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DeM Banter: it's all about choices... I just hope we are realistic about the outcomes... View Original Think Tanks Conducting Shadow Review WASHINGTON — Senior US Defense Department officials are expected to present three budget-cutting scenarios to the defense secretary when they wrap up a wide-ranging review of military strategy at the end of this …
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DeM Banter: I came across this article about a month ago... and I keep finding myself pondering it. I encourage you to read the entire piece as I have only placed the pieces I keep reflecting on below... interesting....there is OH SO MUCH to learn if we would just acknowledge history as a teacher...perhaps not …
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DeM Banter: Well I am sure they will use them for "good" and not "evil." We are all friends here right? Not like we could see these in Syria or Iran? MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister …
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DeM Banter: Important piece here from the CNO and CSAF... not sure I see anything totally new or different, but it is good to read a piece that is focused on something bigger that what is going on in DC. ForeignPolicy.com May 16, 2013 How to keep America in the game when our enemies are …
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View Original 1. Set scary standards. Your level of excellence and expectation for your product, service, or experience should be something that is nearly unattainable... 2. Allow for failure. The road to success is many times paved through multiple failures.... 3. Make decisions. Leaders are decision makers, and must do it constantly. 4. Reward innovation. …
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DeM Banter: Like I always say... if we are not trying to get better... what in the heck are we doing? And... that we don't learn from history is the lesson of history... well, I didn't say that... “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of …
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DeM Banter: This will be interesting to watch. Funny how when a civilian court does not convict it is okay, but if the military finds someone innocent... it is different. I have no clue as to the cases below, but if the Generals were willing to overturn...there was good reason. Obviously they were well aware …
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DeM Banter: O'Hanlon is a big thinker...for sure. Not all the proposals below are perfect...but is there any perfection in these cuts...the point is: something must be done, the current trajectory is not sustainable. As a mobility type... I am trying to wrap my mind around swapping crews on carries while deployed. I am sure …
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View Original / William Isaac / Forbes DeM Banter: I ponder this question often...and then quickly go to Bill Isaac's comment in his conclusion...a "more important question is how will we produce the new leaders we so desperately need?" Any thoughts? Where have all the leaders gone? That’s the question I hear everywhere I travel …
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DeM Banter: Victor is firing on all 12 cylinders here. How often we ignore the lessons of history. Before the United States enters Syria, it should consider the lessons of history. There are many reasons why nations lose wars. Sometimes small states are simply overwhelmed by large empires, such as Poland’s fall to Nazi …
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