DeM Banter: we sure have been talking about this for a while, but it doesn't seem the nation is concerned. All of the cuts in R&D, the military, and defense as a whole are a choice...what is our focus and what do we as a nation stand for...what causes us concern...what causes joy? Do we …
Becoming an Officer and a Gentleman By Mark Thompson
DeM Banter: The tone of this article is interesting... is the implication really that we don't need this sort of training--especially in this day and age? I very much recall the similar training we received at The Citadel and found it if the highest value (of course I have let much it it slip every …
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Fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is in U.S. interests By James M. Dubik
DeM Banter: I know... we keep harping on this...but it is REALLY ALL ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY. Here's the big problem...the enemy has a very well thought out strategy that is fluid and adaptable...and we have none. The plan that Gen Dubik mentions below is something we have talked about for a long time.. AND...when …
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American strategy in Afghanistan flunks Sun Tzu By GIAN GENTILE
DeM Banter: love the Sun Tzu quote the author uses below...and we have it posted several times here on the blog. What do we do about it? Interesting we have been saying...we (the US) won in Iraq...history would say...no...you simply retreated from the battlefield. The enemy gets a vote...and he's voting now. This situation demands …
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The decay of the profession of arms By Maj. Matthew Cavanaugh
DeM Banter: Something we have discussed at great length here at the m100Group. Where is the innovation, the deep thinking, the dynamic, the disruptive? As my good friend Elvis Costello once said... So where are the strong? And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? … What’s so funny about peace, love, and …
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Pentagon on watch for disruptive technology worldwide by Ray Locker
DeM Banter: I thought the US were the ones doing the disrupting? Hasn't that always been part of our history...isn't that what we do? Now we are "watching" for disruptive tech? Several years ago DoD belittled China for simply mimicking US technology--but what is the first step on the road to mastery? To mimic? Interesting …
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Army Takes On Its Own Toxic Leaders by Daniel Zwerdling
DeM Banter: So... if the Army is doing this...why not the USAF? There are many issues with the article below and I am not sure "toxic leaders" are the cause for all the issues mentioned--we are the military after all : there is discipline, there is rigor, and then there is hazing. THERE is NO …
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Time to abolish Air Force by James Carroll
DeM Banter: I wonder how one becomes a "Defense Scholar?" I think I would be a good one...if we could get the global community to agree to get rid of all the Air Forces...that would be great...and then we could get rid of the Navies and the Armies...now if I could only get a nice …
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CULPABLE COMPLACENCY & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY by Frank Hoffman
DeM Banter: The most troubling similarity between 1914 and now is complacency...great quote from the article below and something we have been harping on here for the two years the blog has been up...a couple of other great quotes to ponder as we step into the new year... Anne Applebaum, writing recently in the Washington Post. “We are …
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The Pentagon’s Vision for the Future of Military Drones By Meghan Neal
DeM Banter: Well...there you have it..."the upside of smart autonomous drones is that they cut costs; one of the DoD's biggest expenses is manpower, according to the report. Not to mention drone pilots are susceptible to human error, and have the ethically sound but strategically inconvenient tendency to incur psychological damage when drone strikes go wrong." …
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