view original / af.mil 4/26/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A retired Air Force general who was known as the father of "strategy to task," and was instrumental in the development and implementation of new weapon systems during the last half of the 20th Century passed away April 25, at the age of 96. Retired Lt. Gen. Glenn A. Kent spent …
GREATER THINGS: Interagency Collaboration and Planning in the “New” Global Security Environment From The Industrial to the Information Revolution
By J. William DeMarco, Curt Rauhut, and Kurt Waymire Joint Forces Staff College, November 2009 The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will …
Terror Risk Falls, U.S. Officials Say By Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal April 28, 2012 Pg. 4 WASHINGTON—The chances of a Sept. 11-style attack have substantially decreased as a result of U.S. counterterrorism operations, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials who provided an assessment Friday of the state of al Qaeda a year after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. A high-casualty attack …
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The U.S. Army In A Time Of Transition Building a flexible force By Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army Chief of Staff
Foreign Affairs May 1, 2012 After six months as chief of staff, I can see clearly that the coming decade will be a vital period of transition for the U.S. Army. The service will have to adjust to three major changes: declining budgets, due to the country's worsened fiscal situation; a shift in emphasis to …
What Happened to Strategy? by david
view original / theleaderlab.org Over the past 50 years, strategy has been examined, factored and reduced to a few simple formulas. In that time, strategy has moved from the realm of senior leaders to the hoards MBAs and consultants. That’s the thrust of the argument Cynthia Montgomery makes in The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs. Montgomery …
Pentagon Preps Chopping Block For Next Round Of Base Closures
Washington Times April 27, 2012 Pg. 1 By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times Defense Department officials are quick to say the formal process of selecting U.S. military bases for closure will not begin until Congress says so. But people inside the Pentagon already are talking about candidates for the politically charged process that often triggers …
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Sweet Home Alabama… What was Lynyrd thinking?
A song I grew up with for sure... and as we face our impending departure from England and the Bloody Hundredth... we find the song resonating in our ears... but as in all things...the song is much more complicated than it first appears. I do recall my Junior year high school music teacher... Mr Jordan--trying …
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Do More in Less Time: Tips From an Efficiency Expert by Howard Greenstein
View Orginal / Howard Greenstein / Jason Womack Jason Womack's book Your Best Just Got Better explains how to keep from being interrupted. It also identifies the perfect time of day to make a difficult call. Author Jason Womack's broad grin and twinkling eyes aren't an act--he has been happy every single time I've met him. After teaching high school for …
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Mentoring: Who benefits? The Jedi or the Padiwan: DeMarco Banter
I am truly blessed to work with some of the most outstanding young minds and leaders in the world... they honestly humble me everyday. The United States Air Force recruits and trains the finest people in the world and to be an “old man” and a “positional” leader is a gift I relish daily. …
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Decline or Decadence? – Victor Davis Hanson – National Review Online
View Original / Victor Davis Hanson Almost daily we read of America’s “waning power” and “inevitable decline,” as observers argue over the consequences of defense cuts and budget crises. Yet much of the new American “leading from behind” strategy is more a matter of choice than of necessity. Apparently, both left-wing critics of U.S. foreign …
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