through please? And was there any comparison - like the US Army did with the BCAP program - on how much difference there was in the overall order of merit when scored with and without the OSCA reports?

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

Great article. In a profession where most leaders and managers own so few of the actual levers to make a difference - let alone within that reporting period - we should be setting long term stretch goals for the organisation which we might miss now.

[Wavell Room @wavellroom]

Trying to make objectives specific and measurable may be our downfall, warns this author. It's an interesting argument. What's your take?

https://t.co/uRrV7OSfp4

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

@kingsbury_ollie @LeadershipNext1 Great thread. I particularly liked this one.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Enter Radical Delegation.

Radical Delegation helps you
- Make a major, singular impact
- Truly empower team members
- Grow them with “stretch tasks”
- Create flow for self & others
- Avoid burnout

This is Radical Delegation, summarized:

[Ant Gilham @anthony_gilham]

CoH Day and his team did a fantastic bit of work on this piece of regimental history.

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

Volunteers from @HCav1660 Regiment have painstakingly restored an Argentine Panhard vehicle used during the #Falklands conflict.

Just in time for the 40th anniversary, the armoured car will now serve as a gate guardian in Bulford.

Read more: https://t.co/UODXxPtxXm

[Michael Kofman @KofmanMichael]

Good piece by the Economist. https://t.co/DIUx12WInI