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View Original DeM Banter: initially excited to read the headline, but a tad underwhelmed by the piece. So why post? Good points and facts, maybe I'm too harsh. Pretty sure I will come back to this at some point. Any thoughts? October 23, 2012/The Diplomat In the first Persian Gulf War, a small group of …
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DeM Banter: always interesting to see what sticks from the debates...horses and bayonets, not the most important topic but it sure received a great deal of tweets, press coverage, parodies (from the left and the right) and comments. Mr. Obama also may have misspoken when he said the U.S. has fewer bayonets than it did …
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View Original DeM Banter: Another great reading list from a historical perspective What is a Hero?: The American Heroes Press Short Story Anthology Hi Tech Criminal Justice More Info The Military Writers 2009 Book of the Year. Once a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery Nick Popaditch More …
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DeM Banter: Call this the "toothpaste theory," if you squeeze the tube it is going to go somewhere... Wall Street Journal October 23, 2012 Pg. 17 Across the Middle East and South Asia, the group isn't dead or dying but on the rise. With Afghanistan the forgotten war this election season, many Americans might be …
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View Original / Mike Myatt DeM Banter: Courage... how often do you see it in leaders? Courage is a trait possessed by all great leaders. So much so, that leadership absent courage is nothing short of a farce. Let me be very clear – I’m not advocating for bravado, arrogance, or an overabundance of hubris, but …
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smallwarsjournal.com / view original DeM Banter: Great thought piece... with some stellar links to other powerful articles. This is really the sort of stuff we need to be sifting through now...thoughts? For an organization facing a period of significant transition, during a time of continued resource advantage and undefined threat, coming on the heels of the traumatic …
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View Original / HR DeM Banter: Have received several comments, praises and quotes from those that are great admirers of Coach Wooden and in light of HR's free offer below... had to post! Editor's note: In the honor and memory of acclaimed NCAA basketball coach John Wooden, we are rerunning our article from fall 2009 …
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View Original / Forbes / Mike Myatt DeM Banter: Stellar writer, Mike Myatt....always spot on. Some of the things I know we need to ponder in the office...“is there a simple test that can quickly determine an executive’s leadership ability?” ....Myatt responds....The short answer is yes, but keep in mind, simple and fast aren’t always the …
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DeM Banter: a fan of Nagl...although I know some are not. Valid points although very Army centric, and perhaps to be expected, not sure I see much of an argument...except stay. So, is he arguing for...or against the 2014 date set by the Administration? I have not had enough coffee yet this AM, could be …
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Been going through a Hemingway phase for about the past year or so...some great life and leadership lessons in his autobiography, biographies and stories... below is a few exerpts of Hemingway talking to his friend about going into writing and pursuing dreams… "Papa" (Hemingway's nickname) I wanted to ask you….I know it is hard for …
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