Elements Of Power

Commentary and discussion on world events from the perspective that all goings-on can be related to one of the six elements of National Power: Military, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Organizational, & Geographical. All Elements are interrelated and rarely can one be discussed without also discussing its impact on the others

Friday, July 28, 2006

On Taking a Hiatus: Vacation Always Begets Extra Work

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No apologies for not posting: A week away to meet my brand new beautiful granddaughter and visit with her parents in Idaho, has backed up wo...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Air Force 'Force Reshaping' Sales Pitch: Part 1

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" Sir, you lie to Girls, You don't lie to your troops " (Apologies to the late Rodney Dangerfield) This rant is going to start...

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Go to Blackfive. Now.

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Black Five's in a "dialogue" with some guy named 'Geoff' (IF that is his real name) from the leftish nether regions ...

War is Ugly, But There’s Uglier

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Blogs of War brings us a link to a pretty darned good (heck!- it is great ) and very timely piece from Jules Crittenden on possible outcome...

Friday, July 14, 2006

Hezbollah Rocket Boyz

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"The purpose of the [Hezbollah] rockets is not to decorate south Lebanon." And boy, do they have rockets....probably more than te...

Thursday, July 13, 2006

THAAD Test, and Other Good Anti-Missile News

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Captain’s Quarters , via a tip from a reader, brings news of the “phenomenal” success of a Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) miss...

Monday, July 10, 2006

I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, SMSgt Mac!

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Hoo boy. I received the above graphic in response to the one I posted earlier on the stupid new AF uniforms. It must be the most important t...

COBRA II REVIEW: PART 4

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Parting Comments Concerning Authority of Evidence, Bias, and Utility There were a mere handful of questions that I had beforehand that were ...

Sunday, July 09, 2006

COBRA II REVIEW: Part 3

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Four More Things That Didn't 'Go Wrong' Today we parse the remaining 'four things' (of five) where, according to the aut...

Saturday, July 08, 2006

COBRA II REVIEW: Part 2

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Warning Will Robinson! Agenda Ahead! Warning! Warning! As a big fan of the authors’ earlier work, The General’s War , I was ready to plunk m...

COBRA II REVIEW: Part 1

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Prelude I apologize for having taken far longer to write up a review of this book than I meant to take. It’s not that I had to mull over th...

Friday, July 07, 2006

Another Stupid 'Survey': What American Men Think?

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According to an Esquire-sponsored 'survey', the "American Man" : "surprise! -- leans slightly to the Left". 1. D...

Thursday, July 06, 2006

About Me

SMSgt Mac: I am a '3rd Generation Aerospace' Professional and a retired Air Force Senior NCO. I maintained and tested airborne precision guided weapons the first half of my Air Force career [including AIMVAL/ACEVAL, TASVAL79, AIM-9L FOT&E--IYAAYAS!] and flight tested RPVs, Drones and Cruise Missiles [XBQM-106A, Pave Tiger/Panther, CALCM, ACM and 'others'] the second half. Since my AF retirement I have worked on many aircraft, UAV and weapons programs. I have worked systems, flight, and laboratory test programs about half the time, and have worked R&M Engineering, Depot Operations, and Operations Analysis (Combat and Logistics) the other half, I am now the Lead Engineer xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (doing 'stuff') on yet another major weapon systems program and still involved in a wide range of Aerospace Engineering and Military Operations Research activities for multiple programs.

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