Squaring the Circle

Latest Episodes:

FA50 Mentorship and Development Discussion with LTC Smith Dec 30, 2023

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Force Management (FA50) mentorship and discussion with LTC Cait Smith. This episode is part of a series on mentorship and development to help current junior Force Managers, current Force Managers in the pipeline waiting for school, and officers considering the VTIP process.

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A Discussion on PPBE and the Budget with Elaine McCusker Dec 22, 2023

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A discussion on PPBE and the Department of Defense Budget. For more information and reading on the subject by Ms. Elaine McCusker please see below for articles:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/2024-ndaa%E2%80%94bipartisan-hope-amid-partisan-chaos-208052

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/12/sheathing-the-sword-of-damocles-6-steps-to-righting-the-ship-as-2023-ends-and-2024-begins/

https://www.realcleardefense.com/2023/12/06/congresss_groundhog_day_budgeting_puts_national_defense_in_danger_997134.html

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The 1973 Yom Kippur War with LTC Nathan Jennings Dec 18, 2023

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A discussion of the 1973 Yom Kippur War - a look at the tactics and operations, as well as how it led the US Army to transform in the 1970s-80s

For further information on the war:

https://www.ausa.org/publications/1973-arab-israeli-war-insights-multi-domain-operations

https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/Expeditions-with-MCUP-digital-journal/Crossing-under-Fire/

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FA50 Mentorship and Development Discussion with LTC Hartrich, part 2 Dec 08, 2023

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Part 2 of my discussion on FM mentorship and development with LTC Hartrich

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FA50 Mentorship and Development Discussion with LTC Hartrich, part 1 Dec 04, 2023

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Force Management (FA50) mentorship and discussion with LTC John Hartrich. This episode (part 1) is part of a series on mentorship and development to help current junior Force Managers, current Force Managers in the pipeline waiting for school, and officers considering the VTIP process.

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PPBE and the Budget with MG (R) John Ferrari Nov 26, 2023

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For more on PPBE and the Budget - links to publications by MG (R) John Ferrari

Here’s a simple way the Pentagon can help the troops in 2023 | The Hill

Budget endgame scenarios: From acceptable to apocalypse - Breaking Defense

Hey OMB – Defense needs $816B for FY23 - Breaking Defense

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Strategy - Ends/Ways/Means Nov 11, 2023

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We as Force Managers, use strategy to help Army Senior Leaders to make informed decisions on resources, capabilities, and risk. We as Force Managers have to be informed on current strategy and strategic direction from the National, Defense, Joint, and Army, and refer to those documents for the alignment of resources such as capabilities, budget, manning, stationing, et. Our efforts and approaches need to be nested within those strategic documents and guidance. First step: refer to the strategy. It all starts with the strategy.....

For more on Dr. Meiser - please see below for links to his publications:

https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol46/iss4/9/

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol76/iss1/5/

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GFIM OE Nov 08, 2023

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The Army is moving multiple systems from the industrial era to the information such as the recent G-ARMY and IPPS-A transitions. GFIM is part of that transformation, an effort for the Army to be more data-centric and support 2030 efforts. This includes the sunsetting of 15 legacy systems and absorbing those functions into one system that produces the necessary authoritative data in support of Army efforts across the compos. These 15 systems do not talk to one another, and thus, the transformation gives Force Managers more flexibility and agility with data management

Link to GFIM OE Breaking Defense Article: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/no-more-sticky-notes-army-consolidating-43-incompatible-data-systems-to-just-2/

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The Future of War with Amos Fox Oct 30, 2023

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Discussing war and warfighting with Amos Fox

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Squaring the Circle Trailer Oct 23, 2023

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