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... communities? At some point, you are going to have to sit down with a community representative and figure out what the hell is going on ... not get him closer to achieving his mission, then I would shut up and say "Yes Wilf, we indeed have a problem." I could care less ...

Blog post - Jul 5 2011 - 9:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... NAI? 2) I actually disagree with much of the tone of your post, and hold liberal arts degrees in far greater regard, and also am ... solving, and decision making skills. The ability to sit down with a group of people and engage in these intellectual practices and ... and so forth. In my opinion those who try to shut down these discussions down are a detriment to the evolution of thought ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... out a desired end-state into the future, and we anchor it down with our logic that stabilizes for us how the world functions (principles ... vulnerability) to the real COG- the idea. We were told to shut up and color...I think it is because even at the highest levels of our ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... the audience will most likely be brigade staff all the way down to the squad sergeant- although the original manual, as one smart person ... most damages in the most minimal fashion possible - e.g., shut down the embassy, withdraw US government personnel, facilitate the ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... nonessential operations – sell them off, close them down, spin them off, or outsource the services. … The simpler structure ... because it makes people uncomfortable. This makes some shut down, but it makes others truly evaluate their position and perhaps make ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

... as well. Or those pesky former Eagles now holding down their corner of the bureaucracy. (I should know, I am, after all, a former ... impairments that stifle improvement and progress. Shut up and color harder is not the way to improve the system. Well, you ...

Blog post - May 2 2012 - 5:06pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments

... that promotes U.S. interests, and not getting bogged down by pride. We got it wrong, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long ... Clausewitz do not blindly follow him. I would also call your attention to another great Clausewitzian scholar, Antulio Echevarria and ... from their organic apple juice. Their minds shut down if anyone speaks of "vapor pressure" or "gamma radiation" or other ...

Journal Article - Mar 3 2012 - 11:26am - 45 comments

... to support our CT operations; all of this will settle down to "normal" Afghanistan." What I basically understand these two ... the tribal areas. It was this network that was partially shut down starting in 2001, under American pressure. But every step was ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... lost confidence in the counterinsurgency strategy passed down from their leaders. However, as the ink dries on the defense budget, ... by official investigators and they will keep their mouths shut to avoid ruining the case. What it sounds like to me is a criminal ...

Blog post - Mar 16 2012 - 6:21pm - 44 comments - 0 attachments

... it's only a matter of time before it makes its way down to the E9 and E8 levels. It's at the E8 level that I see it more often and ... you a leader. Tabs and badges do not make you a leader. Your PT (and training for the PT test while hiding out from combat focused PT) ... like being forced to take drink a steaming hot cup of shut the F*&^% up! Heres the analogy for many of these blog ...

Blog post - Jun 26 2011 - 7:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments