Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXVI: Merry Christmas! This week the questions is When danger, high risk, and chaos are what you encounter, how do you deal with this and still complete the mission? Capta

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXV: The Combat Effectiveness Challenge. Captain Smith discusses his recent talk at the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) in Alexandria, Virginia. He explains the g

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXIV: Combat Effectiveness. Captain Smith answers the question: How effective is our front line fighting force? As the Commander of a forward deployed combat unit, Captain Smi

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXIII: Captain Smith discusses what he would tell the incoming Secretary of Defense about the military and our nations warriors. He also plays a clip from the Academy of Idea

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXII: Edge of Reason 4. Captain Smith discusses how to think during times of upheaval, radical alterations of reality, and conditions approaching chaos and catastrophe.

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXXI: What exactly do we bring to the battle space? Is it just what is obvious, or is it key intangibles as well? Captain Smith discusses and sheds light on this question.

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXX: Edge of Reason 3. Upon entering a realm of reality previously unoccupied, what do you do? Captain Smith explains.

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXIX: Edge of Reason 2 Think Critically and Reason Effectively. If we are engaged in a high stakes operation, in which complexity and uncertainty reside, we must operate 1) a

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXVIII: Edge of Reason. This week Captain Smith urges his listeners to upgrade their thinking and reasoning skills so as to be able to 1) operate at the high-end of the perform

Tip-of-the-Spear Part XXVII: Complex Problem Solving. This weeks broadcast is about solving a complex problem when operating at the high end of the conflict spectrum. Captain Smith explains what th