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• RESET ROC Drill summary notes

  RESET ROC Drill summary notes (FORSCOM hosted conference in Atlanta,17 Jun 2009). More detailed notes and slides available from DLRO. These notes capture the highilghts from the Introductory remarks and from the crucial "Turn 1") or "In... Posted Jun 22 2009, 11:04 AM by Ken Long with | with no comments Filed under: change management, change, military reform, generating force, ARFORGEN, contracting, complexity

• Reflections on military reform movement, by Boyd "Acolytes" on Mar 13th

  You may recall the email traffic a couple months ago that attended the publication of “America’s Defense Meltdown”. A number of the contributing authors will be discussing defense issues in a live Internet broadcast from the Cato Institute... Posted Mar 10 2009, 12:48 PM by Ken Long with | with no comments Filed under: change management, force management, F100, defense budget, military reform, culture, generating force, critical thinking, DOTMLPF, acquisition, force structure, future warfare, defense planning, national security strategy

• The Pentagon's New Weapons Buyer

  According to a Boston Globe article by Bryan Bender, Ashton B. Carter, Professor of Science and International Affairs at the Harvard-Kennedy School of Government, has been nominated by President Obama to be the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer. Carter... Posted Feb 24 2009, 02:47 PM by LTC Eric Hollister with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: change management, change, force management, defense budget, budget, resourcing, military reform, capabilities, strategy, strategic force management, acquisition, F104, FCS, future war, force structure, future warfare, political decision making, defense planning, national security strategy

• Reflecting on the Growler, design, and acquisition

  Time, Cost, Performance: pick 2 is the old adage, probably because it seems to be true. Examples: you can get it now and cheap, but performance will suffer. Or you can get it now and great, but it will cost you a fortune Or, you can get it cheap and great... Posted Feb 09 2009, 10:57 AM by Ken Long with | with no comments Filed under: change, force management, budget, resourcing, PPBE, military reform, certainty, capabilities, generating force, fallacy of technical rationality, integration, strategic force management, acquisition

• Reflecting on the political nature of defense acquisition

  In other places on this blog, such as this discussion about acquisition reform , and Dr Paparone’s discussion of The Fallacy of Technical Rationality , we have seen commentary on the nature of the acquisition process. There is a strong case for... Posted Jan 23 2009, 11:55 AM by Ken Long with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: change management, change, force management, curriculum, F100, resourcing, PPBE, military reform, organizational design, culture, certainty, generating force, systems dynamics, critical thinking, network education, DOTMLPF, doctrine, education, heuristics, art, sustainment, fallacy of technical rationality, critical reasoning, strategy, integration, ARFORGEN, acquisition

• MIlitary Acquisition Reform: Is it just "Groundhog's Day"? the latest from Defense AT&L and MAJ Dan Ward , USAF

  From some DLRO email traffic on the important topic of military acquisition reform: Background: 1. MAJ Dan Ward, USAF, has written a number of excellent force management articles over the years. His latest is available in the Jan/Feb issue of Defense... Posted Jan 21 2009, 11:04 AM by Ken Long with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: change management, change, force management, curriculum, F100, defense budget, resourcing, PPBE, military reform, organizational design, culture, certainty, capabilities, generating force, systems dynamics, critical thinking, DOTMLPF, positivism, education, heuristics, logistics, systems engineering, fallacy of technical rationality, critical reasoning, strategy, strategic force management, acquisition, contracting

• Senior Raytheon VP nominated for Pentagon’s number two spot

  Out of control spending, unmanaged contracts, and broken acquisition procedures are repeated charges levied at the Pentagon by many circles, lately to include its Chief, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Gates has been adamant about Acquisition reform... Posted Jan 09 2009, 10:21 AM by LTC Eric Hollister with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: change, force management, defense budget, budget, resourcing, military reform, culture, acquisition, contracting

• America's Defense Meltdown (CDI Paper): Some thoughts.

  The World Security Institute's Center for Defense Information (CDI) has published a paper called America's Defense Meltdown, which was co-authored by "13 non-partisan Pentagon insiders, retired military officers & defense specialists"... Posted Jan 05 2009, 10:44 AM by LTC Eric Hollister with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: change management, change, force management, mission, curriculum, defense budget, budget, resourcing, PPBE, military reform, organizational design, capabilities, generating force, critical thinking, doctrine, education, critical reasoning, strategy, strategic force management, ARFORGEN

• Wired magazine: a critical look at network warfare, and an anthropological storm brewing

  Doctrine, and Materiel in the press: The most recent edition of Wired magazine is full of engaging articles on the storm developing in and around the idea of social scientists working side by side with Army units in defense of the nation's interests... Posted Dec 27 2008, 11:57 AM by Ken Long with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: change, force management, curriculum, budget, military reform, organizational design, culture, certainty, capabilities, generating force, critical thinking, DOTMLPF, positivism, COIN, doctrine, education, science, fallacy of technical rationality, critical reasoning, strategy, vision

• Flaws in CSBA Report "An Army at the Crossroads"

  Flaws in CSBA Report "An Army at the Crossroads" In his 72-page 2008 CSBA Report “An Army at the Crossroads,” Andrew F. Krepinevich recommends the Army develop what he terms a “Dual-Surge” force, with one force focused... Posted Dec 11 2008, 07:51 AM by LTC Eric Hollister with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: change management, force management, F100, military reform, organizational design, capabilities, generating force, critical thinking, DOTMLPF, doctrine, strategic force management

• Challenges and weaknesses in strategic force management outlined by the Project for National Security (2 yr study)

  Headline: The Project on National Security Reform Releases Recommendations Urging Sweeping Changes to Improve U.S. National Security System video presentation from National Press Club (and others as well): http://pnsr.org/web/module/video/sectionid/581... Posted Dec 09 2008, 03:26 PM by Ken Long with | with no comments Filed under: military reform, strategy, integration, strategic force management, vision, joint

• Thoughtful Civilian Essay on the Cost of the MIlitary Industrial Complex

  I was reviewing an article by Jim Quinn at the most excellent blog “Seeking Alpha”, wherein he laid a fiscally conservative response to t what he characterized as the apparent profligate spending associated with international adventurism initiated... Posted Nov 24 2008, 10:46 PM by Ken Long with | with no comments Filed under: defense budget, budget, resourcing, PPBE, military reform