Insanity defense

all elements of national power in pursuit of those goals. From the NSS derives the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which directly shapes budgeting and force-structure decisions.…

Growing up in life I have realized that school may not be the thing for me. I have always struggled to be a consistent student and was honestly surprised when I made it to college. Since my freshman year I have always thought that the Military might be the path for me. One thing that I know about myself is that I need structure to succeed, where has more structure than our armed forces? One thing I knew about myself is that if I joined the Military I wouldn’t want to be just another soldier on…

Using the Defense Security Service Insider Threat Risk Equation Where, Risk = (threat, vulnerabilities, values, or consequence), I propose the Risk of Russian insider threats has grown substantially, that US citizens, many with DoD security clearance access, maintain radicalized or adverse political beliefs favorable to Russia. Our vulnerabilities range from poor personnel vetting to all aspects of information and systems security, and DoD facilities security. Lastly, the values of these…

1. Purpose: To provide information on the Evolution of the Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century 2. Facts: a. The U.S. Army Doctrine essential idea is to seize, retain and exploit in sustained land operations that will improve and maintain a position of advantage. Doctrine is always changing as the Army has faced encounters during deployments since the war in the 1990s to recent. b. Strategic and technological realties have been a lessons learned from recent…

detail to the policy areas. The policy areas of this topic are the United States Military (United States, Department of Defense DOD) ethical, moral and equity. It becomes ethical and moral for the regard of principles and integrity in the public’s opinion. Equity can be regarded as a policy area since; it includes gender discrimination…

I’ve been a Marine Judge Advocate for over 17 years. I say that not to admit guilt but state pride in my duties and profession. Despite the well-worn clichés and easy cynicism about lawyers, I am an unrepentant leader of Marines who questions the Marine Corps approach to character development in our Corps and the oft mere reliance on the “Judge” to teach “ethics” to our Marines. We, as leaders, need to do more to make sure the character that takes command in moments of crucial choices is…

Unconventional Warfare (UW) is considered the trademark of the U.S. Army Special Forces (SF). In fact, UW often serves as the focus for training, planning, and discussion within every aspect of the SF community. Most debates involving UW turn into an analysis of defining Unconventional Warfare and trying to figure out how to fit current SF operations into that definition. Special Forces prides itself on owning UW and serving as the Department of Defense’s subject matter experts on operating…

Joint Publication defines Force Protection (FP) as: "Preventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Department of Defense personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and critical information"(JP-02. pg-90). Command and Control (C2) is defined as: "The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission"(JP-02. pg-40). Intelligence is defined as: "The product resulting from…

external stakeholder organizations. This paper identifies a few historical challenges that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies faced in the past, how those organizations sought to overcome those challenges, and how these solutions can apply to other public organizations. Historical Challenges Communication and operational synchronization within the Department of Defense are two particularly notable historical challenges. During the conflict in Vietnam…

The newly created National Military Establishment was rife with conflicts stemming from overlapping responsibility. The most notable of these was the rivalry between the Department of State and the new, massively larger, Department of Defense. Which of these two Departments gets priority in foreign policy making continues to be a struggle in the National Security Council. As the policy makers that designed NSA 47 intended, different Presidents have implemented the NSC in different ways…