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Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 81 Cost Of Doing BusinessGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com Follow us everywhere! https://www.instagram.com/warfightertobacco/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_scott/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_jon/https://www.facebook.com/WarfighterTobaccoCohttps://x.com/WarfighterCo2025-06-1351 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 80 Live Smoke BreakGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com Follow us everywhere! https://www.instagram.com/warfightertobacco/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_scott/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_jon/https://www.facebook.com/WarfighterTobaccoCohttps://x.com/WarfighterCo2025-06-0648 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 77 New Air Force OneGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com Follow us everywhere! https://www.instagram.com/warfightertobacco/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_scott/https://www.instagram.com/warfighter_jon/https://www.facebook.com/WarfighterTobaccoCohttps://x.com/WarfighterCo2025-05-161h 03Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 76 Something New To SmokeGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com Follow us everywhere! 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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2025-01-311h 04Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 61 Making The Top 25!Check out the #18 cigar of 2024 by @Halfwheel https://halfwheel.com/top25/18-warfighter-night-shift/
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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2025-01-2446 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 60 The Grizzly Puncher! (Ft. Caleb Francis)Today the one and only Grizzly Puncher join us to talk about how he has blown up by simply making people laugh and plenty more!
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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2024-12-1358 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 56 Mold VS PlumeGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2024-11-221h 13Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 55 Size Matters SometimesGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2024-11-1556 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 54 The Next 4 YearsGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
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https://x.com/WarfighterCo2024-11-081h 13Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 53 Vote Early, Vote Often!Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
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https://rumble.com/user/WarfighterTobacco2024-10-1852 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 51 Decompress The Stress!Learn more about Warfighter Scuba and the amazing work they are doing to help veterans and their spouses here
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Warfighter Podcast[FPV Drones Mini Series] Ep 1: Military FPV Drone Racing. The New Modern Pentathlon?The Warfighter Podcast is back for very special mini-season looking at FPV (First Person View) drones and their impact in the modern battlefield.Even the most casual observer of recent conflicts will be aware of the impact that low-cost, consumer drones and home-built FPVs have been making across conflict zones. It’s likely that their impact is here to stay and militaries are mobilising for the use of these drones, as well as working out how to counter them.Karl Eze formally served with the British Army and is now the founder of a company th...2024-09-0540 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 40 Warfighter Tobacco Factory Tour!Scott is in Nicaragua working on some new things for you all and we thought to give you a peak behind the curtain to see what our factory looks like and what actually goes into making that Warfighter cigar that you enjoy!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-07-2654 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 39 Busy News Week!Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-07-1952 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 38 Collecting Cigar BandsMikey is back to fill in for Scott this week. The guys talk cover jumping out of planes and keeping cigar bands from special events in life!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-07-1235 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 37 Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Deference!Today we have Scott Waner owner of Redland Cigar. His 2200 square foot shop is located in San Antonio Texas. He is a Veteran himself and came to sit down with the boys and burn one. Check them out at www.redlandcigarclub.com.
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-07-051h 10Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 36 Smoking With Legends!Our good buddy Mikey Fahey sits down with Scott this week. We answer some of your questions from licking cigars to our favorite cigar accessories.
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-06-281h 14Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 35 Degrees Don't Mean Everything!Today we have Andrew the Co-Owner of Rustic Cigar Haus, a local cigar shop here in Texas. Being Veteran owned and operated the guys had plenty to talk about this episode and give you a look inside the workings of the cigar industry. If you're in Texas, you need to see the guys at The Rustic Cigar Haus!
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Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-06-2153 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 34 Scott The Homeless VeteranGet your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-06-1449 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 33 First Premium Cigar Ever!We had an awesome listener Cory and his wife Andrea stop by the shop who had never smoked a premium cigar ever! It also happened to be their wedding anniversary so what better way to celebrate than sitting down and smoking a premium cigar for the first time!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-06-0754 min
Warfighter PodcastS2. E13: Prototyping Warfare: The Art of Buying, Training and Fighting FasterWe are pleased to invite two heavyweight guests for our final episode of the season.Coming out of the shadows, we speak to Matt Chuter - our sponsor at Babcock. We were keen to learn more about how the latest evolutions in the battlefield are shaping the Crucible Teams thinking about the future design for Army collective training. Matt also reflected on some of his personal highlights from this season, including Jenny McArdle on the future of Land Training, Andy Gales discussing TES, and Ethan Wilson on the Grey Zone. (Links to the episodes below)2024-05-2449 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 32 Crazy Times We're In!Another day, another Warfighter Podcast. We cover a mixture of topics like new weapons that Special Forces might be getting, drones & everything underwater.
