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By Charles Bausman I started working at MTI immediately after completing my time as a USMC Infantry Officer late last Spring. Seeking to gain experience in the X’s and O’s of running a small business, Rob brought me on as a Business and Operations intern. I read the Amazon recommended readings for entrepreneurship, marketing strategies, […]

NATIONAL DEFENSE U.S. Must Deliver a “Painful” Response to Putin for Russian Meddling, Atlantic Council What Trump will get from his generals, US News and World The Pentagon’s Innovation Experiment, MIT Technology Review Are we in a new era of espionage?, Defenseone Hacking Against Cybercrime: The FBI’s New Approach, thecipherbrief.com HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM Why […]

HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM Comparing the Flow of Foreign Fighters to AQI and the Islamic State, Small Wars Journal What John Kelly could really do at DHS, Politico Study finds links between depression and risk of developing extremist ideas, Kings College London Terror Attack in Turkey, thesun.co.uk How the changing media is changing terrorism, The […]

By Charles Bausman   For this survey, we asked some hard questions on the effect of popular support and benefits on the veteran community at large. We wanted to see if these benefits have created a mentality within some vets that they are “entitled” to the what the government and private sector now offers. This subject […]

Military and Fire/Rescue: What was your most dangerous on the job mistake? What did you learn from it? Last week, we published the survey responses from Law Enforcement Officers on what their most dangerous on the job mistakes have been, and what they have learned from it.   This week, we’re looking for input from […]

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QUESTION Love your programs!!!  You got me up Mont Blanc, the Eiger and the Matterhorn…my partner and I would like to attempt the Nose next fall (8 months from now). I plan to do the Big Wall program just prior but I’m looking for your advice on what to use  prior to that.   I […]

By Anonymous Be forewarned. There is no deployment badassery here. This is only a story of an ordinary lieutenant leading ordinary men in difficult circumstances. I hope its lessons are of use to you. We were about seventy-five Americans out on a small combat outpost (COP) in northeast Afghanistan. Because of the regularity and intensity […]

By Anonymous It is fairly easy to admit that I’ve made many mistakes in my military career thus far.  It is more difficult to reveal that many of my mistakes have originated out of pure, unadulterated insecurity and self-centeredness.  These twin character flaws have been at the heart of many of the experiences I wish […]