http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1178.pdf If a large organization like the Army which is so renowned for the quality and caliber of its leadership and integrity as difficulties with different levels of command and leaders telling the truth to each other, how much of an unseen force is the lack of candor in commercially-based organizations where there is more […]
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Future Force in the news
A nice write-up in the Army Times on the Future Force game I designed for the Command & General Staff College. It was cool to see my family commenting in the discussion session. Related articles Congressional negotiators reach tentative deal on payroll tax cut, jobless aid … – Fox News (foxnews.com) Economic Growth Gives Lift […]
The Navy: making the other services look mature by comparison
Image via Wikipedia The fact that the Navy thinks that there really isnt anything wrong with the culture says a lot more about the Navy than about the people outside the service who just dont get it. This is what hapens when you have an insular insiders club dominated by yahoos and bullies. There’s no […]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I am rarely in agreement with Richard Cohen, but I admire his willingness to take a position. His discussion of the increasing gap between the nation and it’s Army is spot on. The Vietnam War Army happened to have been my Army. I was on active duty as […]
Reflecting on a strategic inflection point at CGSC in Army education
Image via Wikipedia Each year, more than 1500 Majors from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, along with more than 100 specially selected international officers of equivalent rank, are assigned to attend the United States Army Command & General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. In 2010, the vast majority of […]
Army budgets and programs under severe environmental (budgetary)pressure
The Army is finally reading the signals from DoD that the budgetary truth has changed. Not only are major programs under review, but our force structure itself is the oibject of scrutiny. We could very easily see a return of a Division based Army once more, organized around major troop installations, acting as a resource […]
Reflecting on crony capitalism
http://theburningplatform.com/blog/2010/08/29/the-age-of-mammon-featured-article/ a very important read about crony capitalism by an acquaintance; i think the co-opting of politicians by business interests is a stain on our former republic. Finance has joined what was once an exclusive club of the military indutrial complex, which was joined by energy consortiums, exemplified by halliburton which was a combination of […]
A thought experiment in military logistics and visualization
Image via Wikipedia I am an instructor of logistics and resource operations, and a curriculum designer at the US Army Command & General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth. My 25 yrs of service were as an infantryman and a practitioner of brute force military logistics. having retired, I am trying to add rigor to my […]
Excellent summary of forward thinking Army leaders
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The Best Defense (ricks.foreignpolicy.com) May 17, 2010 A General Covers An Army War Game By Lt. Gen. David Barno, U.S. Army (ret.), Best Defense chief Army correspondent The annual “Unified Quest” futures war game held recently at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was pretty impressive — and […]
A system that relies on individual initiative
Image via Wikipedia I’m working in Army curriculum development, and I’m always amazed at how much the system relies on the initiative and knowledge of individuals working on their own to discover what the right answer is for the good of the Army The pace of changes is greater now than I have ever seen […]