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... The Counterinsurgency Cliff Notes Techniques for the Conventional Rifle Platoon, in Layman's ... There's this and this . It is harder to see from Washington, D.C., where everyone speaks English, and nothing is blowing ...

Journal Article - Apr 28 2008 - 4:32pm - 6 comments

... to think about Design requires us to think from a different perspective - a perspective that lacks the very things we ... 2. Design (I do use a capital D, because it, in my opinion, is a field deserving of that recognition) does not fear failure. ... had a much more rich OODA loop in the book written on his notes and presentations- this "enriched OODA" did not ever make it into our ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

... as human civilizations passed experiences and values from one generation to the next. "Writing makes possible the codification ... Five) Grant Martin...Great comments and I've taken notes to study this further. Apparently the humor was lost on me - I am not ...

Journal Article - Apr 15 2011 - 4:58am - 35 comments

... who, full of Pashtun bravado said to me "westerners were from a feminine culture," because we spent the majority of our economic ... outside the wire, great guys and gals, they were taking notes in order to build a power point brief feeding the beast with inane ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... name, but to what I could not remember. Maybe they were from the Public Affairs office. On my side of the table a jumbled mix of staff ... and training systems to support their mission. (The author notes in his book that FDR was opposed to the Army's standing up of the School ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 3:24pm - 75 comments

... Notes Towards a Theory of Information Operations (IO) - Marc Tyrrell, In ... pretty good for Info Warfare, but we've excised that term from the doctrinal lexicon--the pub has the answer to a better one, which ...

Blog entry - Jun 27 2008 - 6:31pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has a Masters in Liberal Arts from Louisiana State University and a Masters in Military Arts and Science from ... been no attacks using manpads, "we act as if they exist," notes the British officer. "We know they are out there," he says, alluding to ...

Journal Article - Dec 11 2010 - 9:53am - 67 comments

... Win Wars? The last paragraph: "A key difference from earlier times of command is the available amount of information and the ... and expect to make progress. It isnt complex as the author notes, and actually in reality it is quite simple in theory. We just wont do ...

Blog entry - Aug 12 2010 - 7:14pm - 62 comments - 0 attachments

... Obama's prime-time speech on his plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan left no doubt that he intends to run for reelection as the ... and should not be utilized. In addition, as the author notes, reducing our footprint in Afghanistan will also improve our strategic ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2011 - 12:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... as history shows, the best hope at Good Governance comes from the insurgent. This was the case in the United States. The challenge ... fails." Thus, Poor Governance = Insurgency. And he notes that "it is the duty of civil governance to maintain the internal peace ...

Journal Article - May 18 2010 - 11:00am - 57 comments