But executives with international mining firms said in interviews that while they believed that Afghanistan’s mineral deposits held great potential, their businesses were not planning to move into the country until the war was over and the country more stable.
     “There are huge deposits there,” said David Beatty, chief executive of Rio-Novo Gold, a […]

    This is a great book, and is just one of many that Mr. Plaster has written over the years about SOG. What is cool is that I continue to get something new out of these books, every time I flip through them. Lots of battlefield innovation going on there and they should definitely be […]

     If this is true, this would be a very interesting development that kind of slipped through the cracks last year.  I first read about this in John C. Payne’s book on piracy on page 104.  I was kind of surprised to find such information, and I decided to do a little snooping around on the […]

   I want to get the word out about a cool new war memoir that I just came across. I have not read the thing, but it has been recommended by friends, and I know my readership digs these kinds of books.  Plus they make for great reads during your down time while deployed.
   Also, […]

    Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it’s unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside.
    Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter […]

    I am glad a book like this is out there.  The haunting truth about this industry, is that there is absolutely no support mechanism for the families of contractors.
   With the military, there are all sorts of resources available to the families of soldiers, all with the intent of helping wives or husbands and […]

     For traditional defense companies, the operative word is “non-kinetic,” another speaker asserted.
“We love our kinetic weapons, and we don’t want to let them go,” he said. “But the world is moving in a different direction.”
     Here’s the problem: Kinetic weapons only are useful in phases two, three and four of war. Gates […]

   Here is another blog to put up on your RSS reader folks, and I look forward to future posts from Rob about all things contracting, or whatever interests him.  It’s just cool he is blogging, and I hope to see others follow his lead.
   I also posted his book awhile back and I am sure he […]