Floating a Trial Balloon
Floating a Trial Balloon; America is Sending Our Adversaries Another Bad Message, Rest Assured, They Heard It
Military
The Deep, Deep State of Intelligence
The Deep, Deep State of Intelligence. Lede: I only had one Intelligence job in the Cold War Army. 90 days as a Brigade S-2 in the Fulda Gap got me read on monthly to the Division’s “Black Book” latest on terrorists and the Soviets. It was an eye-opener on what our people knew. As a DoD …
May The Force Be With Us.
“In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are.” –Yoda Defense One just printed an admission by the Navy Secretary which warns if the defense industry can’t boost production, arming both Ukraine and the US may become “challenging.” Gosh, who would have ever thought that? Could it be OSD, the JCS, and the individual …
Anthony’s Pizza
Anthony’s Pizza; A retired Army Colonel’s observations from the AAFES Food Court. First if you know what an AAFES Food Court is, then you will appreciate this (Army Air Force Exchange System aka PX/BX) I live in DuPont, WA, located right across I-5 from JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord or for the Army types Ft …
Is the “Chinese Spy Balloon” Mission Just to Make President Biden and Our Military Look Bad? If So, Mission Accomplished!
I will admit it: I have been reluctant to comment on the purported Chinese spy balloon story, because it seemed like so much of a set-up. Really? A nation with the capacity to launch its own spy satellites, needing to send an easily-shot-down spy balloon over Montana? But, with even the Grey Lady treating it …
After Senators Receive Alarming Warning from Air Force, North Dakota Mayor Quickly Moves to Stop Chinese Corn Mill
It was never a good idea for Chinese-owned Fufeng USA to build a corn mill in North Dakota, especially given its proximity to Grand Forks Air Force Base. Nevertheless, the city’s mayor, Brandon Bochenski, and the state’s governor, Doug Burgum, both Republicans and delighted by the prospect of economic opportunity, forged ahead with the plans. …
Drone sales, diplomacy, deployment, and force projection
Chemical weapons are called the poor man’s atom bomb. The drone is becoming the poor man’s carrier. A three-year-old meme on Facebook discussing the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani shows how force projection has changed in the last few decades: Sucks to be him. And I don’t question there were a few more people in the loop …
Biden Totally Wrecks Ukraine Response
It has been 11 months since Russia invaded Ukraine; When it became clear that Putin was contemplating an invasion of the Ukraine, Biden misplayed all of his cards. Instead of calling Putin’s bluff and sending as much military assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible, Biden basically invited the Russian dictator to take the northeast portion …
Joe Biden Threatens Americans – Again
Having learned nothing from Martin Luther King Jr., Joe Biden commemorated MLK day by threatening his fellow citizens.
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.