Justin Maciejewski:The trick is to work out what process is good and fundamental to the stable functioning of an organization—and to its consistency—and what process is bureaucratic and superfluous. Don’t throw out the good stuff when you get rid of the bad stuff; organizations that h...
"At Camp Ritchie, Daniel Skinner was as good or better than any of the other trainees," says Eddy, "but when he was posted abroad, he couldn't serve over white soldiers. What they did was make him thedriverof the interrogation team, so he could still participate as a translator and i...
I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on television, but isn't anything over 50 caliber such as the Boys Anti-Tank rifle in April's Q&A considered a destructive device by our good friends at ATF, unless it is black powder (because everyone knows black powder can't kill anyone?) ...
Hoppers can hold a good amount of ammunition, and they're easy to reload even while the gun is firing, but they are fairly cumbersome and only work if the gun is positioned right side up. Transition to the Belt-fed System The hopper system was replaced by the belt-fed system, which he...
For, had they decided on 0430 am, after finishing their consultation, that they had nothing to lose – after all, it is the army that can order an immediate state of alert: all tank crews ready for action in their tanks; every soldier in his post; all civilian ‘alert squads’ [in ...
falling heavily by now, and the truck tire chains slapped against the frozen dirt road as we slowly climbed the last few miles to our home for the next week. I dozed as the truck rocked, head buried down into my puffy jacket. It will all pass if I only get a good night’s sleep....
The function of both systems is to set off the explosion after the grenade is a good distance away from the thrower. As you might expect, the igniter in an impact grenade is activated by the force of the grenade landing on the ground. With a time-delay grenade, the thrower sets off a...
It requires a business purchaser (as opposed to simply a purchaser, under the original version) that is not a holder of a direct-pay permit and knows at the time of its purchase of a digital good, computer software or a service that it will be concurrently available for use in more than...
most people immediately thought of Gordon Gekko when that word came up. The slimey Wall Street player played by Michael Douglas showed us all that “greed is good,” but soon junior stockbroker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) sees the shady side of his mentor, leaving him desperate to turn the ...
ts if they ever found themselves on the ground behind enemy lines. The 90-minute picture shows (among other things) how to find ones’ bearings and live off the land; smart ways to traverse hostile country; and even how to disguise oneself in civilian clothing to make...