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DeM Banter: There is a standard... I know we don't like to talk about it but we need to... there are expectations of leaders...no matter what network TV says, the press, or anyone else... a comment like: “What I think is happening is that in a combat setting where you value competence, sometimes character got a …
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DeM Banter: Reading about this more and more... and of course it appears to be reflected in the mainstream media as well. ...and then it hit me... am I senior leadership? I think so... and now I am just mad. So what what can we do about this to change it? Please ponder that today... …
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DeM Banter: And the hits just keep coming... The USAF has core values.... Service, Excellence, and Integrity... I have always had my own... Honor, Respect, and Loyalty...and...Integrity has to be a baseline...Wonder what our nation's core values are? Something to ponder today... http://www.nytimes.com / View Original / October 23rd, 2013 BERLIN — The diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested …
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DeM Banter: Increasingly having to go to foreign papers for data... or maybe it is just me...and then there's this...as we leave the AOR...what will be the US legacy? Islamabad, www.telegraph.co.uk / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 Amnesty International says US may be guilty of war crimes over its use of drone strikes after finding evidence of civilian deaths …
DeM Banter: If it is all about taking care of your friends...allies...this has me scratching my bald head... http://www.upi.com / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 PARIS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Spying on millions of French phone calls raises legitimate issues for U.S. allies, the White House said ahead of a U.S.-French meeting on the matter in Paris.Secretary of …
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DeM Banter: Maybe we need a Tony Stark right about now...??? Not sure he comes with the suit..... http://www.defencetalk.com / View Original / October 21st, 2013 U.S. Special Operations Command wants its operators to be protected with what it informally calls an Iron Man suit, named after the fictional superhero. In September, U.S. Special Operations Command, known as SOCOM, made …
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DeM Banter: Interesting take on what appears to be a very real trait in what we have come to call "foreign policy." Honestly...who would not take advantage of the crisis of leadership in DC. We are on the world stage and not for the greatness of our system, but for the folly. Interesting times to …
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"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." — Arthur Ashe One thing I have noticed over the years, is that we all have this sort of funky relationship with the word "hero." It probably came up …
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DeM Banter: Is this a leadership issue? A cultural issue? A training issue? A selection of senior leadership issue? All of the above? Or simply just someone (one of many as of late) that messed up? Alcohol on a TDY, I doubt he simply "turned it up" on night and got busted. Thoughts? View Original: …
DeM Banter: Crisis of leadership...vision...AND strategy...wonder what we will remember of this era 20 years from now....assuming we get better, and we don't remember these days as the GOOD 'ol day... View Original: Four Budget Practices That Are Destroying America's Defenses (Forbes) 15 Oct 13 … The United States has spent trillions of dollars since …
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