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Qualities of a Great General

1.  Tactically aggressive (loves a fight)
2.  Strength of character
3.  Steadiness of purpose
4.  Acceptance of responsibility
5.  Energy
6.  Good health and strength
//signed// George Patton
Cadet
U.S.M.A.
April 29, 1909

Posted 12 August 2008 † Pepe § Military Leadership ‡ Comments (0)

Knowledge

You’ve probably heard a lot about the importance of information in today’s world. Instead of information, we could use the word “knowledge” and mean pretty much the same thing.
You may have heard the expression, “There’s no such thing as a dumb question.” Well, even when someone tries to comfort us with that cliche, we may […]

Posted 12 August 2008 † Pepe § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

DADT in The Tennessean

The Tennessean is a daily newspaper in Nashville, TN. On 7 August, they published three opinion pieces regarding Don’t ask, Don’t tell. The first, Pentagon in-the-closet policy still doesn’t seem necessary, comes out against DADT and was written by the paper’s editorial board. The second piece was written by Chris Sanders, and it also comes […]

Posted 11 August 2008 † Pepe § Don't ask, Don't tell ‡ Comments (0)

Don’t ask, Don’t tell, Don’t translate

Here’s a clip from MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Olbermann is not one of my favorite journalists/commentators, and if you’d like to skip past everything else he says about the Bush administration, just go to 1:18 on the video.

Posted 06 August 2008 † Pepe § Don't ask, Don't tell ‡ Comments (0)

Watch the DADT Hearing Online

The Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of the law commonly referred to as Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. 
·         The hearing can watched live at 2:00 pm EST at http://armedservices.house.gov/audiocast.shtml
·         The hearing will also be shown live on C-SPAN 3 live at 2:00 pm. You can […]

Posted 23 July 2008 † Pepe § Don't ask, Don't tell § Congress ‡ Comments (0)