There’s no “I” in TEAM but there is in mistake: DeMarco Banter

Reading a bit of Ken Blanchard this AM and looking at the most common mistake a coach can make regarding his team....misjudging the level of a player. This resonates after a very frustrating High School Football season for my oldest son. Blanchard mentions all players fit into one of four categories and as leaders and …

Debt-crisis explainer: Sequestration By Ed O’Keefe

DeM Banter: just encase you've been sleeping...looks like the cliff is looming nearer...remember the scene in the James Dean movie "Rebel without a Cause?" Yeah...that keeps running through my mind... Which driver will we be? We could be James Dean...but it didn't go so well for him, in the end, either... Article attached at the …

The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today Reviewed by Col Gian P. Gentile

DeM Banter:  Another take on a very good book.  Col Gentile is a PhD, Army Colonel...tons of street cred and a fellow Cardinal, but something is not sitting right in his review.  Would be most interested to hear from those you have read the book, on their thoughts... really could just be my simple mind....thanks   “. . . …

Honor Matters In The Military: Petraeus scandal impacts troop culture By Maj. Kurt Sanger

DeM Banter: had this very conversation with a family member over Thanksgiving, just wish I had been as articulate as this Marine. What do you think? Does it really matter? WashingtonTimes.com November 26, 2012 In recent weeks, errant judgments and actions of current and former general officers of the U.S. military such as Gen. David …