I continue my discussion of a rather technical treatment of developing and using Concepts of Operations (CONOPS). This episode further examines the timeless and tedious process of getting baselines and expectations right for small and large projects alike. References:...
I discuss a rather technical treatment of developing and using Concepts of Operations (CONOPS). This episode examines the timeless and tedious process of getting baselines and expectations right for small and large projects alike. References: Special Forces Detachment...
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor granted in the US armed forces. Out of the 41 million who have served in the U.S. military, the Medal has been presented to only 3,517 service members (618 awarded posthumously) who went above and beyond the call of...
"The German and Prussian officer corps are the officer corps with the greatest culture of disobedience–with maybe the exception of the French. The stories and events that kept alive the virtue requiring an officer–even in war–to disobey an order “when justified by...
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
COL John Boyd was quite the maverick in the military ranks and rocked the boat all the time. You will not though incredibly capable, he was never promoted to flag rank. One of the best insights he ever gave was that when one distills strategy simply, it is:...
Sometimes you might wonder: Jeez, I know my security force would just as soon murder me and my family as protect us from some danger they themselves created. But just how much do they really enjoy beating me down and stealing my money? Well: Biden’s $7.5 billion...
Vote Vets, which was created by Democrats to cash in on opposition to Iraq War II, is now running ads attacking Republicans for holding up more billions for war in Ukraine. They pretend that somehow American forces will have to go fight the next war for Poland or some...
Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
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