- The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers
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... actually disagree with much of the tone of your post, and hold liberal arts degrees in far greater regard, and also am more agnostic ... these intellectual practices and develop these skills is clear and should be included as part of regular education and training. As ...
Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments
- Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)
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... not an appeal to reason because your analogies simply dont hold water. But here you reveal yourself. You think we should "do whatever must ... Mr Evans. I found your words and explanations direct and clear. I hope they may help some of the persons who have been writing here ...
Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments
- Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret
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... to remove security impediments to asset creation. Hold : Once an asset has been identified and its initial form created and ... be of use. Good luck, David James The view is so clear from the tower. It is one thing to live in an ivory tower (highly ...
Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments
- Clear, Hold, and Hope
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... and implement a classic counterinsurgency operation of "clear, hold, and build." Hayes says that his troops are "not normally in the business ...
Blog post - Sep 16 2008 - 4:08am - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World
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... perspective - a perspective that lacks the very things we hold dearest to how we function and plan as a military. Design logic requires ... such an adventure? I'm probably misreading you a bit, so clear this point up, please. Peter- thanks, and I agree, Peter- ...
Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments
- Hope and a Strategy Shift in Afghanistan
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... psychological, yet we're focused on enabling the ASF to hold terrain? Most understand that holding terrain in this type of war is not ... conflated with nation building. That is the essence of our clear, hold, build doctrine, which in my opinion doesn't result in defeating an ...
Blog post - Dec 4 2011 - 2:46am - 9 comments - 0 attachments
- Dear Boss, I Don't Just Quit, I Give Up
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... and saturates the airspace. Despite what looks like clear blue sky an aircraft can disappear in this region (about 1500 m altitude ... in their own comfort zone when we can lay on a choke hold on terms that favor us. And given that the Chinese know we have that ...
Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments
- Disruptive Thinkers: Defining the Problem
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... environment. This culture came through loud and clear in the comments, from the abhorrence at the term “disruptive” ... do this. In this change, which no one is going to hold their breath for, we hope that the institution will both educate and ...
Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments
- Ten Points for the FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency Manual Conference
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... legitimacy, seperating the insurgents from the people, clear-hold-build then it is simply a rehash of the origninal version with only ...
Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments
- Hazing is Simply Intolerable
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... "hazing is fundamentally in opposition to our values and is prohibited." Hazing is Simply ... act that violates every thread of value and decency we hold as valuable as an institution and profession. Hazing and ... As the author I want to be As the author I want to be clear on a few issues. Promoting the Army values, a set of ideals we ...
Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments


