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Richard Wright: Thomas Barnett on TMilitary Industrial Complex Fantasy AirSea Battle
As he has gotten older , Barnett has gotten a lot wiser. He has put together a really good analysis of the current U.S. military strategic thinking or lack thereof. The self-serving Military Industrial Complex fantasy that is AirSea Battle Thomas Barnett Nice WAPO piece (by Greg Jaffe, of course) on the great COIN counterattack that …
Robert Steele: Audio of SPY IMPROV at Hackers on Planet Earth
Several HOPES ago, Robert Steele started doing separate Q&A sessions using his knowledge as a former spy, pioneer of open source intelligence, advocate of multinational sense-making, and #1 Amazon reviewer for nonfiction. At The Next HOPE (2010), with help from those who stayed with him, he set what may be the world record for Q&A, …
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Richard Wright: When Legends Die – the M1 Grand Rifle
When Legends Die: the M1 Grand Rifle When I was drafted in 1960 and shipped off to basic training, I discovered what could be called the “old army.” The origins of this term are obscure, but may it have been coined to refer to the Indian fighting U.S. Army of the post-Civil War 1870’s because …
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Mini-Me: US Army Finally Seeing the M16 UNSAT? US Marines Captive
Huh? AN ARMY OUTGUNNED: Physics Demands A New Basic Combat Weapon Joseph P. Avery, Ph.D. Military Review, 20120813 PDF 7 pages Phi Beta Iota: We’ve known since the early days of Viet-Nam that the M16 was a Mattel Toy with ammunition to match. For lack of proper acquisition intelligence including real-world Operational Test & Evaluation, …
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Marcus Aurelius: DoD Tries to Rip 3/4 Billion Out of Health Care – Panetta Caught and Challenged by Congress on Integrity & Intelligence
Looks like Congress has caught DoD in a credibility and integrity breach: For years, DoD — including the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Service Chiefs, have been crying poormouth on military health care and trying to use military beneficiaries as cash cows to fund what should be 100% taxpayer-funded, …
Patrick Meier: Truth in the Age of Social Media: A Social Computing and Big Data Challenge
Truth in the Age of Social Media: A Social Computing and Big Data Challenge I have been writing and blogging about “information forensics” for a while now and thus relished Nieman Report’s must-read study on “Truth in the Age of Social Media.” My applied research has specifically been on the use of social media to support …
