Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Shhh! This is the story of drones.  Drones continue to go from battlefield to backyard.  Initially, developed for advanced persistent ...

A colleague told me a good saying from the Navy Seals.  "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." The idea is that when we slow ...

This was something amazing that really gave me pause.  In the physical therapy center, hanging on the wall, encased in this wooden...

So our Navy is shrinking for real, but growing on the books. Steve Cohen writes in the Wall Street Journal  how the "U.S. Navy is s...

This was an interesting student portrayal showing decision on whether someone is a friend or foe--I like it! On the face of it, is a com...

Like many of you, as I watch the events unfold with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, I am amazed at the "restraint" bei...

I love these combat-level tires on the Polaris Sportsman All Terrain Vehicle (ATV). These tires are non-pneumatic, never go flat, and are...

So excited about the Army's experimental Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS).  This is really our fast, strong, and agile fi...

As talk and warnings escalate about a potential government shutdown next week (not that long since the last time this happened a couple ...

I love the direction DARPA is going in with robotic exoskeletons for our warfighters.  Helping soldiers perform their jobs easier,...

As the hour approaches for a punishing U.S. attack on Syria, here are some thought on why or why not to do it: Reasons Not To Attack ...

Passing a building and looking up at the terraces, how could you not notice this giant dude? Larger than life and looking like he is hol...

I learned a lot about Drone Warfare reading and thinking about "The Killing Machines" in The Atlantic by David Bowden.  The b...

So the military got it right when they teach their cadets to stand tall "at attention." "Chin up, chest out, shoulders ba...

Interesting article by Noah Shachtman in Wired about how the Pentagon is gearing up for cyberwar. It's called Plan X and it's ...

Bret Stephens had an interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (28 May 2013) called "The Retreat Doctrine." He arg...

We are reaching an exciting but dangerous phase of technology adoption where our dependence is virtually complete.  From mobile to socia...

This was a humorous engraved stone that I found in a gift shop today.  It is a Concord  "Words From The Wise," engraved pape...

Russia (and many others countries) develop some really kick-a*s weapons--especially, when they are so simple, yet so devastatingly effecti...

There is a very interesting discussion of the protection of Federal Networks and the Fourth Amendment in “Cybersecurity, Selected Legal ...