We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:20:58 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification One of the projects I'm working on is an analytical effort supporting Army experimentation that will take place over the coming year. One of the things you've got to get done early - and well - are setting your objectives, from that developing the issues, from that decomposing your essential elements of analysis, then your measures of performance and merit, etc. Parallel and in conjunction, all of that helps you define your venues, participants, and how you are going to generate and collect all your data. All of which wraps up into a product called the Data Collection Management Plan.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:18:02 -0600 My last boss was so much like Kramer that my co-worker and I actually called him that on many occassions. He'd bust through the door, look around, shifting his eyes; mouth slightly agap, and then say "DBIE! I need.... blahblahblah" pretty funny. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62964 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62964 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:43:47 -0600 A hybrid of Niccolo Machiavelli and Temujin. Minus their sense of humor... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62946 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62946 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:11:12 -0600 His desk was a mess. Other days, he would come in an hour late in a uniform that it looked like he had slept in and didn't give a sh*t about anything. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62938 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62938 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:10:07 -0600 Well, my first battalion commander loved giving creatively profane motivational speeches to the whole battalion. At his Farewell, we ran the opening sequence of 'Patton' whilst roasting him. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62937 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62937 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:22:23 -0600 I worked *with* a fellow commander who was Doctor Peter Venkman. Always a hare-brained idea he couldn't quite pull off, as it went bad in some bizarre fashion. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62934 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62934 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:12:00 -0600 I worked for Captain Jack Sparrow. He was always hatching hair brained schemes, counting his squabs before they hatched, hitting on the women and some how, always came out on top. That is, until one day, the dreaded Davey Jones rose out of the sea and said, "your fired!" I think I worked for Harvey the Invisible Rabbit, too. Never had his door open. Always heard him talking to somebody, but no idea who and everybody gave him credit for things he couldn't possibly have done because he was invisible! And golum. I worked for golum once. He definitely had a tendency to be bent over some statistical reports and operational plans whispering, "my precious". And he did not like to share. Occasionally he would try to push people over the edge or beat them to death with a rock. Oh..then there was the nerdy, talky guy that reminded me of the accountant in "Ghostbusters". You know the one that was the "key master"? Always trying to win people over with some nifty sales pitch or party while simultaneously calculating the cost and looking for the least expensive (need I say "cheap"?) way to do things. He never could figure out why no one wanted to hang out with him. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62933 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/what_famous_mov.html#comment-62933 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:54:30 -0600