Dateline: Jefferson Hotel, Washington DC, 19 October 2005
Brief went well today at National Defense U. Full auditorium. About 50 slides in 50 minutes--bang, bang, bang. One slide on PNM, the rest on BFA. I was surprised how easy the new slides were to deliver. Ten minutes of questions on stage, then private Q&A with remaining students for 30 minutes in parlor. Nice tape instantly made by staff as momento.
Then drive to MD location for another brief at Joint Warfare Analysis Center.
Then dinner with Steve DeAngelis and a very interesting Army civilian.
I am beat. First interview is here tomorrow at hotel.
BTW, got a nice email today from Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, who headed 101st in Iraq and then lead the training effort of Iraqi forces. Amazingly, he found time to read the blog. He goes now to Leavenworth. I will definitely take up his offer of F2F. This guy is the definitive SysAdmin officer, a serious model for the future. I expect even greater things from him in coming years in terms of moving the Army in the direction of getting effective at not just war but peace. I plan on learning much from him. These are stories to be told not only in Esquire, but Vol. III.
And yes, the plans already begin.
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