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Article infers a reference to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The assessment has its critics but I have found it has been a useful tool – I’m generally pretty accurate in identifying preference which helps improve communications.
Op-Ed. An Officer and a Creative Man, By MARK MOYAR, December 19, 2009, New York Times
Researchers have found [...]

ARTICLE: Army’s New Manual: Peacekeeper Training, AP, December 17, 2008
The Army has released its first new training field manual in six years, highlighting the need for units to be ready to conduct stability operations after traditional combat has ended.
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The manual, titled “Training for Full Spectrum Operations” and written at Fort Leavenworth, explains what soldiers can [...]

A Defensive Strike For Its Fighter Jet (Dallas Morning News)…Eric Torbenson, Jan 6, 2009.
Seven years ago, Lockheed Martin Corp. won a bitterly fought contract for what would end up being the world’s most expensive fighter jet program. Today, it finds itself in an odd position: having to defend the plane it won the right to [...]

Khyber Action Near End, (Washington Post)…Unattributed, January 2, 2009, Pg. 13  

Pakistan will reopen the main supply route for Western forces in Afghanistan in the next few days after security forces achieved most of their objectives in an offensive, a Pakistani official said Thursday.
Authorities suspended the shipment of supplies through the Khyber Pass to the [...]

POST: Tough love for the Pentagon, by Thomas P.M. Barnett on December 22, 2008
OP-ED: How to Pay for a 21st-Century Military, New York Times, December 20, 2008
You want some tough love on the Pentagon budget to pay for the interventions (overwhelmingly SysAdmin in nature) we’re still waging and are likely to wage in [...]

The Planned Change principle generally includes three courses of action: Maintain/sustain the current system/process, evolutionary/incremental improvement or revolutionary improvement through re-design.  The higher degree of change, the higher the risk. Risk can be minimized through use of the concept of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).  FCS incorporates all three approaches and a strategic assessment will help [...]

You make the call … does the headline reflect a new event or a problem that’s been around awhile?

IG’s Report Highlights ‘Material Weaknesses,’ Financial Mismanagement At The Pentagon, (Washington Post)…Walter Pincus. Dec 15, 2008. Most critiques of the Defense Department’s spending focus on macroeconomic issues that are so large, readers can only groan and move [...]

Army Releases Newest Manual, (Washington Times)…John Milburn, Associated Press
The Army has released its first new training field manual in six years, highlighting the need for units to be ready to conduct stability operations after traditional combat has ended.
The manual, titled “Training for Full Spectrum Operations” and written at Fort Leavenworth, explains what soldiers can expect [...]

The Commander,  NBC Nightly News, 7:00 PM, Jim Maceda, Dec 17, 2008.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: On our last trip to Afghanistan, we heard it often from the soldiers on the ground. They didn’t like what it was called, the “Other War,” or even worse the “Forgotten War.” They’re in a tough fight there. President Obama will inherit [...]

USFK Begins Process Of Normalizing Tours, (Pacific Stars and Stripes)…Ashley Rowland
U.S. Forces Korea eventually will allow half of the 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea to serve here with their families, a dramatic change in an area once considered too remote, and too dangerous for families because of the threat from an unstable North Korea.
As [...]