Today Is Conceptual Architecture

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Andrei Martyanov writes: It is not just about manufacturing capacity — in theory the US may build, in the next 10+ years, some facilities to increase production of 155-mm shells or…

Federal Executive Redesign II – Restore Authority, Take No Prisoners

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. To restore authority, let Congress and POTUS ruthlessly reduce, downsize, consolidate, eliminate,…

As I See It XI: Size Matters

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Train Hard Fight Easy Win Early A group has no centered-self. An…

Checking Communist China

The old standards are still the standards.Fundamentals have not changed, only incidentals. We go here and there looking for God.Truth is, we are ever only looking right at Him. Between civilian command resolving upon war and military command executing on that resolve, there should be an intermediate step: military command counterparts meeting in person to…

Land War In China, A Rational Problem Set

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole   SCMP used to be anti-Communist, now it is ChiCom Lite at least. Marine Littoral Combat Regiment? All this seems both forward-looking and also very amorphous.  It suggests ‘we’re adjusting our force mix to better face off against China, but we’re not sure quite how yet.’…

Hell-Raisers, Seditionists

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole They should be arrested for disturbing the peace. And hauled up on charges of sedition. Observed at scale, several geo-strategic phenomena arrest one’s attention by way of their systemic import. One is the failure of the Trump administration, in the company of numerous and distinguished nation-states, so…

Nature Abhors An Hegemon

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole Click Here For A PDF Of This Post Nature abhors an hegemon and has powers far more than sufficient to drive the same loco.  And always does, always will.  This fact is an occasion for faith.  For sanity to be maintained, faith in this fact is…

Why We Fight

The One Is Indivisible The Truth Is The Whole We examined facets of this subject two years ago: USA Grand National Strategic Objective — Take Three Wealth, Sovereignty, And Strategic Concern The excision of Qasem Soleimani occasions further examination of this subject, noting now its deep history and implications thereof. Asharite Islam is the background…

Orders For Battalion Re-Formation

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT For Chaplains (Christian) 1- You will prepare and deliver to the Battalion, within 40 days, a three-part Lecture Series/Q&A, with simultaneous PDF distro via email and text message, on the deep-theological facets of…

A Theology Of The Army: 5- Conclusion

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT All problems are susceptible to theological analysis, and all analyses are theological in nature. The Army is a theological enterprise.  Every activity, from thinking to kinetics, is a theological enterprise.  Everything an Army…

Penta-Force

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A PDF version of this post concludes it. Multi-Domain Operations is today the rallying point, the main theme of USA military leader thought.  Multi-Domain Battlespace and Multi-Domain Warfare are parallel themes. Comme il…

Fight To Victory, Build To Excellence

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Full-Spectrum US Armed Forces operations comprise two aspects: Combat Warrior and Civil Affairs Warrior.  Because occupation of an enemy country is the reason for war, and because land-control is the Army mission, US Army is the management center of both aspects of Full-Spectrum US…

The Military Mission

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. The military mission is to gain and hold ground. Actual ground, land. The Marine mission is to gain and hold ground short term, including for punitive purposes, which definitionally are short term actions. The Army mission is to gain and hold ground long…