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Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-05-031h 30Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 29 It's Fishing Not Catching!The guys sit down and recap Jon's recent fishing trip down in Key West that included some iguana hunting!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-04-2648 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 28 Scuba diving With Cigars!Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
Learn more about how to support Warfighter Scuba here: https://www.warfighterscuba.org2024-04-191h 06Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 27 Scott's Solo Q&A!Today Scott is solo at the bar to answer some of your questions around cigars, business and whatever else we could think of! Any More questions? Drop them below!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-04-1239 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 26 Humidors, Boxes & People!On today's episode we answer a few of your questions surrounding cigars, humidors and people! Drop any more questions you might have for Scott next week!
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E12: Realism - What does it mean for Military Training? with Anthony PittmanStrap in. For our penultimate episode of the season we tackle what might seem like a simple question, but proves to be expansive - What does it mean to deliver realism in Training? We are joined by Anthony Pittman who, as well having a lengthy service in the British Army where he lived and breathed training, is currently the Director for Development & Optimisation at Babcock.Always a contentious subject, (which we’re sure is the start of some mess brawls), we don’t hold back from the difficult questions. Anthony deals with each point elegantly, tackl...2024-04-0445 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 25 PCA 2024 Recap!Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com
Find all our links here! https://linktr.ee/warfightertobacco2024-03-2935 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 24 What's Up With Ai?Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-03-2258 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 23 No Shooting Donkeys!The guys are back from the infamous NFG hosted by the Underground Cigar Shop and Scott's still working through his hangover!
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Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-03-1556 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 22 Why We Are Warfighter (Pt. 2)Even though this is part 2 of this episode, we are only scratching the surface. The guys still have plenty more stories that aren't covered in this episode but if you want to hear those, let us know in the comments!
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-03-081h 32Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 21 Why We Are Warfighter (Pt. 1)In part 1 of this episode Jon & Scott stroll down memory lane. These stories, memories and experiences are ultimately what formed Warfighter Tobacco.
Get your Warfighter Cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2024-03-0150 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 20 Cigar Gadgets & AccessoriesWe talked about some of the many gadgets and toys that we have collected over the years and some that are our favorites. What are the gadgets and accessories that you use on the regular?
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E11: Venture Builders: Unlocking the Nation’s Intellectual CapitalWe’re coming back to our favourite topic - how do we get innovative ideas off the ground and into the market for exploitation by the frontline. In past episodes we’ve discussed the ‘Valley of Death’ and the challenge described in the book ‘Crossing the Chasm’.This episode we speak to Owen Thompson, who deals with this every day in his role as CEO at Cambridge Future Tech - a Venture Builder that works with deep-tech startups across diverse markets. Owen has had two successful careers to date: Firstly as a Typhoon pilot for the Royal Air Force an...2024-02-2246 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 19 The Difference In Cigars & Cigarettes!Warfighters first employee Dave joins the show to talk about his experience from day one. He used to be a road dog traveling all around Texas but now he makes sure things are running smooth here at Warfighter HQ.
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E10: Evolution of the Learning Ecosystem with Sae SchatzThis week the Warfighter Podcast takes a small tangent - it’s not all running around with a dagger between our teeth. We are pleased to welcome Sae Schatz, who has an extremely diverse career so far, formerly serving as the Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, a published author and expert in learning sciences.Before joining the civil service in 2015, Sae worked as an applied human–systems scientist, with an emphasis on human cognition and learning, instructional technologies, adaptive systems, human performance assessment, and modelling and simulation.Whilst we’ve discussed platforms previo...2024-02-0844 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 17 Warfighters Road Dog!Today we had our Lone Ranger sales rep on to tell his story and another peak behind the curtain that is the cigar industry! We talk about what it takes to be a cigar rep, the miles and smile you get to see.
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Get your favorite Warfighter Sticks at www.warfightertobacco.com2024-02-0248 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 16 Slaying Hogs & Las Vegas!The guys have had a busy week from slaying hogs that are destroying parts of Texas to seeing whats new in the firearms industry in Las Vegas at shot show! But we are happy to be back but we will be headed right back for TPE in a couple days!
