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Keith Phillips on How Cold War STEM Infrastructure Drove Faster Tech Adoption Than Doctrine
Keith C. Phillips, Major General (ret.), makes a sharp distinction: existential threat, not necessity, is what actually drives defense innovation. He uses Ukraine to prove it: Cold-War-era STEM…
Marina Nitze on why emotional arguments don't move bureaucracies, and what actually does
Every defense leader knows the feeling: the capability exists, the need is real, and the system won't move. Marina Nitze spent years inside the federal government — first as one of the original…
Retired BG Ed Barker on Underwriting Risk So Acquisition Teams Will Move
Ed Barker, Brigadier General (ret.), spent 34 years inside the Army acquisition system, including special operations units where mission failure wasn't an option and "no" was the beginning of the…
Insight Partners’ Nick Sinai on People Flow, Procurement, and What Real Change Requires
Nick Sinai, Managing Director at Insight Partners, spent nearly 6 years inside the Obama administration, helping stand up the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, and keeping notes on why…
TurbineOne’s Court Vanzant on Education, Discomfort, & Veteran Paths To Defense Entrepreneurship
Court Vanzant, Chief Growth Officer at TurbineOne, offers a veteran entrepreneur framework that rejects the comfort trap: get a formal education to build hard skills, then deliberately seek…
TurbineOne's Daniel Hebb on MOSA Compliance Failures & Tactical Workarounds
Edge-deployed defense systems operate under different constraints than cloud infrastructure. Daniel Hebb, Engineering Manager at TurbineOne breaks down why you can't spin up additional compute…
TurbineOne's Brandi Evans on Empowering PMs to Act Decisively and Course-Correct
SOCOM's acquisition speed advantage isn't about special authorities — they follow identical DOW policies as every one else. The difference is structural proximity and leadership empowerment. Brandi…
Int’l Spy Museum's Chris Costa on Intel Partnerships as Diplomatic Safe Space
It might be surprising, but The International Spy Museum is an important diplomatic tool, functioning as neutral ground where foreign intelligence officers from allied nations can bring their…
Trevor Hough on Counterterrorism's Away Game Problem
Former White House Official Trevor Hough’s career framework of accepting opportunities aligned with critical national security priorities rather than institutional advancement metrics paid off. Now,…
Ret. RADM Terry Kraft on Aircraft Carriers Adapting to Future War
When RADM Terry Kraft, USN (ret.), flew his first combat mission during Desert Storm, 20 years of Cold War training doctrine changed in a single night of anti-aircraft fire so dense "you could walk…
Ret. Vice Admiral Bob Sharp on Why Intelligence Without Planning is Just Trivia
Ret. Vice Admiral Bob Sharp's journey from Desert Storm to NGA Director showcases how foundational experiences can shape decades of strategic thinking. His framework for intelligence-operations…
CSET’s Emelia Probasco on How Military Risk Calculus Changes Under Operational Pressure
Responsible AI requires understanding capabilities and limitations the same way officers learn that Aegis radar struggles on cloudy days. This mindset shift could change how the military adopts AI…
Ret. Lt. Gen. Bob Ashley on the Commander-Analyst Relationship
Ret. Lt. Gen. Bob Ashley's career spans the complete transformation of military intelligence, from alcohol pens and map boards in 1987 to tactical Internet access at the squad level today. He…
Ret. General Mike Minihan on Why Pacific Theater Removes Permissive Environment Assumptions
Mike Minihan, General, USAF (ret.) breaks down the "permissive environment trap" plaguing current military thinking. While recent operations in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel demonstrate exceptional…
Mile37's Heather Ichord on Moving Defense Tech Beyond Dual-Use Buzzwords
Heather Ichord, CEO & Founder of Mile37 Tech, LLC, argues that successful defense technology goes far beyond building better hardware — it requires understanding exactly how tactical units will…
Apex's Alexis Lasselle Ross on Why Defense Acquisition Feels Broken
Defense acquisition feels broken, because it's working exactly as designed — to prevent political embarrassment rather than enable mission success. Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross, President of Apex Defense…
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Mike Dana on AI Vulnerability Maps for Contested Environments
Lieutenant General (ret.) Mike Dana believes the biggest impediment to defense innovation isn't technology limitations but institutional processes that prioritize compliance over speed. Mike…
Rear Adm. (ret) Fred Pyle on Industrial Base Shift from Minimum to Maximum Rate
Combat operations in the Red Sea since October 2023 have provided the U.S. Navy with invaluable real-world data on modern naval warfare, validating decades of systems development while exposing…
Ret. Major General Daniel “D-Day” Simpson on Preparing Warfighters for AI Integration
The assumption that America maintains decisive military superiority might be more dangerous than the threats we're actually facing. Daniel "D-Day" Simpson, Major General USAF (ret), brings decades of…
Military Intel Veterans on Why Process-Obsessed Military Culture Blocks Innovation
Two veteran intelligence officers with distinct naval and marine backgrounds reflect on how military intelligence operations have evolved from exclusive government programs to information-saturated…
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