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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... Disruptive thinkers: the way to reinvigorate a senseless bureaucracy or a threat to the ... Army UAS operators deploy. Heck, why not deploy those Predator/Reaper pilots and air control stations in the back of a KC-46 aerial ...

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

The Predator War

... Professor and Professor of International Relations at The George Washington University: Jane Mayer made the liberal case ... requested comments concerning this issue. Re: The Predator War While interesting, and containing many good points, the ...

Blog post - Mar 30 2010 - 5:39pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Dear Boss, I Don't Just Quit, I Give Up

... Note:  For background and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I ... that explains Secretary Gates monetary emphasis on MRAPs, Predator/Reaper, and CAS to reduce ground deaths. The author states that the ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

Bin Laden mission signals the end for the Predator drone

... Today's Washington Post discussed how the CIA used a stealthy drone -- the RQ-170 Sentinel -- to collect overhead ... CIA should consider ending purchases of the non-stealthy Predator, Reaper, and Global Hawk drones and redirecting those funds to their ...

Blog post - May 18 2011 - 12:28pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Rethinking Revolution: Introduction

... is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique for thinking, which helps the possessor to draw correct ... etc.) insurgent groups join together to fight a common predator (the counter-insurgent or state). Insurgent (DTOs) ecosystems ...

Blog post - Dec 6 2011 - 10:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

A Different War on Terrorism: The U.S., Turkey and the PKK

... Turkey and the PKK - whither U.S. policy? Founded on ... use against the PKK.  In addition, it redeployed four Predator drones to Turkey from northern Iraq.  The drones are seen as a ...

Journal Article - May 2 2012 - 4:43am - 4 comments

Flynn and the Prospects for Defense Intelligence Reform

... thinking at DIA? The battlefield exploits of Joint Special Operations Command have figured ... spent on tactical HUMINT. I know as an ISR guy (predator, reaper, GH, U2), I always tried to find "on the ground" information ...

Journal Article - Apr 19 2012 - 4:48am - 10 comments

Setting an Expeditionary Posture Through Mission Command

... BG Flynn explains the mission command Network as  people enabled by technology with a shared ... Keating. "Mother" failed forces at Ganjgal, in the Urozgan Predator, and Kunduz tanker-bombing incidents. With enemies realizing that ...

Blog post - Apr 25 2012 - 11:55am - 9 comments - 0 attachments

This Week at War: Baseless

... column, I wonder what would happen to its strategy if the U.S. can't use bases in Afghanistan the way it wants. ... using the air bases at Bagram, Kandahar, and Jalalabad for Predator drone strikes against Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan?  Or ...

Blog post - May 11 2012 - 12:56pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Thinking Critically about COIN and Creatively about Strategy and War

... Gian Gentile by Octavian Manea Download the Full Article : An Interview with Colonel Gian Gentile I've ... evolve their technology to ensure they we're on top of the predator food chain. Not convinced that is happening now, so we may be ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 8:37pm - 83 comments