<span style=”color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif; font-size: 12px;”>HAMMER: As UN forces marched north, there was evidence of the Chinese joining the conflict. Despite the evidence, General MacArthur and his staff believed “the Chinese would not dare intervene” They assessed that they lacked the Military capability to bring significant forces into the conflict and even if that was possible the US air superiority would make quick work of them. What do you think we are “wishing away”? What are capability or piece of equipment are we putting too much reliance on?</span>

Today’s force relies upon the convenience of rapid, instantaneous information flow. From email, to cell phones, and text messaging, to BFT/JCR, NIPR/SIPR/CENTRIX, etc, the Army as a force as become reliant on technology that is unreliable, easily compromised, and commonly abused. It has caused us to suffer from everything from lazy staff work, to under trained and complacent leadership down to the platoon levels. Seeing a new frago released every day every other day for the order would not be feasible if the availability of rapid distribution of information didn’t exist. We rely on these methods of information flow but rarely exercise out capabilities without them. Systems DO get compromised. Information DOES get lost and/or delayed. Having a PACE plan is the right answer, and we do see them put into action at the PLT level during training. But as an everyday practice, we see far too many single points of failure in how we communicate critical information up and down