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DeM Banter: Are we indeed NOW smarter than history? Interesting times...any bets on how long until we turn this around (will it be too late) ? And...isn't the sequester the ultimate non-decision decision ever? Need more coffee.... Los Angles Times / View Original / 18 Nov 2013November 15, 2013Almost every time this country finishes a major …
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DeM Banter: Nice thought piece... but I would offer; if it were so easy... it would have been done by now. I know I keep beating on this...but WHAT DO YOU WANT THE US MILITARY TO DO? This is the job of the Executive to develop and deploy a National Security Strategy. There will be …
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Appetite ....what is it? Appetite: an inherent craving <an insatiable appetite for work> Appetite exists in all higher life-forms and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. Appetite has a relationship with every individual's behavior. Appetitive and consummatory behaviors are the only processes that involve energy intake, whereas all other behaviors affect …
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DeM Banter: Interesting times...it would seem no one wants a to pay for a strong military until they want a strong military...at that point it might be too late. The strategic warning signs of conflict are screaming...but it looks as if we will simply ignore those. Where do we chose to invest our very limited …
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DeM Banter: It's all about strategy...do we have one? It's not easy, it won't make everyone happy...but without one we have no true priorities, no objective, no real way to know what to fund, what to build, what to defend. Interesting read...link to the full report at the bottom. http://www.aei.org / View Original / October 31st, 2013 When President …
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Well, why should I remember you? I love that song. “Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a 1985 song performed by the band Simple Minds. The song is best known for being played during the opening and closing credits of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. The song resonated among the Gen Xers of …
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DeMarco Banter: A book recommended by Neil Stott, of Cambridge University's Judge Business School...and now by The Economist....will need to pick it up, but it sounds as if any member of the US Federal Government should read as well... Strategy: A History. By Lawrence Freedman. Oxford University Press USA; 751 pages; $34.95. Buy from Amazon.com EVERYONE, it seems, is …
DeM Banter: IF this could work...and IF this were the only thing needed... would the culture of the DoD accept it? IF this could take hold... it is only a small drop in a massive bucket. A couple lines that are of concern..."unconventional warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan have “distorted” the skills of the U.S. …
DeM Banter: I'm still looking for the ah-ha moment...where it all begins to make sense...anyone? Bueller? http://www.defensenews.com / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 Though the discussion was about building the Army that will exist beyond 2020, many attitudes and approaches were met with real-time frustrations from service members, foreign militaries and industry leaders. The goal is to go …
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DeM Banter: Nice piece from Mr Zwilling....but I honestly worry sometimes about getting too "soft" in our approach to leading---that said, it would seem a leader could hit all the traits below and still be firm, decisive, and visionary... you think? http://www.entrepreneur.com/ View Original / October 29th, 2013 The reigning theory in business has long been that "alpha" leaders make …
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