TimOnPoint
@TimOnPoint

Cold, wet and sandy… as God intended. 🇺🇸 "The map is not the territory." A(n)

 Pennsylvania, USA
Based in United States
Joined January 2017
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The future of autonomous weapons is unavoidable... and a little icky.
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What Changed While We Were Still Saying “Human in the Loop”

On September 16, two rooms across Washington described different sides of the same war. In the Rayburn Building, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission heard warnings that a human approval button may

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The DoW is beginning to close the gap. This is exactly the kind of rapid adaptation we should be celebrating: identify the problem, use what you already have, test it quickly, and get it to the fight.
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The Cheap Rocket Fixed the Munition Cost Differential. The Airplane is Next.

Last week, Air & Space Forces Magazine laid out how the Air Force put laser-guided rockets on F-15E Strike Eagles in the Middle East at remarkable speed. That part of the story deserves real credit.

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We're talking about H1-Bs again, excellent. As far as the American tech industry is concerned, no H1-B workers are required – none. End this scam now.
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H-1B Workforce Analysis: Identifying Domestic Labor Sufficiency vs. Pipeline Rejuvenation Needs

Report made May 2026 1. Introduction: This report examines the top 20 H-1B positions (by Labor Condition Application volume) to determine where foreign labor is being used most heavily. It maps these

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Capability Generation and the innovator's mindset should begin in school. The DoW has an easy path to develop the next generation.
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Don’t Wait for the War: Teaching the Innovator’s Mindset

In their recent Small Wars Journal essay, “The Invisible Force Multiplier: Distributed Innovation Beyond the Battlefield in Ukraine,” Renata Mustafina and Erin McFee document a critical reality of the

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Let's talk about SESs.
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The SES Problem: How the Permanent Bureaucracy Is Still Blocking the DoW’s Transformation

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has made real, measurable progress in turning the Department of War back into a warfighting organization. Standards are being restored. Acquisition is being pushed toward

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Is a UAV a gun or a sniper rifle – utility or specialty?
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What Is a Drone: A Generalist's Utility or a Specialist’s Tool?

* Thinking about this report from the WSJ. The U.S. Army still has not answered a basic question about small unmanned aircraft: Are they closer to an M4 rifle – something every soldier should handle

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Small business doing business with the government shouldn't be so hard.
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The SBIR and Contract Portal Hellscape Must End

I write SBIR proposals as part of my work, and I help new small businesses do the same. This means I spend an unfortunate amount of time navigating the federal government's collection of websites for

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We spend a lot of time discussing drones on the battlefield – that will eventually be handled. The tougher challenge is here at home.
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The Drone Age Has Arrived, and Civilian Society Is Not Ready

*This article has been updated from a version originally posted in The Scrublands. Air power once belonged almost entirely to governments. It required runways, trained pilots, expensive aircraft,

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The DoW doesn't have a resource problem. It has a conversion problem.
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The Navy Cannot Buy Readiness Either

Michael Corrado recently argued in RealClearDefense that the Navy cannot buy its way out of the shipbuilding crisis. He is right. His argument deserves attention not only because it identifies what is

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What you think is "readiness," is not. It's managerial compliance.
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Compliance Masquerading as Readiness

I. The Paradox Nobody Questions Command has never been easy. It demands long hours, difficult decisions, competing priorities, and personal sacrifice. Those realities are inherent in military

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