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Train Hard, Fight Easy I was first introduced to the idea of “Train Hard, Fight Easy” during my Royal Marines’ Young Officer Training.  My Young Officer Batch and I learned very early on that this mantra, although originally coined by an 18th Century Russian General, General A.V. Suvorov, was very much at the heart of […]

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as “If you want peace, prepare for war”.

You only have to scan the headlines to see that the world we live in today is an increasingly violent place.  It seems hardly a day goes by without the report in the media of another youth being stabbed in a metropolitan centre in the UK or another mass brawl breaking out somewhere completely unexpected.