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		<title>The Mitchell grudge: how the 1925 court martial birthed the modern Air Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a fulltime student serving with the U.S. Army, what better historical person to write an academic paper about? General Billy Mitchell&#8230;.coming soon.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1109&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Power-Rivalries of the world should squelch &#8216;next war-itis&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/great-power-rivalries-of-the-world-should-squelch-next-war-itis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[War is not new to society; however, with Murray&#8217;s argued &#8220;Peace Dividend&#8221; since the end of World War II, there has been very little state-on-state warfare in terms of Clausewitzian Total War as was seen throughout the 19th and 20th &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/great-power-rivalries-of-the-world-should-squelch-next-war-itis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1096&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military retirement from the new Chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the first blog posting of the new Chairman of the JCS, General Dempsey.  Good stuff.  He links to the DBB proposal to change the military retirement &#8212; kudos to the Chief on transparency.  The General also highlights his &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/military-retirement-from-the-new-chief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1101&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s a Blimp!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, that&#8217;s a Blimp! Won&#8217;t this become a huge target over the battlefield?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1090&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retirement bargains&#8230;Hire a Vet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perceptions were made regarding the similarities between GM&#8217;s recently released unemployment statistics and the unemployment rate of young veterans, which are now over 20 percent &#8211;nearly double that of the national 10 percent rate reported by the Univ. of Michigan. One under-reported piece &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/retirement-bargains-hire-a-vet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1031&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the military-policy-people trinity really a bragain?</title>
		<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/is-the-military-policy-people-trinity-really-a-bragain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pondering Mackubin&#8217;s recent book discussing the &#8216;bargain&#8217; between the U.S. military, the nation&#8217;s elected officials, and the American people.  Although Mackubin borrowed the Paradoxical Trinity from Clausewitz, he offers some interesting ideas to consider, or even re-consider&#8230;.a.k.a., posse comitatus after &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/is-the-military-policy-people-trinity-really-a-bragain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1087&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers and Airmen work together to save wounded Afghans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>isthison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now in a joint training environment with the U.S. Army, I see things much more clearly now.  Hour after hour of mind-numbing doctrine, either green or purple, I see how the team forms from disparate parts; some green, some blue, &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/soldiers-and-airmen-work-together-to-save-wounded-afghans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=794&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hat Tip to RTR</title>
		<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/hat-tip-to-rtr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special hat-tip to Rick Rice over at RTRViews (@RTRViews) for his adoption of the Air Force Public Affairs career field.  The Air Force leverages best practices from industry with fellowships, direct engagements, brown bags and even a plain ole&#8217; meeting &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/hat-tip-to-rtr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1072&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks Chief!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Form a grateful fan, thanks for the service Admiral!  Admiral Mullen visited us in Afghanistan and impressed me with his candor, committment and compassion.  He will be missed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1069&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rest in Peace Specialist Duncan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands lined the streets for the processional in Kansas.  We, the students of CGSC, lined the streets of this mid-west Kansas Army Post with thousands of fellow mourners.  Under the shadow of an American flag which looked larger &#8230; <a href="http://isthison.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/rest-in-peace-specialist-duncan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=isthison.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8202646&amp;post=1059&amp;subd=isthison&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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