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- Thread starter Recovering LSO
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As assuredly as nugget aviators get the EA6B, for the Pentagon you will be assigned the staff officer's equivalent (seen here in one of it's earliest moments)
The 20 answers inside a standard Magic 8 Ball are:
- It is certain
- It is decidedly so
- Without a doubt
- Yes, definitely
- You may rely on it
- As I see it, yes
- Most likely
- Outlook good
- Yes
- Signs point to yes
- Reply hazy try again
- Ask again later
- Better not tell you now
- Cannot predict now
- Concentrate and ask again
- Don't count on it
- My reply is no
- My sources say no
- Outlook not so good
- Very doubtful
Better idea - avoid the five-sided wind tunnel at all costs.
A couple books I enjoyed that are relevant to our world:
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright - traces the origins of al Qaeda
All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer - the origins and aftermath of the 1953 Iranian coup
Black Flags by Joby Warrick - the origins and formation of ISIS, my favorite of these three.
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright - traces the origins of al Qaeda
All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer - the origins and aftermath of the 1953 Iranian coup
Black Flags by Joby Warrick - the origins and formation of ISIS, my favorite of these three.
And this is why the fleet wonders how acquisition happens. I've heard OPNAV and JCS tours are hard...and incredibly rewarding.Better idea - avoid the five-sided wind tunnel at all costs.
danpass
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I've had the book for a few months and just got to it last week.
I was looking for what the Pentagon was like, how it worked and so on.
After a month or so of random searching, dismissing the typical works of 'the history of ... ' I came upon this one, exactly what I was looking for. So much so that I bought the previous three versions as well. Together they cover different periods such as; before Goldwater-Nichols, afterward, after 9-11.
The book has an entire chapter called 'The Pentagon: Realities and Myths'
Here are some of lead-ins to the myths:
Everybody hates working there
Everyone is so busy that no one has time to think or plan
Bosses tend to ride a good horse until it drops
The junior people in the Pentagon only make coffee
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is full of power-mad bureaucrats
No one really has a handle on how the place works
Now for the real kicker: Recovering LSO mentioned a USNI article that mentions the reading lists of the various DOD heads. It turns out that this book is on the USMC CMC's Senior Officer recommended reading list.
I was looking for what the Pentagon was like, how it worked and so on.
After a month or so of random searching, dismissing the typical works of 'the history of ... ' I came upon this one, exactly what I was looking for. So much so that I bought the previous three versions as well. Together they cover different periods such as; before Goldwater-Nichols, afterward, after 9-11.
The book has an entire chapter called 'The Pentagon: Realities and Myths'
Here are some of lead-ins to the myths:
Everybody hates working there
Everyone is so busy that no one has time to think or plan
Bosses tend to ride a good horse until it drops
The junior people in the Pentagon only make coffee
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is full of power-mad bureaucrats
No one really has a handle on how the place works
Now for the real kicker: Recovering LSO mentioned a USNI article that mentions the reading lists of the various DOD heads. It turns out that this book is on the USMC CMC's Senior Officer recommended reading list.
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There is an action officer course? Sigh . . .
at nearly every major staff/agency.
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No, really, it's not good. Word was that it used to be 5 days, now 2, and... yah. They could do a lot more with it.
We had a process in the JCS J5 called onboarding. It was actually a really great 3 hour seminar with the SES J5 think tank guy talking about the life cycle of the AO and how to be innovative and move an idea through the organization. Lots of mental exercises and thought experiments. Getting your average O4 to understand just how much play they could have in an organization as flat as the Joint Staff opened up a lot of eyes.
danpass
Well-Known Member
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Reminiscences (Bluejacket Books) Paperback – April 15, 2012 by Douglas MacArthur
While books about historical figures are nice, providing the who/what/where/how of the times and decisions, I prefer to find the books written by the people themselves describing the times and decisions as that includes the most important item; the WHY.
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Reminiscences (Bluejacket Books) Paperback – April 15, 2012 by Douglas MacArthur
While books about historical figures are nice, providing the who/what/where/how of the times and decisions, I prefer to find the books written by the people themselves describing the times and decisions as that includes the most important item; the WHY.
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