WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.380 So my name is Major General Nick Cowley . 00:02.619 --> 00:04.675 I've just taken over a commandant of 00:04.675 --> 00:06.952 the royal military academy , Sandhurst . 00:06.952 --> 00:09.119 So my background has been in the field 00:09.119 --> 00:11.230 army commanding high readiness troops 00:11.230 --> 00:13.452 and also tank troops . And now I've got 00:13.452 --> 00:15.341 the great privilege of commanding 00:15.341 --> 00:18.479 Sandhurst , which is where we train 800 00:18.489 --> 00:20.433 officer cadets a year to go and be 00:20.433 --> 00:22.322 combat ready leaders . So I think 00:22.322 --> 00:24.433 there's two things that we have to do 00:24.433 --> 00:26.656 as leaders in the army and that we want 00:26.656 --> 00:28.767 to imbue into our officer cadets . So 00:28.767 --> 00:30.933 one of them is doing the basics really 00:30.933 --> 00:33.156 well of military leadership . So on all 00:33.156 --> 00:35.378 the operational tours , I've been lucky 00:35.378 --> 00:37.545 enough to go on . Good performance has 00:37.545 --> 00:39.433 always been based on doing really 00:39.433 --> 00:41.799 excellent tactical basics . So we need 00:41.810 --> 00:43.921 to make sure that every leader coming 00:43.921 --> 00:46.143 out of Sandhurst is phenomenal at doing 00:46.143 --> 00:48.143 the basics and that is what's gonna 00:48.143 --> 00:50.366 keep them alive and make them effective 00:50.366 --> 00:52.532 on the battlefield . The second bit we 00:52.532 --> 00:54.643 gotta do is make sure they've got the 00:54.643 --> 00:56.921 intellectual ground in the imagination , 00:56.921 --> 00:59.143 the encouragement to then be innovative 00:59.143 --> 01:01.310 to get beyond the baseline . So basics 01:01.310 --> 01:03.366 to make sure they're lethal can stay 01:03.366 --> 01:05.532 alive that they're fit , they know how 01:05.532 --> 01:05.419 to dig in , they know how to execute 01:05.430 --> 01:07.610 plans . And then the second bit is to 01:07.620 --> 01:09.842 make sure that they can win in the most 01:09.842 --> 01:12.120 ruthless and efficient way as possible . 01:12.120 --> 01:14.231 And I think the speed the battlefield 01:14.231 --> 01:15.842 is changing at the moment is 01:15.842 --> 01:17.398 unbelievably fast . And our 01:17.398 --> 01:19.620 responsibility is to make sure that our 01:19.620 --> 01:22.400 officer leaders are ready to cope and 01:22.410 --> 01:24.860 lead and thrive in that sort of fast 01:24.870 --> 01:27.760 moving environment . So it's a massive 01:27.769 --> 01:29.991 privilege for us to come and train in a 01:29.991 --> 01:32.519 multinational training area as well set 01:32.529 --> 01:36.059 up as Hofeld is here . Coming abroad 01:36.069 --> 01:37.902 for our officer cadets is really 01:37.902 --> 01:40.069 important . Coming to Germany , a NATO 01:40.069 --> 01:41.902 ally is super important and then 01:41.902 --> 01:44.069 working alongside our closest military 01:44.069 --> 01:45.879 ally , the Americans is is huge .