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During this episode, COL Dave Acosta discusses a draft article which represents his thinking about the early phases of the Ukraine War entitled: Informationally Disadvantaged: The Realities of Information and War in Ukraine.

Resources:

• Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned
  • #16 Boyd Brown on Deception Technology
  • #9 Mike Jackson and Paul Lieber on Are We Our Own Worst Enemy?
  • #2 Austin Branch, the US Army's First Information Operations officer
  • #20 Chris Paul on the Firehose of Falsehood
  • #10 Tom Kent on Striking Back
  • #45 Carm Cicalese on Risk
• Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders
• Facebook parent Meta now says you actually can't post 'Death to Putin'
• Like War by Peter Singer
• War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by David Patrikarakos
• Dave Acosta's email for the Ghost Post:
  • [email protected]

Link to full show notes and resources

https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-90

Guest Bio: COL David Acosta is currently a student at the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks PA. He was commissioned as an Army Field Artillery officer in May 1998 from the United States Air Force Academy. He served at various levels throughout his career from the company/battery level to Division staff and at the Headquarters, Department of the Army G-3/5/7. He commanded the 303d Information Operations (IO) Battalion, 151st Theater IO Group at Camp Parks CA for 49 months, and recently served as the G3 Information Operations (IO) Chief for the US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). His operational tours include Company Fire Support Officer, B/2-2 Infantry, OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN in Kosovo, HQ Stabilization Forces IO Planner, OPERATION JOINT FORGE in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and IO Planner and Deputy G7, OPERATIONs IRAQI FREEDOM and NEW DAWN in Iraq. COL Acosta holds a Bachelors of Science in History (Russian Area) from the US Air Force Academy and a Master of Science in Joint Information Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of The Makara of Hizballah: Deception in the 2006 Summer War.

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