Take it from me, this stuff also applies to Soldiers and Marines fighting 4GW right now and in the future. Fred and I work a lot together to cross over lessons learned between law enforcement and the military.
From Fred Leland:
I started a new weekend morning series on my web-site called Coffee and Conversation: Trying to [...]
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Congressman Ron Paul Dear Friend of Liberty-Rand Paul for Senate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rand Paul, Ron Paul on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congressman Ron Paul is one of the few strategic leaders we have in this country. He won every Republican primary debate, but was shut out by the establishment controlled media. His son, with similiar views, is running for Senate in Kentucky. These few leaders is the only hope our country has left for limited government [...]
Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM) workshop with Baltimore Police, November 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Walinsky, Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM), Baltimore Police, Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III, Deciding Under Pressure and Fast workshop, Dr. Robert Bjork, Law Enforcement and Security Consulting LESC, Law Enforcement training, LT Fred Leland on December 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The essence of winning and losing is in learning how to shape or influence events so that we not only magnify our spirit and strength but also influence potential adversaries as well as the uncommitted so that they are drawn toward our philosophy and are empathetic towards our success.” ~Col. John Boyd
I recently spent two [...]
Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed
Posted in How to develop adaptability, Uncategorized, tagged Arrogance of Officer Corps, British Army, Manning the Legions of the United States and Finding Tomorrow's Centurians, Path to Victory Americas Army and the Revolution in Hum, War in Iraq and Afghanistan on November 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The deep hostility of Britain’s senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph.
By Andrew Gilligan
Telegraph
Published: 10:00PM GMT 22 Nov 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6631239/Hostility-between-British-and-American-military-leaders-revealed.html
In the papers, the British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel J.K.Tanner, described his US military counterparts as “a group of Martians” for [...]
Obama and the Triumph of the Will
Posted in Strategy, Uncategorized, tagged 4th Generation Warfare, Chet Richards and Straegy, Franklin C Spinney, Sun Tzu, U.S. Strategy, War in Afghanistan, William S. Lind on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is by far the most precise, well written piece written on why the war in Afghanistan is leading to failure and why those who support it are self promoting themselves in keeping it going.
I am proud Chuck Spinney is a mentor and friend.
Don
[ Note: I added some hot links to the attached article to [...]
Winslow Wheeler leading again…Sen Tom Coburn (OK) Showing Leadership
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Congressional Pork, Huffington Post, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), Winslow Wheeler on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My friend and September leader of the month Winslow Wheeler is now writing for Huffington Post. He points out in this article, while most Senators have no care for supporting Pork at the cost to our troops, a few Senators are showing character and leadership. One of them is Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma. Read [...]
Droning On — Remote-Controlled Mayhem Does Not Win Wars
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Lind is right about the Pentagon being a bank. It’s a really brilliant formulation.
However, Lind misunderstands the nature of current conflict. What is happening in Iraq or Afghanistan does not fit into some new, nifty paradigm whether called “hybrid war” or fourth generation war or any other loaded term. Contemporary military interventions in the name [...]
Back to West Point to be part of the OBTE and ALM Workshop…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM), Army's Training Revolution, Learning Revolution, United States Military Academy, West Point on August 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I love going up to West Point, NY this time of year, but anytime. I am so blessed. This is my fifth trip in the last year.
I have now made friends up there, as well as love working with the leaders and cadre of the Department of Military Instruction (DMI). Also, my friend and [...]
Groupthink, Intellectual Arrogance & the Madness of Alan Greenspan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Organizational failures on July 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,635051,00.html
This article should be read by anyone trying to understand the current financial mess or who is interested in understanding why it is so difficult to reform any institution that has allowed itself to be captured by its own dogma, like the Federal Reserve Board, General Motors, or the Pentagon.
The pathway to disaster [...]
My week at West Point, fantastic!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was invited by COL Casey Haskins to observe application of Outcomes Based Training and Education (OBT&E), Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM) and the Combat Application Training Course (CATC) in the field environment during Cadet Summer Training (CST).
The summer training was the first full implementation of OBT&E, in which ALM and CATC falls under as [...]
- The United States Military Academy, Department of Military Instruction (DMI), West Point, New York, is now using Don's book as a guide for its instructors on how to develop leaders.
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Manning the Future Legions of the United States, Finding and Developing Tomorrow’s Centurion. Chapter 6 of this book was passed out by the Army Chief of Staff to every general in the Army for ideas on how to train and develop leaders.
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