by J.ScottShipman | May 23, 2013 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] One Hundred Days, The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander, Admiral Sandy Woodward For professional reasons, many trusted colleagues have recommended One Hundred Days, and I finally finished it a few weeks ago. They reminded me the...
by J.ScottShipman | Dec 18, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Jim Hasik’s White Board Outline At the suggestion of Adam Elkus, we were privileged to host our first “local” Boyd and Beyond event on 15 December. We had 14 attend, and five speakers. Logistically, we turned our family...
by J.ScottShipman | Nov 20, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941, by Charles E. Kirkpatrick Mr. Kirkpatrick’s little book provides an excellent primer to the formulation of the United States’ WWII strategy and a refreshing...
by J.ScottShipman | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] This is worth the 20 minutes. Strategy without clarity, isn’t. There is no clarity or strategy to our current problems in Afghanistan. “We have killed all the slow and stupid ones. But that means the ones that are left are totally...
by J.ScottShipman | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Photo credit: Zenpundit A modified note from Stan Coerr: To All- We are looking forward to seeing everyone a month from now, on the morning of 12 October 2012 in Quantico. IF YOU ARE A SPEAKER: I need a positive response from you that...