Sunday, May 27, 2007

The World is Changing

..."Once, I needed a Red team commander for a game in which we were replicating a drug-trafficking scenario. I chose a young private who had been a street gang member, and he was one of the best Red team members I ever encountered. But most Defense Department war games are secret, and the talent pool is limited. Organizers have to fall back on retired military guys like me......" By Gary Anderson Click here to View the entire article by MR. Gary Anderson Our military is adapting to the tactics the enemy is using. Read Mr. Andersons article at LA Times. - Ian Bach Tags: war, games, iraq, afghanistan, gary, anderson

2 comments:

Momma Bear said...

Have you read any of the news articles on gangs in the Baltimore newspaper lately? They have a series of articles highlighted on their website. They are getting very organized.. and it's scary.

Ian Bach said...

yes check my post on yahoo blog for 5-27-07

here is part of it and link to main source below

In 1994, with the baloney-progressive Bill Clinton in the White House and middling Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, federal Pell grants for prisoners were abolished - despite clear evidence that college courses behind bars substantially reduced recidivism rates among inmates who received the benefit. At the time, some 25,000 inmates in U.S. prisons were getting about $35 million in Pell grants, according to federal records, and that amounted to only two-thirds of 1 percent of the total program in 1994.)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.rodricks26mar26,0,5960447.column