Chess With The Sheiks

[Ken White]

There are provisions for it and we say we do the right things (not just on handoffs / RIP...) but the actors don't follow the script all too often.

We need to be able to go into the brain and tune egos -- and ambition...

Lacking that, design a failsafe system that forces cooperation -- and I do NOT mean a bureaucratic effort or regulation. It's up to the Commanders to make it happen; the good ones do, too many do not, not being done their way.

Egos...

[Entropy]

A big problem for my deployments has always been adequate turnover time. During my 2005 Afghanistan deployment, for example, the rotator (POS contract aircraft) was broken for three days. I had a couple of hours of turnover with the guy I was relieving which is simply not enough for an intel guy.