Journal: Exercise Africa Endeavor–Military as Peace Force that Communicates, Computes, & Connects

In roughly 1997 we were invited to brief Russian and Eastern European parliamentarians at the George C. Marshall Center in Germany, and presented a new concept, of the military as the core force for peace. Our intent was rooted in our appreciation for the military in every nation–regardless of corruption or shortfalls in leadership–as the …

Definitions: M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making

In 1988 a global campaign started at the Marine Corps Intelligence Center (MCIC) with the discovery that 80% or more of what the Marine Corps needed to do policy, acquisition, and operations support for this unique expeditionary and constabulary force, was not secret, not expensive, but also not known to anyone in Washington, D.C.  Thus …

Event: 22-23 Oct 09 Rotterdam International Cloud Symposium

The theme of “The Future of Cloud Computing” highlights many of the modern technology innovations that are being developed in support of Cloud-based services. As a co-located conference being held in conjunction with the 2nd International SOA Symposium, this event further addresses the ever-widening convergence between SOA and Cloud-based services. Click on the cloud for …

Journal: Ralph Peters on The Rules Murdering Our Troops

Over 200 Marines died in the barracks by the beach in Beirut, in their sleep, because the White House failed to understand that the strategic situation had changed; because chicken hawk staff approved the launching of battleship salvos (think really pissed-off Volkswagons in flight) that certified the US was “taking sides” rather than seeking to …

Graphic: Twitter as an Intelligence Tool

Both of these graphics were created for the eight-minute presentation on Real-Time Intelligence that can be viewed by clicking on either graphic (as always, words in Notes). Twitter is, like most intelligence environments, a very large garbage pit with some potential. The NYPD now does monitor Twitter and cross-walks anomalous events against Twitter plotted on …