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E9: Grey Zone ConflictYet another guest that we’ve been dying to get on since last season. We are pleased to welcome Ethan to the podcast to talk about the work he’s been involved in to understand and model the ‘grey zone’ in modern warfare. Ethan previously served as an Intel Analyst with the US Navy, and now works for Plexsys Interface Products, supporting the simulation and modelling of complex environments.Defined as ‘activities by a state that are harmful to another state and are sometimes considered to be acts of war, but are not legally acts of war’, this subject...2024-01-2447 min
Warfighter PodcastS2. E8: TES/MILES Definitely not Laser-Tag!On a subject we’ve wanted to cover for a while, we are pleased to welcome Andy Gales, who kindly agreed to come and give us all the details about the British Army’s Tactical Engagement System. Which isn’t a single system at all, but several systems integrated together to deliver critical Instrumented Live training for the British Army.Andy has lengthy experience with the various flavours of TES, from his time in the British Army, as well with his current company Cubic Defence, which supports key elements of the in-service capability today.A huge s...2024-01-1556 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 13 Answering Your Questions!On this episode we answer some of your listener submitted questions as well as some more common cigar related questions.
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E7: What Next for Virtual Simulation with Pete MorrisonVirtual simulation has been around for a while now, and there has been some great leaps and bounds in its fidelity - mainly through the adoption of commercially available technologies that run on standard (albeit high-end) computer hardware.One person who was there during the early emergence of these technologies was Pete Morrison - previously CEO and now Chief Commercial Officer at Bohemia Interactive Simulations. During his tenure, BISim was one of the few companies to successfully repurpose an off-the-shelf gaming engine for military applications. Today Virtual Battlespace is deployed with most of the NATO and partner...2023-12-1341 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 9 Crispy but Still Smoking! (Ft. Crispy11B)Crispy sat down with us to smoke a cigar and break down his journey that got him to where he is today. He has been up to some crazy things so check him out and follow along while he keeps kicking life in the balls!
Get your favorite Warfighter cigars here: https://www.warfightertobacco.com2023-12-0835 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 8 Warfighter This Is Warfighter Break (Ft. Warfighter Scuba)Our guest this week surfaced long enough to talk into a mic with us for a hour and talk about the amazing and helpful operation that is Warfighter Scuba.
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Warfighter PodcastI/ITSEC Special: Death of the Military Metaverse?In the run up to I/ITSEC 2023 we are very grateful for Hadean agreeing to sponsor a special episode in two parts.Firstly, we are very pleased to introduce Royal O’Brien, Global CTO for Hadean. Royal has a considerable track record with the likes of Amazon, The Linux Foundation and a host of games related companies, including foundational work on the O3DE platform and Open Metaverse Foundation.Not dodging the hard questions, this interview gave us the chance to ask a burning question - Is the Military Metaverse dead? You might think we’d re...2023-11-2357 min
Warfighter PodcastS2. E5: Crossing that Chasm: Stories from the Frontline of Product DevelopmentAs a former Special Forces operator, Gareth Collier has had an impressive career to date, including responsibility for the development of the training and capability development of over 2,300 in the Australian Special Forces Command.While a successful military career does not automatically translate to being successful in business, Gareth provides a text-book example of how it can be done. Combining skills and experience from his time serving with the commercial realities of doing business with the Australian Defence Force.Gareth joined SimCentric in late 2015, as their VP of Strategy has been working closely with militaries...2023-11-2049 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 6 From Soldier To Shop Owner! (Ft. Four9 Cigar Lounge)We had our good friend and owner of the great Four9 Cigar lounge on the show to give you a peak inside the workings of having a cigar lounge.
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Warfighter PodcastS2. E4: Gladiator: The Future for Air Synthetic TrainingFollowing on from the trend of finally getting some of the guests we had shortlisted for Season 1, we are very pleased to introduce Ruari Henderson-Begg. Ruari was previously SO1 Synthetics in Air Capability, and was also the Programme Manager for Gladiator - a distributed synthetic training system for Air Combat Training for the Royal Air Force.Ruari has lived the experience of bringing a challenging programme from its early inception through to full Initial Operating Capability, something not many can say. He therefore offers a number of important insights about the challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt from...2023-11-0645 minWarfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 4 Field VS GarrisonWe answer some of the question's we have received so far like what is the difference between the Warfighter Field & Garrison blends.
