Captain's Opinion on Mates using BRM to Question Decisions

Ship’s officers, senior officers in particular should at least be educated in the underlying principles of BRM.

The most common argument I hear against using BRM strategies is that the whole thing is nothing but a bunch of new-age nonsense designed to avoid offending delicate little snowflakes.

One example to the contrary is the Wehrmacht , the armed forces of Nazi Germany. After defeat in WWI the Wehrmacht was rebuilt using

a military culture in which junior officers could oppose, in print and repeatedly, the firm convictions of their elders and yet not suffer retaliation

The above is from a review of The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform by James Cobum

More in the maritime realm For God and Glory: Lord Nelson and His Way of War

Nelson continuously built the capabilities of his subordinates.

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