- The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers
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... Disruptive thinkers: the way to reinvigorate a senseless bureaucracy or a threat to the establishment? ... various curricular subjects. These officers will be sent back to the fleet with very little opportunity to apply their education. The ...
Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments
- Back to Basics
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... Back to Basics By Captain David Blair, US Air Force Originally posted at ...
Blog post - Jul 27 2009 - 4:58pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments
- Beyond the Basics
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... States military devotes great resources and attention to understanding the Israeli campaigns against Hizbullah (2006) and Hamas ... Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort Leavenworth published "Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD", an ...
Journal Article - Apr 28 2011 - 5:10pm - 2 comments
- Getting the Basics Right in Afghanistan
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... This analysis and requisite change is essential if we are to employ additional incoming ISAF units in the most effective manner. ... planning and execution of all our actions. This takes us back to the institutions which generate capabilities, the leaders who make ...
Journal Article - Nov 11 2008 - 10:22am - 1 comment
- The "Dear Boss" Saga
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... things change... A storied letter that keeps coming back. The Air Force has a storied tradition ... a letter penned by then-Captain Ron Keys in the late 1970s to General Wilbur Creech, Tactical Air Command commander. The below is ...
Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 19 comments - 0 attachments
- Understanding Iraq: Initial Assessment (Update Three: Model: Small Wars and the Theory of Games)
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... The real Civil War is about to begin Assessment Given the ... no more intervention in Iraq. In terms of rushing troops back in etc. I agree. However, the issue now is leverage, and by that I ...
Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments
- Disruptive Thinking and how the iPad changed Close Air Support in Afghanistan
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... determined officers in 3rd Marine Air Wing used the iPad to improve close air support in Afghanistan. ... “centralized command, decentralized control” back to the Marine Corps . Innovation is often a bottom up ...
Blog post - May 15 2012 - 4:48am - 7 comments - 0 attachments
- Seeking a Strategy to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
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... Back to the basics of deterrence, diplomacy, and defense to address potential ...
Journal Article - May 22 2012 - 6:56am - 2 comments
- Complexity, Adaptation and Influence
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... Behavioural Conflict From General to Strategic Corporal: Complexity, Adaptation and Influence by ... is inadequate then we may need to either look further back (commissioning source programs)and see how the baseline can be adjusted. ...
Journal Article - Dec 21 2009 - 11:43pm - 8 comments
- It's the Tribes? That's Stupid.
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... When you are a stranger in a strange land, you need to be aware of, and hold on to, and be proud of your culture. In my experience ... in order to preserve their status. After 911, they flipped back against the Taliban, because momentum was with us and we would preserve ...
Blog post - Mar 12 2010 - 5:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments


