Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Are US Special Ops No Longer 'Special'?


Navy SEAL: US Special Ops Are Starting To Look A Lot Less Special -- Business Insider

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” -Steve Jobs

It’s clear to me that very few people in academia and the main stream media understand the current issues facing the Special Operations community. The recent Council on Foreign Relations report on the future of SOF written by civilian Linda Robinson is a good document, but is missing some key elements, for example, how back-to-back combat deployments are affecting morale, family life, and readiness of force. The report includes some very valid data and conclusions however, but you can’t expect someone to complete the full puzzle if they don’t have the required experiential background to know what the overall picture looks like.

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My Comment: A good analysis .... read it all.

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