Center for Strategic Communication

Boyd & Beyond 2013 Retrospective Day II.

by | Oct 20, 2013 | Monitor

To continue the review of the  Boyd and Beyond 2013 Conference, Day II. ForDay I go here. 0800-0900 Major Jeremy Renken “A Theory of Strategy” “War is a communicative act” The theoretical heavy lifting of the conference was done by Major...

Boyd & Beyond 2013 Retrospective Day I

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Monitor

“I was an up-and-comer in the Air Force. I was selected early for Major. I was selected early for Lieutenant Colonel. And then I met John Boyd….” – Jim Burton In terms of depth and intellectual firepower, Boyd & Beyond 2013 was among the...

The Review of Boyd & Beyond 2013…..

by | Oct 15, 2013 | Monitor

Is underway – growing longer than I anticipated – which is a good thing. Be finished sometime Tuesday UPDATE: LTC Bob Weiman, who had a presentation on the question of the Laws of War vs. Rule of Law paradigms, that particularly  resonated with me given my...

Vlahos: Forty years of the Fighter Mafia

by | Sep 25, 2013 | Monitor

[by Mark Safranski a.k.a “zen”] Kelly Vlahos, the often sharp-penned defense columnist at The American Conservative, has written an excellent tribute to Colonel John Boyd and his Acolytes: 40 years of the Fighter Mafia ….Boyd and Christie started the...