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I know, right? I read the materials for several of these classes while researching for something else. A lot of the materials are incredible. Too bad their makers...

All points addressed in my original post, with no exceptions.

The instructor makes a huge difference.

As it is currently practiced, doctrine prevents the Sgt. without a degree- but with years of experience training polic officers in Iraq or Afghanistan,...

Some general statements about the current state of cultural education in the US military, as I understand it:
1. The coursework available at cultural and language centers of the Branches, part of...

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ArmedwithScience.rss

here

If you are from the US and don't read BBC or blogs, you have probably heard zero about this, but have ya'll seen this?

My "favorite" part:

Glad to hear the support for graduate education, as we in the US have become anti-intellectual lately (a shame).

I have found, much as schmedlap highlighted, that rich dummies keep getting...

Reaction 1: Um...yeah? Surprised? Maybe you should be paying more attention. Then, calming myself a little, and trying to be more objective...
Reaction 2: Well, it seems like the murder of...

Under the title "Design is..."
http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/BLOG/blogs/hist/archive/2009/07/22/design-is.aspx

I, too, was wondering why Danger Room seemed to think the two were mutually exclusive.

Could the Military Decisionmaking Process be dead? They seem to think so over in the Danger Room:
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No bait. It was only a "okay, let's say this is absolutely true, if so, then..." kind of statement.

marct- We'll keep you :)

So much good reading to be done here...but I distinctly remember...

Sounds like we are all of one mind on this. Hence the term: punditard. Good night, God bless.

It's easy to consider the beginning of warfare this way. Without a whole lot of support, we've been teaching it like fact for a long time. We all know men are violent and women helpless in these...

A little off topic, but I think having a "like" button, similar to facebook, would be great, especially for the next time Friedman reads my mind and posts my comment before I do...

Anyway:...

I would also add a totally different (less arcane?) thread: *Collapse* by Diamond. I know it's about societal collapse, but I think the idea of war over natural resources (water access, etc.)...

It was one of those things that you watch and then say, "Did I really just hear that? Surely he didn't say what I thought he said. Oh crap, he did."

...they published this today: http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/BLOG/blogs/ctac/archive/2009/06/01/paleolithic-professional-military-education-lessons-learned-etc.aspx

...and his wife would have a lot to say about family life, etc.

...here's some info you may find useful ;)

1. woodlandtravels.blogspot.com- a late 30s guy, with family, going through the training process

2. securityclearancejobs.blogspot.com- old, but...

I have an extensive list that is growing in the last few weeks that I would love to share, and actually host somewhere else.

...for all the "success stories" that you guys are pointing out, there seem to be many more failures. As I come accross them in the interviews I'm doing lately, I've noticed a pattern in the "Monday...

...includes blog posts and comments; and military sources, popular newsmedia, scholarly journals, trade newsletters. Message me for a copy...

...it became painfully clear that all of us really are talking about the same thing with different words (as people much smarter than me have already pointed out). So, I'll offer this, in plain...