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Thoughts on Deception Operations 13 Aug 2012 | 11:35 am
American Mercenary had “a criminally brief introduction to the shaping operation known as military deception” the other day, and it reminded me of an old show on the Discovery Network’s Military Chann...
“Able to predict every major Communist offensive” 2 Apr 2012 | 01:41 pm
For your audio perusal: Eavesdropping in Vietnam: One Man’s Experience. Lots of good stuff in there from an NSA agent back in the Vietnam days, when everything had to be done by hand and they didn’t ...
The Army is getting a new GSW Trauma Kit 8 Mar 2012 | 05:07 pm
Interesting development. Keep these improvements in mind as you lay in your logistics and train to deal with votes cast by the enemy.
Final thoughts on the CPX Foxtrot thing 26 Feb 2012 | 09:01 am
CPX Foxtrot is, to my way of thinking, a bit presumptive and premature. It is based on a presumption that the government is planning to instigate a war, and then proceeds to discuss and/or make theore...
So what exactly is Command Post Exercise Foxtrot? 25 Feb 2012 | 03:00 pm
It’s official: we’re screwed. Traditionally, governments in such dire straits have resorted to rather nasty methods to distract their citizens from the troubles – namely, war. Could the US government...
The first rule of CPX Foxtrot is you do not talk about CPX Foxtrot 12 Feb 2012 | 12:55 pm
With regards to certain recent posts on other sites mentioning CPX Foxtrot, individual participants are reminded of paragraph aaaaa, section aaaaa, specifying aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and aaaaaaaaaaa...
Swarms and Boids 31 Jan 2012 | 05:04 pm
I’m currently working my way through the audiobook of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century. A great many topics are discussed, including “swarms” – autonomous flying...
Dear Son 29 Jan 2012 | 08:03 am
(I hope the readers of this blog will pardon the long absence, and understand the reason I’ve been away for so long. Family comes first. Regular blogging resumes with this post.) My precious Junior R...
A Christmas Reminder 2 Dec 2011 | 05:06 am
From a year ago, Oleg Volk reminds us of what constitutes an appropriate Christmas gift.
Midway 5 Jul 2011 | 03:42 pm
July the Fourth is situated neatly near the middle of the calendar year, so for me it serves as a good milestone for checking on my annual resolutions. You know, those things you declared you would do...