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Warfighter Tobacco PodcastEp. 1 Welcome To Warfighter!Everybody else has a podcast, we we decided to jump in too! Let us know below what topics you want us to cover!2023-10-131h 02
Warfighter PodcastS2. E3: Building a Data Ecosystem: A Very Military ProblemWhile Tom has been battling an annual occurrence of “Flymageddon” on his farm, the team have been busily lining up exciting guests for Season 2. We plan to pick up on many of the themes from Season 1 and start pulling those threads!This episode is no different, and we are pleased to be joined by Winston Chang from Snowflake who is their CTO for Global Public Sector and so has a special interest in dealing with large data problems across government and defence. Winston is himself a West Point graduate, so brings a perspective from both civil and mili...2023-10-1048 min
Warfighter PodcastS2. E2: Beyond Buzzwords: The Realities of Generative AI in DefenceWell, we said we’d come back to the topic of AI and do a deeper dive into the subject. Since Generative AI sprung into our collective consciousness earlier this year, the hype hasn’t really died down. So we are pleased to explore the impact of the technology with someone who has direct experience of implementing AI into defence projects - Rob Albritton from OctoLab, which was recently acquired by IBM.Rob provides an explanation of what generative AI means, and how it differs from other machine learning technologies, and why it matters to defence. He then...2023-09-2144 min
Warfighter PodcastS2. E1: The Future of Land TrainingToday’s the day the Warfighter Podcast get to announce its new Sponsor - Babcock International, who have very kindly agreed to back our exciting schedule for the Season 2.To kick things off we are joined by Matthew Chuter who’s the Campaign Director for CTTP at Babcock. We start the discussion around the CTTP Programme recently launched in the UK and what it means for transforming Army Training. Matt also reveals the members of Team Crucible and describes what they each add to the training delivery proposition. We look forward to digging into some of these inte...2023-09-0754 min
Warfighter PodcastSeason 2 Trailer plus Bonus Episode on: The Cultural Challenges for International Training & CollaborationThe Cultural Challenges for International Training & CollaborationYou thought you’d heard the last of The Warfighter Podcast? We’ve been taking a short break - Tom’s been working hard on the farm and Colin has been off sailing (OK, not much sailing but the fish weren’t going to snorkel themselves).We are now pleased to be able to say that Season 2 is GO, and we have a shiny new sponsor and exciting lineup of guests. We might even try another Live event or two. All will be revealed in the next...2023-08-3034 min
Warfighter PodcastModelling and Simulation Means Prizes: NATO MSaaS Jam 2023In another first, the Warfighter Podcast are very pleased to be able to work with NATO Modelling and Simulation Working Group to cover their latest initiative - the MSaaS Jam, hosted at the Tech Grove, Orlando, Florida. For those that don’t know this is the spiritual home for Modelling & Simulation across the US DoD.Over a weekend in June, teams were invited to a ‘hackathon’ style event, fed pizzas and Mountain Dew, and asked to develop a novel simulation service that is scalable, agile, and suitable for training or experimentation.Teams could take part in per...2023-07-1832 min
Warfighter PodcastWarfighter LIVE: “The P-Word - How Can Platforms Help?” | DSET 2023Our first foray into the real world, Warfighter Live hosted its first panel discussion at DSET in Bristol and kindly sponsored by VRAI - more about them below. We were joined by a highly experienced guests that brought a diverse range of views to the discussion:Lucy Walton - Head of Training at BAE SystemsNeil Curren - R&D Lead at VRAIAdam Easton - CEO of SimCentricWim Huiskamp - Scientific Advisor at NATO Modelling & Simulation GroupThere is currently lots of discussion in the Simulation & Training community about the role of Platforms. But what does this...2023-06-2639 min
Warfighter PodcastDSET 2023 Teaser & OverviewIn advance of the very first Warfighter Live event at DSET Bristol, we speak to Tess Butler (CEO of Ruddy Nice Ltd), who has been delivering DSET with her team since 2016 - so now in its 8th year.For those that haven’t heard of DSET it is one of the fastest growing Defence Training & Simulation events in Europe, with attendees from over 41 countries and well over 1,000 attendees registered so far. It is held at the Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, and features exhibitors from virtually all the leading organisations across defence.The conference programme ho...2023-06-0216 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 018: What’s all the fuss about Platforms? - Len GranowetterIn our final education episode for this season, we are very pleased to welcome Len Granowetter, CTO for MAK Technologies. For those that don’t know Len, he has been at the forefront of some of the most demanding simulation challenges and applications on large scale projects. Most notably MAK’s software is integral to the UK Gladiator and Australian Army’s Land Sim Core projects (to name but two).There is a lot of discussion about common or ‘single’ synthetic environments these days. To understand this better, Len takes us through a short tour of the component...2023-05-2343 