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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... incompetent but overbearing seniors in the face for one day longer. Dayuhan---and as a "area Dayuhan---and as a "area ... our cultural shame, a travesty that job opportunities for veterans are not more abundant. Experience no more trumps education than ...

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

Memorial Day 2008

... No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868 I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or ... Washington Times How We Can Really Honor Our Veterans - Joe Galloway, McClachy News Service Forgotten Heroes - ...

Blog post - May 26 2008 - 5:22am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Veterans Day 2008

... Veterans Day, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America ...

Blog post - Nov 11 2008 - 1:00am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Language, Culture, and Army Culture: Failing Transformation

... under combat conditions are a familiar story to many veterans of our current conflicts.  Even when the interpreters are ... are not afforded time for language study during the work day. 14. Department of the Army, AR 11-6 Army Foreign Language ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

It's the Tribes? That's Stupid.

... with a 9mm and a smile, worked with Afghans every single day in the Government of Afghanistan. But, really that is nothing special. Many ... I also feel humbled by engaging in a debate with seasoned veterans on this topic. Afghanistan is a psychological Rubic's Cube where ...

Blog post - Mar 12 2010 - 5:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

Our Silent Partners: Private Security Contractors in Iraq

... was written primarily by the U.S. On June 27, 2004, one day before exiting Baghdad, Paul Bremer signed an updated version of CPA ... of troops, PSCs allowed forces to focus on warfighting. Veterans with skills largely impractical for civilian life were given a second ...

Journal Article - May 17 2012 - 2:47pm - 1 comment

A Combined Arms Response to "Death of the Armor Corps"

... my entire chain of command above 0-5/E-8 were Vietnam veterans. Our units were trained hard and standards were high, focusing on the ... borders/existence unlike threats of the Yon Kippur or Six-Day War. Israel neither deploys, fights ground battles, nor sustains over any ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 5:36pm - 78 comments

Torture at The Library of Congress

... That Shocked the World at the Library of Congress Veterans Forum on Friday August 14 at noon in room 139 on the first floor of ... soldiers began. To make a long story very short, on the day the Army determined to move forward with a Court Martial for one of the ...

Blog post - Aug 12 2009 - 2:00pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

A Tale of Two Design Efforts (and why they both failed in Afghanistan)

... and most of her staff did not return after the first day and the group ran smoothly through the SAMS-approved process of ... F3EAD was born and WGs followed. Up to say about 2008 the BCTs had only say 3 or 4 "new enablers" attached to the Staffs--ie ... how it usually works. What usually happens, is that the veterans of these perhaps unrepresentative situations will come back, take ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 4:24pm - 75 comments

The Death of the Armor Corps

... during the Iraq War (~35,000+ US casualties) and the 33 Day War. I have great respect for COL Gentile, but alas, there will be no ... in 1950 was only 5 years out of WWII and full of combat veterans! It took the Army over a year to get its collective head out of its ...

Journal Article - Apr 17 2010 - 7:59am - 65 comments