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 09, 2010

Awwww. Prius Drivers Lose Their Perk

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(H/T Jalopnik ) The 'State' giveth . And when your behaviors have been sufficiently altered, the ' State' taketh away . Of ...
Friday, July 02, 2010

'Carpet Bombing' vs CARPET BOMBING!

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Etymological Observations: A Safari into the Semantics of the Left From the back and forth in my last adventure in the threads at Defense ...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Debunking B-2 Myths and Myth Making

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Holding back the horde over at Defense Tech There's a guy named Byron Skinner that shows up in the threads on Defense Tech that likes ...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

ANOTHER "Conservative= Bad Person" Study?

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Déjà vu... all over again. The summary of yet another ...ahem...‘study’ at this link finding correlation between one's personality and...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

AF Chief of Staff?...or Just another 'Suit'?

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(H/T In From the Cold ) General Schwartz, in the latest of a long string of events highlighting the AF's 'buisiness ethos' is ei...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

End of Libel? Media Tiptoes Around the Problem

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Ever Hear of "Occam's Razor"? The New York Observer has an entertaining piece featuring a Time Inc. attorney who's specia...
Monday, May 24, 2010

An Arsenal We Can All Live With? NOT!

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Gary Schaub Jr. and James Wood Forsyth Jr. miss the target: using ‘Nukes’. “The Pentagon has now told the public, for the first time, pre...
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Ann Althouse Debunks Media Wailing on Texas Curriculum

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So I don't have to. (Hat tip: Althouse via Instapundit ) Prof. Ann Althouse picks apart another breathless (and deceitful) report from...
Monday, May 17, 2010

AF Side of the KC-45 Story Disappears

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At Leeham News And Comment, someone was asking me about a reference showing the AF's position on the lamented late "KC-X Competitio...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

DADT: Some Milbloggers Miss Target

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Obama & Co are subverting Western Society everywhere else, why not the military too? Obama does NOT need your help Milbloggers! I reall...
Saturday, May 01, 2010

Armchair General: Sink the General Belgrano

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I had wanted to submit a solution to Armchair General's current command challenge: You are in command of the HMS Conqueror and have be...

No time for Blogging

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For a while now, and for a while to come, there is no time for blogging (or much else) due to my making a change in jobs. Getting up to spee...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Philip Coyle III is baaaack?!

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This is not good . I'm kicking myself now for not saving an old OSD web page where Philip Coyle as Director of Operational Test and Eval...

Coffee Party: This is CNN....

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Astroturfing! More Evidence! and More ... Update 03/15: and More ... The usual Koffeeklatchura suspects: aging hipsters, echo hippies, etc, ...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Defeating IEDs/EFPs: Possibilities Part One

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I've got a little lull in the workload at the moment (only working partial weekends) so I, though it would be a good time to start foll...
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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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