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DeM Banter: something has got to give...no? If Mil Pay is to be adjusted, does this make sense? GovExec.com November 1, 2012 The government must reform military pay and benefits to help the Defense Department rein in spending, according to a new report from a left-leaning think tank. The Center for American Progress praised Pentagon …
Continue reading "Think Tank Recommends Ways To Rein In Military Pay, Benefits By Kellie Lunney"
DeM Banter: yup! But...no mention of the future and 2nd/3rd order effects....or when other nations decide this is a good idea...and we try to say no. Not sure I see the policy changing, but we need to spend some time pondering a future of drone war. ForeignPolicy.com October 30, 2012 No matter who wins in …
DeM Banter: is this anything? I tend to think so. It's not hard to envision the US being wrapped around the axle with climate change while other nation exploit opportunity. In the past, U.S. leaders who felt the tug of the sea -- notably Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Alfred Thayer Mahan -- glimpsed …
Continue reading "Open Seas: The Arctic is the Mediterranean of the 21st century. By James Holmes"
DeM Banter: The Art of Manliness, a stellar blog that has grown into books, a storefront and beyond. I started reading the blog years ago....and introduced Luke to it. As the years go on, Luke asked me if I had continued to read....and I had to admit it slipped from my "crosscheck." Well, it's back... …
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DeM Banter: I continue to find it interesting that the "horse and bayonet" comment resonates, but lets take the politics out of this. The numbers below are very shocking and in usual DeMarco Banter...even more shocking we don't have a strategy to match the downsizing. Well, there is the phantom pivot....We all hear the fact …
Continue reading "America’s Capsizing Naval Policy By Mark Helprin"
DeM Banter: a tough one to be sure, especially after the US admitted to Stuxnet. This is akin to drones...can we get upset when we are doing the same? Nakashima asks when the attack becomes an act of war? We set another precedent when our embassy was attacked 11Sep 2012, US sovereign territory and the …
DeM Banter: big fears here...we continue to cut defense, but we continue to ask defense to keep doing what they are doing...we keep stretching our military thiner and thiner...like a rubber band, eventually something will give. When it does I fear the public will look to DoD and ask what went wrong...we had such faith …
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DeM Banter: the genie is out of the bottle...or maybe I should say genies...because, they are all going to be different depending on the nation and the interest. All 4 points below have been discussed on this blog ad nauseam...but 10 years from now, 2022... things are going to look very different in terms of …
Continue reading "The Risks Of Relying On Drones By Kurt Volker"
entrepreneur.com / view original DeM Banter: Spending a lot of time pondering leadership strengths and how to get young leaders to identitfy and nurture their strengths. DISC seems like a strong C+ test... leaning heavily toward Gallup's StrengthFinder... any thoughts? There are many leadership styles and a cottage industry has cropped up around defining them. Gayle Lantz, …
Continue reading "The Strengths and Weaknesses of Your Leadership Style by Gwen Moran"
DeM Banter: and the answer is? ForeignPolicy.com October 26, 2012 Washington calls them "regional" missile defenses, but Russian and China see a strategic threat brewing. To counter missile programs in Iran and North Korea, the United States is expanding missile defense capabilities in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. So far, the United States has …
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