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  • You deserve what you tolerate

    I think it's safe to say that everyone at some point has had a catchy song or phrase bounce around their head for a few days after hearing it on the radio or TV. Sometimes these catch phrases can be quite annoying, especially when you can't drive it out of your memory. For example, who can forget

  • Training has always been the soul of the military

    During the long and bitter trail of defeats leading from the Battle of Long Island in summer 1776 to the seemingly miraculous (and decidedly uncommon) victories at Trenton and Princeton in December and January 1776-77, General George Washington became increasingly aware of a basic fact revolving

  • My cousin, my hero

    Amy Dorsett was the all-American teenager. Tall and beautiful, she was the captain of her high school cheerleading squad and loved anything athletic, from riding horses, to swimming and dancing. Amy was engaged to her high school sweetheart, Bill, who had recently completed a tour in the Marine

  • The Chief sends it ...

    Followership --Think about it, talk about it, and hopefully you'll do a great deal about it. We've got fistfuls of EPRs (Evaluation Performance Report) that let the world know that we're outstanding leaders, we expend costly resources learning about leadership, and we spend a great deal of time

  • What are our limits?

    The sign on the bison range above underground quarters of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois reads, "Don't cross this field unless you can do it in 9.9 seconds... the bull can do it in 10." Since I first read this quote, I have come to appreciate the subtleties of the many