Spring Break

I will not be around much the next several days. I realized the other day I will be the parent of a child under the age of 18 for over 35 years of my life - which makes me either crazy or stupid. While the littlest man may only be 3 months old, my oldest little lady is not so little anymore, and dad must take her on college visitation trips. This coming Monday that process continues with a trip to the DC area. I'll be at the USNI members meeting Wednesday for those attending, and look forward to hopefully seeing many of you there.

In the meantime, I highly recommend this article by Benjamin Kohlmann titled The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers and this article by Peter J. Munson titled Disruptive Thinking, Innovation, Whatever You Want to Call It is Needed for a Military in Crisis. My first impression is that this should be the beginning of an important conversation. Also, if you missed it the Small Wars Journal put out a call for papers on several subjects, and I think this represents a good opportunity for young naval officers looking to improve their writing skills - and an opportunity for senior naval officers to encourage and mentor towards those JO skills on subjects that would find value from a Navy perspective.