Topic: U.S. Armed Forces

Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand

The most creative business leaders I know recognize that success is not just about marketing differently from other companies. It is also, and perhaps more importantly, about caring more than other companies--about customers, about colleagues, about how the organization conducts itself in a world with endless opportunities to cut corners and compromise on values.READ»

Five Laws of Conflict – Burning Korans Breaks them All

This Saturday, Florida-based pastor Terry Jones had planned to lead his congregation in a Koran burning, celebrating what they call "International Burn a Koran Day." Although everyone from the Pope to Hillary Clinton has urged him to halt his plans, it seems that only a sign from God can keep him from following through. And I can't decide if Terry is short-sighted or brilliant.READ»

iFive: Troops In (Iraq!), Starbucks' Digital Network, Apple TV Becomes iTV, Google-Verizon Ruminations, Rubik's Cube Break-Thru

Innovation never snoozes.READ»

How Scientist Robert Fortune Fueled Britain's Expansion by Stealing the Secret of Tea

Sarah Rose, author of a new book about how tea forged historical relations between China, India, and the West, says that industrial espionage in the 1800s shaped the world much the way it does today.READ»

Digg, WikiLeaks, and Censorship, American Style

Anti-free-speech/user-privacy articles are all over the news this week. And though the fuss over U.S. net neutrality may have been wrong, censorship is alive and well in America--it just takes a slightly different form.READ»

Former Combat Soldier-Activist Paul Rieckhoff on Wikileaks and Founder Julian Assange

After a "pretty heated discussion" with the man who revealed almost 100,000 classified military documents, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America says he's concerned about Assange's agenda.READ»

WikiLeaks Publishes 92,000 Military Documents, Points to Pakistan as Ally of Afghan Insurgents

WikiLeaks published over 90,000 mostly-classified military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan's ties to the Taliban are revealed in detail, as are civilian deaths, friendly fire deaths, and scenes from a more ugly and complex war than is being reported.READ»

iFive: BP Delays Cap Test, Apple Finds Allies, Microsoft's 12th Man, WikiLeaks Details, Google Thanks Fiber Fans

While you were sleeping, innovation was putting on a jaunty little cap to wear with its oil-colored capelet, eschewing anything nerdlike such as black T-shirts, and leaving home without its British citizenship.1. What is a disaster ...READ»

iFive: BP Re-Caps Leak, Teething Troubles for Apple, First Female Aussie PM, Epic Sports Matches, Petraeus to Afghanistan

While you were sleeping, and Stanley A. McChrystal was wondering if his next post should be as the France soccer team's manager, innovation was doing stuff. On its iPhone, in pantyhose, and against Ghana.1. After yesterday's ...READ»

How Everyday Behaviors Can Produce Clean Energy

How to generate energy from sidewalks, roads, railways -- and every breath you take.READ»

Mercedes-Benz's Latest: "Protection Class" Armored Vehicles

The German automaker unveils four new vehicles intended for the military.READ»

Military Time

For Mike Mullen, Wednesday, January 6, was what one of his aides describes as a "pretty generic" day. Take a look at his schedule:READ»

Letter From the Editor: Notes From the Underground

I was reading my Kindle on the subway a few days ago when a passenger standing alongside interrupted me to ask how it worked. I found myself extolling the device's virtues, even as I acknowledged its shortcomings. Another passenger ...READ»

How America's Top Military Officer Uses Business to Boost National Security

Admiral Mike Mullen says the sea was his business. Now, as America's top military officer, he's reshaping strategy for a world in which economics and security are intertwined.READ»

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Real-TimeExecutionWave (TM) - A New Decision-Making Framework

A Note to Our Readers:  I received enormous response and literally hundreds of The Living Organization (R) model white paper downloads from my last Fast Company posting, Strategic Planning is Dead - Long Live Strategy ...READ»

Military Teaches Warthog to Guzzle Biofuel

Check this out for a brain-twisting juxtaposition: The U.S. military has successfully tested out a biofuel system for a "Warthog" A10 Thunderbolt II, one of the most feared combat aircraft in the World. Which is now fluffily ...READ»

Today in Most Innovative Companies

Daily news of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Cisco, Spotify, Microsoft, and HP.READ»

Google Attacks Linked to Chinese Schools With Ties to Government, Search Competitors

The source of the attacks on Google and other American corporations has been traced to two schools in China, both of which are heavily implied to be covers for the Chinese government and Baidu, the dominant search engine in China ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: A Tattoo Representing Every Life Lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Giving new meaning to the phrase "Your body is a battleground," Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal will get a tattoo next month containing one dot for every soldier and civilian who has died in the Iraq war.READ»

Jerry Airola

Jerry Airola The rotor system, or more simply rotor, is the rotating part of a helicopter which generates lift. A rotor system may be mounted horizontally as main rotors are, providing lift vertically, or it may be mounted vertically, such as a tail rotor, to provide lift horizontally as thrust to counteract torque effect. The rotor consists of a mast, hub and rotor blades. READ»

Aftershock rattles Haiti

Untitled Document The 5.9 aftershock hit at daybreak. Shrieking Haitians ran from buildings and walls, fearing a repeat of the magnitude 7 quake that killed tens of thousands of people eight days ago. Hole digger Though the ...READ»

SEED Shipping Containers Could Supply Haiti With Emergency Housing

Converted shipping containers can solve the housing crisis in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. They just have to get to those in need.READ»

DARPA Wants to Build Flying Cars, Fight Cosmo G. Spacely

The U.S. military has a nagging problem: soldiers are either stuck in their land-bound Humvees or in helicopters. Not for long, if DARPA has anything to say about it. The defense agency's Transformer program aims to make sci-fi ...READ»

Read Bill Clinton's Dodging the VIetnam Draft Letter and He Says He "loathes the US Military!"

Dear Colonel Holmes, I am sorry to be so long in writing. I know I promised to let you hear from me at least once a month, and from now on you will, but I have had to have some time to think about this first letter. Almost daily since my return to England I have thought about writing, about what I want to and ought to say. First, I want to thank you, not just for saving me from the draft, but for being so kind and decent to me last summer, when I was as low as I have ever been. One thing which made the bond we struck in good faith somewhat palatable to me was my high regard for you personally. In retrospect, it seems that the admiration might not have been mutual had you known a little more about me, about my political beliefs and activities. At least you might have thought me more fit for the draft than for ROTC. Let me try to explain.READ»

Eco-Friendly Fire: Militaries Try Saving the Planet While Killing the Enemy

Call it the Al Gore Effect or just an inconceivable truth, but the Pentagon, among other members of the Military Industrial Complex, actually are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint. In fact, they are so concerned for the ...READ»