Below is a link to my warfighting discussion series I gave to ACE 2021. It went by a few names; Warfighting Wednesday, Tactics Tuesday, and Fighting Friday. The idea was ACE excelled at teaching technical, leadership, and tactical/operational planning but was missing the warfighting aspect. It is comprised of 6 different lectures. The first 4… Continue reading Warfighting: Tactics Tuesday
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Leadership: To Be or To Do
Below is a link to my To Be or To Do leadership lesson from ACE 2021. The inspiration was the To Be or To Do speech given by Col John Boyd and uses case studies from The Pentagon Wars by Col Jim Burton and of Capt Brett Crozier and how he handled the USS Teddy Roosevelt at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notes on The Pentagon Wars
industrial complex in the 70s and 80s. A lot of the events and lessons in this book are applicable today. I used this book to create my “To Be or To Do” leadership lesson for the ACE course and as part of my continued study into the work of Col John Boyd. Below are the notes and key points I took from the book to help me create the lesson and case study.
Thoughts on Spectrum of Cyber Attack
My thoughts on the article “The Spectrum of Cyber Attack” by Maj David Musielewicz, USAF
Thoughts on Cult of the Cyber Offensive
My thoughts on the article “Cult of the Cyber Offensive”
Notes on 16th Air Force and Convergence for the Information War
My thoughts from reading the paper “16th Air Force and Convergence for the Information War” by Lt Gen Timothy D Haugh
Notes on Securing the US from Online Disinformation
My notes on the article “Securing the United States from Online Disinformation—A Whole-of-Society Approach” by Steven Bradley
Notes on Besieging Wei to Rescue Zhao
My notes on the article “Besieging Wei to Rescue Zhao: Combining the Indirect Approach with the Centre of Gravity” by Ian Li
Notes on The Tao of Boyd Article
My notes from reading “The Tao of Boyd: How to Master the OODA Loop” by Brett and Kate McKay
OODA Loop
The OODA loop is the cycle observe–orient–decide–act, developed by military strategist and United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd.