120mm ... Thank you. Thank you very muchOriginally Posted by 120mm
Great post over on the DIME blog as a result of the latest RS shenanigans that I now have printed above my desk in full view of the Combat Engineer and Signaller who run my life. Apparently the theory is that attendance at senior school as a generalist equips them for a posting in my world while my poor-arse mustang specialist career and supporting specialist qualifications means I could not possibly have any idea on how to actually do this. Moreover given my background I obviously cannot write appropriately and therefore everything I do which is designed to be easily understood by most gets 'militarified' in a clearance process that only looks for staff duties. I encourage you all consider Matt's post as well
Meanwhile I'm learning to fly a helicopter gunship on my X-Box.Lastly, I strongly suspect that one of the primary issues here is that LTG Caldwell’s influence effort was being led by a Marine colonel with zero experience in the field. When it comes to operating in today’s complex environment, you need a leader who truly understands the functional information capabilities, their limitations, and their strengths if he is to be successful in leading their integration. I do not think Col. Breazile was qualified to be in this position – as surely I know I am unqualified to fly an AH-1Z. And that is one of the most important take-aways for leadership: Influence is very, very hard. That random ten-year O-6 that we seem to have in abundance today is invariably not the guy you want running a critical LOO while learning influence OJT.
Bookmarks