Improv Notebook

This short article was published by Time Magazine: “American troupes in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees…” and then later in the article the word appears again: “We force Marine trainees to improvise.” Improvise means ‘off-label use’. Like the use of Silly String to detect hidden explosive trip wires. … Read entire article »

The military works with a few people in command, they are making decisions (orders).   The orders are then given to a large group of other people who execute the directives.  This system is called Command-and-control. … Read entire article »