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 017: How to Disrupt Without Destroying with Luke ShabroThis episode we are very pleased to be joined by Luke Shabro, a former Intelligence Analyst and US Navy veteran, he is now the Deputy Director at Army Futures Command TRADOC and jointly runs the US Army Mad Scientist initiative. We don’t mind saying that the US Army Mad Scientist podcast provided quite a bit of inspiration for the Warfighter Podcast - so it was great to hear more from Luke about his experience of driving innovation and change through large organisations.Luke could speak on many subjects with authority and depth, but we wer...2023-05-0350 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 015: The Thing About HLA - Björn MöllerContinuing our Education series we are very pleased to Welcome Björn Möller who, whilst serving as the President of Pitch Technologies, is also one of the leading authorities in distributed simulation standards. Bjorn has been deeply involved in shaping the HLA simulation standard for the past 30 years.Bjorn expertly breaks down what can be a complex subject into easily understandable concepts, during this fireside chat. From his lake cabin in Sweden. We hope you’re sitting comfortably.We cover some of the history behind the development of the HLA standard, and what it sets...2023-04-0727 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 014: From Coalface to Creation, Why Bottom-Up Innovation Matters - Ed EbbernWe know we talk a lot about innovation on this podcast, but this week we look into an interesting initiative to stimulate and grow ideas across all arms of the UK Armed Forces.The military relies on harnessing the latest technology in order to gain an advantage of it’s adversaries, however this is often hard won. The pace of technological change is only increasing all the while.These factors were part of the motivation behind the setting up of the UK Battlelab, and we are grateful for Ed Ebbern joining to tell us more ab...2023-03-2844 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 013: Beyond Technology, Rethinking Defence Training - Christina BalisThis episode is a different take to our normal subjects. We are joined by Christina Balis, Global Campaign Director for QinetiQ, who looks at the non-technological aspects to tackling the challenges of Training Transformation.Christina brings broad experience to this problem, from outside defence as well as within. Christina argues that the challenges in training for a multi-domain battlespace are predominantly NOT a technological challenge. Rather one around the people, processes and institutions.Christina goes on to cover how we need to think about how we attract and train our people, whilst growing future commanders...2023-03-1550 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 012: Synthetic Internet, The New Frontier - Robert PrattenWe are joined by the CEO of Conductrr, Robert Pratten, who takes the time to provide us with a masterclass in the development of virtual copies of the internet - or synthetic internet.While not necessarily a new idea, Robert explains some of the more recent approaches and applications for this type of technology, which is especially relevant to multi-domain operations and the ‘grey zone’.Robert explains typical use cases, the need for a digital twin of the internet, the advantages for such a sand-pit environment, as well as the type of training objectives that can...2023-03-0735 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 011: Unpicking the "Military Metaverse" - Joe RobinsonIn a long anticipated episode, we are joined by Joe Robinson who is the CEO of Improbable Defence. In a wide ranging discussion, Joe kicks off by tackling the Metaverse question, defining what it means to Defence, and providing his own personal views on how it might be implemented over the coming years. Joe also provides a short update on some internal developments within Improbable as the organisation matures its service delivery offerings.We also take the time to discuss with Joe some of the more recent topics within defence, including how AI and machine l...2023-02-2356 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 010: The Psychology Behind Building Better OperatorsFor this episode we are pleased to be joined by Lon Bartel, who offers his insights from the perspective of Law Enforcement training. Lon is the VP of Training & Curriculum at VirTra, based in Arizona. He is a former police officer with over 25 years of experience, qualified as a range and tactical instructor and a published author. He is currently embarking on a PhD in Performance Psychology.Lon describes some of the systems in use across law enforcement, including the 360 degree system developed by VirTra, as well as the volumetric video technology. He describes how the training...2023-02-1550 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 009: Real Time Graphics ExplainerFor this episode we are very lucky to be joined by John Hoggard from the Defence Academy of the UK, in Shrivenham. John is a full time lecturer in Defence Simulation and Modelling, and teaches on a number of courses delivered to civilian and military personnel who go on to work on major simulation projects across industry, defence and the civil service.We invited John to speak about anything he wants, and his particular passion is real time graphics, which leads on nicely from a previous episode on 3D modelling. John