Young enough to know everything, old enough to know better.
I met Arden (aka Spook) in the late 1990's after I was lucky enough to get a job at a little internet startup company called ExisNet. I was troubled by some of life's lessons and I was looking for myself. Spook was one of the supervisors at ExisNet, he was a Marine (retired) …
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US Joint Force Command Anyone who has worked at JFCOM knows what is coming with sequestration. They had a preview of how our government handles this sort of business. For those of you that don't know how this works, here is a story for you. Just a few years ago while working at (USJFCOM) …
When I was a child my mother put this picture on the refrigerator, it is simple and telling. I put this picture up at work as a constant reminder of the benefits and challenges of working with others. Regardless of who is at fault or the challenges we face it is my hope that …
We are so connected. We are so connected to each other that we are disconnected from each other. We have social networks, texting, phones, blogs, emails, television, internet channels and still we are disconnected. Now we are looking to find ways to connect more. The reason is that normal person to person communication …
Perception "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein Google "Contractors Creed" and this is what you get from http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?57037-Contractors-Creed THE CONTRACTORS CREED I am a contractor. I look out for myself, the operators to my left and right, and no one else. I will always take advantage of the fact …
In my office I have a plaque that Kenny Williams gave me when I decided to leave Joint Forces and move on to work with DISA. I see this almost every day, sometimes I am facing it for hours. What does it mean? What does it mean to you? What does it mean? As …
About a month ago I changed jobs. I went from a military component organization to a DoD component organization. Don't know the difference? Don't worry it doesn't matter, that much. Well, at least that is what I think after a month or so. I am not writing about the job though as much as …
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The Cohenization Project 