By J. William DeMarco Been sitting in the new job for about a week. There is a recuring thought that comes to me serveral times a day... are we doing a good job at developing leaders? I really don't have a firm answer yet, but ponder it often and am looking for data. The elevator …
If You Build Up, Who Will Come? By Robert Haddick
SmallWarsJournal.com July 20, 2012 This Week At War In my Foreign Policy column, I explain how Iran is tripping up the "Pacific Pivot." Contrary to its plans, the Pacific is now the Pentagon's "economy of force" theater of operations. Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, is accelerating a military buildup around the Persian Gulf, with …
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The 11 Leadership Secrets You’ve Never Heard About by August Turak
view original / forbes.com / August Turak DeM Banter: Had a great conversation yesterday with one of our Detachment Commanders regarding how we are training leaders...his comment: We are not teaching them how to be followers...how can they be leaders?" Of course I quickly harkened back to a very ugly (and very loud) Major that walked into the CC …
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Sequester Blues: Congress Faces Buyer’s Remorse On Defense Cuts: CSMonitor
DeM Banter: Perhaps a more unbiased view here...now, I really like this piece...plenty to issues and blame to go around, dose not matter if you are an elephant or a donkey. I am sure it seemed like a BRILLIANT idea right up until...??? Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com) July 20, 2012 With $1.2 trillion in mandated …
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Defense Cuts: Three Things Americans Should Know By Anna Mulrine
DeM Banter: You see Anna has the answer, we need to vote for her. Really? So we are comparing a build up (ie posturing for a fight) to fighting 2 wars and taking care of the warriors that fought in said wars, repairing and replenishing the resources expended, posturing for a "pivot east" after investing …
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Lasers May Soon Keep Drones Perpetually Aloft by Eric Randall
View Original / Eric Randall DeM Banter: so cyberwar and drone wars...what could possibly go wrong? Two companies, Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, have managed to keep the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System, also known as a drone, in flight for over 48 hours by using lasers on the ground to recharge the aircraft's battery mid-flight. So …
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Taking The Cyberattack Threat Seriously By Barack Obama
Wall Street Journal July 20, 2012 Pg. 11 In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home. Last month I convened an emergency meeting of my cabinet and top homeland security, intelligence and defense officials. Across the country trains …
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Three Types of People to Fire Immediately by G. Michael Maddock, Raphael Louis Viton
view original / businessweek.com “I wanted a happy culture. So I fired all the unhappy people.” —A very successful CEO (who asked not to be named) We (your authors) teach our children to work hard and never, ever give up. We teach them to be grateful, to be full of wonder, to expect good things to happen, …
For US, New Perils In Middle East By Nicholas Burns
Boston Globe July 19, 2012 Pg. 13 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discovered in the Middle East this week that its revolutionary moment has entered a new, violent, and unpredictable phase.Just after her return, Syrian rebels managed to penetrate the Defense Ministry in Damascus and killed the defense minister, President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law, and other …
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Being Last…please just don’t give up on me…
By J. William DeMarco Yesterday we posted the 11 Ways You Allow Your Life to Suck by Jeff Haden... one thing that hit me huge was #3: 3. You don’t try to be last. Everyone likes to be first. But often it’s better to be last: The last to give up, the last to leave, the last …
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