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DeM Banter: interesting Mr Pincus quotes Arnold L. Punaro, chairman of the board, a former top staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee as saying “The all-in cost of the all-volunteer force is one of the time-ticking bombs that could explode our defense capabilities if not dealt with responsibly.” Wouldn't the same apply to a …
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We spend a good bit of time in the office sorting through records. Records of accomplishment... sometimes these are HUGE accomplishments...sometimes they are life and death type accomplishments--and sometimes NOT. Sometimes we suffer from the "everybody gets a trophy" syndrome. How in the world did we get here? I am not an expert, but can …
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DeM Banter: You Reap What You Sow...Everything that you do has repercussions. It comes back to you one way or another, somewhere around Gal 6:7-9...not to get too biblical. The Congressman's line..."The heart of the problem is that our technological capability has far surpassed our policy," sums it up. The United States will not always …
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I came across a couple article over the past few days that I thought were most interesting... as they were polar opposites... sort of a love and hate type theme... The first was more football than anything else... it was from Brian Dodd on Leadership. Picked some of the highlights below... agree 100%! In the …
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Okay... I know... I'm about 2 weeks late on this one... but we have been talking about New Year's Resolutions amongst friends and I started to ponder the problems with said resolutions... it's not that they are too big... it's they are too small...let me introduce strategic resolutions. Strategic: important in or essential to strategy. Resolution: a resolve or determination By NO means …
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DeM Banter: not sure I'm buying it...it's all about the personnel system? Might not be seeing the forest for the trees...I fall back on DeM rhetoric, it all about leadership, vision, and strategy...everything rises and falls on leadership and this is a leadership problem at multiple levels for all branches. ForeignPolicy.com January 10, 2013 As …
DeM Banter: Sometimes... you have to spend money to save money over the long haul....no airline could operate the AF tanker fleet...yet the USAF does so seamlessly, the jets have a very high reliability rate on the backs of huge maintenance cost...the amazing work of USAF maintainers keep these old aircraft in the air, but …
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DeM Banter: more from the SECAF...wondering if the series of articles is having the desired effect... AOL Defense (defense.aol.com) January 10, 2013 Exclusive Michael Donley is Secretary of the Air Force. This is the third of four op-eds Sec. Donley wrote exclusively for AOL Defense on the future of the Air Force. Today's piece deals …
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DeM Banter: wonder where this goes? USA Today January 9, 2013 Pg. 4 The success of U.S. drones in Iraq and Afghanistan has triggered a global arms race, raising concerns the remotely piloted aircraft could fall into unfriendly hands, military experts say. The number of countries that have acquired or developed drones expanded to more …
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DeM Banter: it would appear at this point it all comes down to mission and strategy....what do we stop doing or what do we shelve? Obviously this decision comes well above the USAF and DoD, but if the answer is continued cuts to the military (using defense as a shock absorber for areas other cuts …
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