Overheard in the TOC or at day care?
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on December 15, 2010. Chief Red Bull surfaces with a great item about whether the following comment was heard in a Tactical ...
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on December 15, 2010.
Chief Red Bull surfaces with a great item about whether the following comment was heard in a Tactical Operations Center (that is, a military headquarters in the field) or in a day care center:
"Who told you do that?" "Why didn't you do what I told you to do?" "Was that a good decision or a poor decision?" "Where did you last see it when you lost it?" "Time to take a nap!" "Where were you when you saw the bad stranger?" Podknox/flickr
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on December 15, 2010.
Chief Red Bull surfaces with a great item about whether the following comment was heard in a Tactical Operations Center (that is, a military headquarters in the field) or in a day care center:
- "Who told you do that?"
- "Why didn’t you do what I told you to do?"
- "Was that a good decision or a poor decision?"
- "Where did you last see it when you lost it?"
- "Time to take a nap!"
- "Where were you when you saw the bad stranger?"
Podknox/flickr
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