Joe Biden Threatens Americans – Again
Having learned nothing from Martin Luther King Jr., Joe Biden commemorated MLK day by threatening his fellow citizens.
Military
The World May Have to Do Without America for a Bit
America can’t respond to the world’s bad actors, while we’re fighting with each other. A divided nation cannot respond effectively to a global threat.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 29: A Crappy People Problem
There is an Old School Economics Saying that When Unemployment Goes Below ~5%, There are a lot of People Working Who Can’t Reach the Pedals. We have Some Crappy People Working for Us
Woke Military, Means Weak Military
A Woke military means a weak military; A primer on the consequences of lowering military recruiting standards, from a former Commander’s perspective.
Primer for the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Part 2
The U.S. joins the Chinese communist Party Cover-Up of the Laboratory Origin of the COVID-19 Virus
The Oath
In Norse culture, if a Viking took an oath and went back on the oath, it was said that his sword would turn against him in battle and incur the wrath of the gods.
Another Leadership Story; “How Are You Doing Joe?”
There is another leadership story I would like to tell. I tell this to future officers when I get the chance. In 2011, I was the appointed leader of an organization. While I owned the responsibility given to me, I never felt I deserved the role. One day, my boss’s boss asked me how I …
Understanding DIME: Trump Gets it; Biden does NOT (Part 1)
Understanding DIME; Trump gets it; Biden does NOT and that’s why Putin, Xi and Kim, are beating him up and taking his lunch money.
Do we Belong to Different Classes?
I am Joe Heaton and I approve of this message… You say we belong to different classes, sir? Truly I agree. As it was and as it were, let me tell you what that means to me. You look down upon my friends and you look down upon me. You think that wealth means …
West Point’s Worldview
West Point’s Worldview; There is a moral aspect to leadership. Even in the evil business of war there is a moral aspect to every life and death decision. Formerly, the United States Army was grounded in a consensus Judeo-Christian culture. It had a moral-ethical basis which could be traced to words written in the Holy Bible. …
Yet Another Biden Betrayal
By John R. “Buck” Surdu On 20 December 22, Congress yet again broke faith with our allies. According to the Washington Post, Congress dropped from its $1.7 billion omnibus spending bill an amendment that would have created a pathway to residency for Afghan refugees, dimming the hopes for tens of thousands of people rescued as …
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 21 The Beat Goes On-at What Cost?
The NRO FIA program continues to struggle on the optical side, while the radar and ground deliveries hum along. However, radar is no substitute for optical and as we close on demonstrating some uses that exemplify the value of radar while acknowledging such, FIA failure to deliver has brought the community to the brink of a Gap in capability.
BG(R) Petty: An Open Letter to my Fellow Army General Officers
An Open Letter to my Fellow Army General Officers- We all commissioned into the Army with ideals and a determination to make a difference. We would lead with character, create effective teams to win on future battlefields, and advance our beloved institution, all the while, remaining loyal to our Constitution. During our service, we have …
Protecting the Bureaucracy Over Country – How America’s National Security Apparatus is Subverting America
Protecting the Bureaucracy over Country – A Story of How America’s National Security Apparatus is Subverting America
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 20: Good Money After Bad
Henry Ford creates the assembly line and Def Sec McNamara creates a DoD program budget methodology that works very well for many programs but is not a panacea in consideration of Moore’s law. Meanwhile the NRO FIA program keeps digging (spending) in an attempt to buy their way to completion.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 19 Costs Spiral Out of Control
A huge “tell” emerges in the Boeing FIA effort as a large number of parts are scrapped when tin is found in them, resulting in delays and cost. Does the government have the best available subject matter experts helping run the FIA program? Worst practices and cost continue.
Military Recruitment Another Austin Milley Debacle
By the time you are reading this, Congress will most likely have passed a bill requiring the Pentagon to revoke its vaccine mandates for servicemembers. That is a victory for the rights of military personnel, and a rebuke of the Biden administration and the political apparatchiks populating the Pentagon and the Defense Department. Perhaps this …
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 17
How George Tenant became DCI, and Keith Hall Dir NRO: two former Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff make good. The 4C1000 NRO History From 1962-1990.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 16 Decoder Edition
A review of what you may have missed so far, as the costs pile up and ravage the IC budget like a wildfire and we review salient points about why.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 15
NGA works requirements documentation and struggles with GEOSCOUT. The GAP Study Team finds a miracle in the Boeing proposal: the DNI makes a momentous decision.