guides us through a range of...2023-02-0739 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 008: Avoiding The Innovation Valley of DeathThis week Colin has been finding all the rust holes on his Landrover chassis, whilst Tom was playing with ChatGPT, and some other AI tools. The results are revealed later in the episode.This week the format changes slightly as we are joined by two guests from the UK Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA) - Stacey Crump and Tom Adamson. Our guests give us an introduction to the work of the organisation and how they seek to foster innovation and technology that can not only be used to support defence, but also more widely across government and society.2023-01-2457 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 007: Data Analytics on the Front LineTom has Starlink problems and Colin is wondering if it was wise to install AI to control his garage door. Lots of exciting episodes planned, not least from our sponsor, Improbable.This week the Warfighter Podcast is joined by Al Roan who is Managing Director of Cervus - a company which delivers data insights for Defence and Security. Al, an ex-Army officer turned data entrepreneur, started on this journey after a poignant event when he was tasked to look into information related to the death of a comrade.From his experience harnessing data to provide...2023-01-1253 min
Warfighter PodcastMilitary Insider's Guide to Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR)This episode, continuing our Education series, Tom and Colin are joined by Ian Ferguson who is a QGI working at the Royal School of Artillery, teaching and advising on simulation and training matters for the British Army. Ian has spent the last 3 years working in the Simulation Wing of the RSA, trialling and experimenting with a range of XR technologies. (We would like to note that the views expressed on this podcast are from Ian’s personal experience, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the UK Ministry of Defence).Ian provides a helpful overview and cl...2022-12-3144 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 005: NATO Synthetic Training in the Multi-Domain EraTom is recovering from the usual bout of seasonal flu, but still finds time to reflect on what a fascinating time it is for the M&S world. As this is the penultimate episode for the year it was a chance to look back on what’s gone on as well as think about what might be in store for 2023.Our guest for this episode is none other than Robert Seigfried who has spent a large part of his career supporting the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG). Robert provides us with an overview of what NATO is...2022-12-2144 min
Warfighter PodcastUnderstanding the Defence 3D Modeling PipelineTom & Colin introduce the first episode of Season 1's education episodes.This episode is designed to be referred to when you (the listener!) have a need to 'gen up' on 3D modeling. Specifically related to the defence industry.3D Modeling Topics Covered:1. Scoping the work/DesignA careful process that can take several discussions with a new client. Setting expectations; defining deliverables. Most projects succeed or fail in the planning phase, and it happens all the time (e.g., recent M4A1 model).a. Technical SpecificationsTarget engineFile...2022-11-3036 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 002: Robot Wars - The Robotic Fighting EchelonTom & Colin discuss the forthcoming demo of the new Improbable platform that is scheduled for an early demonstration this week. Also some comments about the international breadth of listeners and guests scheduled for later episodes - please keep the suggestions coming.Our guest on this show is Steen Bisgaard who heads up an Australian startup developing robotic targets for training, as well as decoys and robots for use in offensive actions in the real battlefield. Steen discusses the latest developments in this field and where he thinks robots will be used in the future, either as part...2022-11-1550 min
Warfighter PodcastEp. 001: Building Better WarfightersFor our first episode, the Warfighter Podcast was honoured to host a real live, all-American Warfighter - Col Arnel David, US Army.Arnel speaks about what it means to be a Warfighter, and the importance of exercising the decision making process for leaders and how this can be enabled through wargaming techniques.Through the Fight Club initiative that Arnel is heavily involved in, he aims to increase understanding of Wargaming amongst commanders and how these techniques can be integrated within existing training structures and pipelines.Our hosts also welcome Andy Fawkes for the...2022-11-0145 min
Warfighter PodcastIntroduction to the Warfighter Podcast & Meet the HostsEpisode Overview:Tom and Colin introduce their new Simulation & Training Podcast, discuss the motivation behind it and provide a glimpse of the subjects and people that will be covered.The Warfighter Podcast is partnering with Military Simulation & Training (a respected industry publication) and will feature a regular slot with their Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes.A monthly education feature will be a cornerstone of the show, which aims to demystify common concepts and terms across defence modelling and simulation, with bite-size, simple explanations.An exciting schedule has been planned for the next...2022-10-1304 min
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