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MikeF, hear hear on your point regarding social awkwardness. I think USNA has a little easier time with that being right smack dab in the middle of Annapolis, USMA and USAFA not so much. I can...

Entropy - what defines a "better officer?" Is that really the point? Or is "the point" yet another in an endless and long-running trend of attacks on the service academies?

I'm a grad, and years...

Been punting aound the idea of switching over to Linux for a while now, and yes, I really should be using Firefox. I'll try again tomorrow and maybe my response will be that much more mind-blowing...

I can't believe it. I just spent almost two hours formulating a response and when I tried to post it, it all disappeared and said I wasn't logged in. Luckily when I tried to go back with the browser,...

Entropy,

Point 1 taken; love to debate it further with you at another venue since I could chase the rabbit ways from this thread.

Point 2: Now that's a question worth asking. In order to buy...

Adam L: The AF sidelines itself, not the other way around. Hence CSAF's "all in" approach to the joint fight. I agree with your assessment of priorities, but I do believe that wars of the future will...

CSAF is a breath of fresh air. Check out his reading list at http://www.af.mil/information/csafreading/index.asp

Exciting to see Galula's tome at the top of the list.

I read an interesting...

That's funny; sounds like someone needed a lesson in supporting vs. supported...was that at Air War College?

But I still disagree with you (slightly). The smallest portion of a USAF COIN doctrine...

I disagree - case in point, just spent some time with an OSI det downrange, as well as their parent leadership. When queried aboit their contribution to COIN, the answer was that it wasn't really up...

BLUF: Air Force senior leaders fail to grasp the fact that if the Air Force wants to contribute to winning COIN, we should be looking to our airmen, not our iron.

Discussion: The problem is that...