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DeM Banter: Many issue with the article below, but the message rings loud and clear...we have some leadership issues in the DoD...heck in the nation... At War (NYTimes.com) August 19, 2013 The military has taken its fair share of institutional blows lately, including scandals that have humbled generals and admirals, a rising suicide rate, embarrassing …
Continue reading "Crises Can Be Averted By Dismissing Toxic Leaders By Adrian Bonenberger"
DeM Banter: Third Generation B-52 family...and this is only the beginning if we can't purchase to weapons systems...is this a good news or a bad news story? I guess we can see both. August 19, 2013 Los Angeles Times August 19, 2013 Pg. 1 The Air Force is giving yet another overhaul to its trusty …
Continue reading "The Plane That Won’t Die By W.J. Hennigan"
DeM Banter: Interesting piece...but I ponder if there is something more strategic going on in all of this--something bigger on the level of the nation's conscience. I am not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch, but I ponder those who have put it all on the line for the US--there is a toll associated with …
Continue reading "The Military Epidemics That Aren’t By Thomas Donnelly"
DeM Banter: What could possibly go wrong? The US has set a very interesting precedent...interesting times. Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) August 13, 2013 Washington Wire Drone makers from across the globe converged on Washington Tuesday to seek out new frontiers for the controversial technology. With more than 28 states considering restrictions on use of the …
Continue reading "Drone Event Draws Fans, Protesters By Dion Nissenbaum and Khalid Khattak"
DeM Banter: One thing we are hearing from DC is that recruitment and retention are fine for the US Armed Forces--I am sure the Brits thought the same thing. If we continue down the line of cutting equipment, benefits, and funding for the US DoD...I wonder what we will look like in the coming years. …
Continue reading "Panic over army recruitment By David Leppard"
DeM Banter: wondering how this will end...and where we will be in 5-10 years... Hanford (CA) Sentinel August 10, 2013 Military Update In late 1970s, the U.S. military was almost a “hollow force,” the Joint Chiefs said at the time, in part because of low pay, housing allowances set far below off-base rents and anemic …
Continue reading "Defense To Hill: Slow Comp Or Watch Readiness Fall By Tom Philpott"
DeM Banter: I'm a simple man...but there are a couple big things at play here--first there is this internal issue in the US where we want it all to just go away... so we keep saying it has. The enemy always has a say in any conflict, just because WE say the war is over--doesn't …
Continue reading "How Al Qaeda Made Its Comeback By Ali Soufan (w/DeMarco Banter)"
DeM Banter: not being anything close to an expert...but wouldn't it seem this is cyclical? Didn't Al Qaeda attempt and fail at a NYC bombing in 1993 and then proceed with bombings on Khobar Towers (June 1996)(Although Al-Qaeda has been described by some sources as the likely culprit, the official June 25, 1996 statement by …
Continue reading "Have The Terrorists Won? By Doyle McManus"
DeM Banter: Spot on... we are trying to apply old Industrial Age Warfare paradigms and rules to a new Information Age Enemy--we are better than that. This enemy does not rely on the old style of C2--they are patient and will morph as only a "leaderless organization" can. Many experts feel we are on AQ 4.0 at …
Continue reading "Adapting To Terrorism 2.0 By Juan Zarate and Thomas Sanderson"
DeM Banter: This from the same author of "Military Entitlements Are Killing Readiness"...yes, I can see the difference, but we have serious issues due to a lack of thought, strategy, and now funding...but we have been caught in a strategic drift for quite some time now...this is nothing new, but now the funding has caught …
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