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DeM Banter: Whew...came by this through a strange web... working on notes for a class this AM--notes that were passed via Andy Christiansen...from a class taught by John Woodall....who mentioned the concept of "Choosing to Cheat." A quick Google search finds an article on Stanley's message by John Maxwell...hummm.... it's all connected. So do you …
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DeM Banter: Haven't we seen this show before...I believe it was an early to mid-1990s sit-com. We would all have a specialized regions--that did not go so well when one region demanded all our attention. It does look darn nice on paper though. Further, recruiting and retention is not an issue now that the economy …
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DeM Banter: So is it better to be engaged early? Or later? To watch...or engage? Right now...there are no good options... so did we miss our opportunity or was there never an opportunity. Interesting times.... Wall Street Journal July 30, 2013 Pg. 4 Capital Journal The Middle East has a tendency to eat up American …
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DeM Banter: Well said... I just wish I knew who said it. Choices, planning... strategy...not reaction. Of course.. that requires leadership...not sure who is leading anymore... Defense News July 29, 2013 Pg. 20 The central feature of the Pentagon's Strategic Choices and Management Review is to show, with brutal clarity, exactly what capabilities the United …
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<a href="https://m100group.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130729-062903.jpg">DeM Banter: THE best data visualisations are the products of a desperate, raw urgency to inform. That power is packed in the punch of Pitch Interactive, an interactive design firm in Berkeley, California. On March 25th it released a sophisticated visualisation of American drone attacks, entitled "Out of sight, out of mind." I came …
DeM Banter: huge Mike Myatt fan...check out the article: VIEW ORIGINAL from Forbes
Freedom? Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. -Alan Dean Foster Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. -Dwight D. Eisenhower It’s important to ask ourselves …
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DeM Banter: So the more things change... This was something we spent an agonizingly long time working in the 2008-10 timeframe. We drafted a white paper on the subject...There were some very good thoughts on how to synergize the inter-agency, but the actual appetite to place bodies against the requirement just really was not there. …
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DeM Banter: Still processing this one... about 5 years ago, I recall talking with Sundie and saying that the military was soon to become the nouveau riche--not that we are mind you...but the sights were beginning to be pointed at the active duty military and their benefits as the war in Iraq was winding down. …
This has been an ongoing discussion in our country for some time now, and it continues to be a debate at work as well. In the military, our goal is to produce leaders for America. Not academics, not test takers, not “hoop jumpers”, but leaders. The USAF Officer Training School (OTS) and Reserve Officer Training …
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