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

Saturday, January 22, 2011

"What Military-Industrial Complex?" Update

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Just updated and expanded the What Military-Industrial Complex ? post below.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chuck Schumer Watch: Vol. 1, Ch.1

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In a bid to become the Senior Ranking Clown on the Senate Select Committee for Hybris, Chuck Schumer trots out yet another , horrible, ill-c...
Monday, January 17, 2011

50 Years Later: WHAT Military Industrial Complex?

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T oday is the 50 th Anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 'Farewell Address' . A speech most famous for coining the now ...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Stealth References

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It seems like we're starting to see even more misinformation (or is it dezinformatsia ?) on the JSF than usual on the web. It almost ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

F-35B Status, Challenges

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If you want to acquire some useful information on the current state of the F-35B 'technicals' skip fact-free speculation and simple...
Friday, January 07, 2011

Getting Helos Back in the Fight

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'Solomon' at SNAFU! has an interesting post covering the return to service of two HH-60 Seahawks that had a little 'accidental...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Long Range Strike Moves Forward.....Finally?

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...and is it in the right direction? Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo / Air Force I'll reserve judgement until after the details inevitably eme...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Hope Springs Eternal: 2011 edition

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New Year.... New Pic HAPPY NEW YEAR??? We'll see..... (Still waiting). I got time.
Thursday, December 30, 2010

F-35B: Second Guessing the Marines

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...Is this the latest fad? Well, there seems to be no end of people who are second guessing the Marine Corps over their desire for the F-35...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Yee-Effin' Haw - THIS is America dammit!

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From Bloomberg: EPA-Texas Feud Escalates Over New Carbon Regulations. This appears to be a still-evolving story, as Bloomberg is still updat...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas... and Count Your Blessings!

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Merry Chistmas to all. Hope you have time to give thanks for any and all Blessings that you may have in your life today, large AND small. Ta...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Thanks Dad

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Here's my Dad in Vietnam, sometime circa 1965,1966, 1967 or 1968. He spent about 36 of those 48 months 'in-country'.(Thanks for ...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Krauthammer Nails the 2010 National Election

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(H/T Instapundit ) For the 20-30 people in the blogosphere that don'y follow Instapundit, Charles Krauthammer sums things up beautifully...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Weatherford Texas City Charter Propositions

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NO to ODD Number Propositions Yes to EVEN Number Propositons The Weatherford Democrat had a rather ‘naive’ summary of the proposed change...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Rumsfeld's New Book: Press STILL too Stupid to Understand

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In the early days after 9/11/01 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was excorciated in the press for the explaining the difference between ...
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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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