Mission Plan:- Interview with Montana- Reading Strauss - Platonic Concepts of the “Ideal”- The importance of Plato- Plato’s Background and esoteric v. exoteric writing- Gramsci, the role malleable quality of culture, and Ideology

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Mission Plan:- MCDP 5 Chapter 2 Guided Reading Transmission- Types of Planning- Complexity v. Simplicity- Forward v. Back Planning- Point v. General Goal Setting- NATO v. Warsaw Pact Planning and Command CultureFurther Reading:MCDP 5 PLANNINGLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinkspace

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Mission Plan:

* Current Events, Crises, America's retreat on all fronts

* Looming conflict over Taiwan

* Belt and Road/String of Pearls

* The geopolitical nature of Han China, its perceptions, and its vision

* Phenomenon of "Baizuo", Liberalism, and factions within the PRC

* CCP infiltration of the US, Walz, Gen. Robert Spalding's "Stealth War"

* Liberal subversion in the PRC, its manifestations

* Cultural self-confidence, cultural stewardship, checking against the McDonald-ization of a nation's culture

Further Reading: ⁠"Diplomacy" by Henry Kissinger"On China" by Henry Kissinger "Red Star Over China" by Edgar Snow "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra VogelLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan:- Interview with Adam Smith from Myth of the 20th Century- Hybrid Warfare- Sean McFate’s vision of 5GW/Hybrid Warfare- Understanding the goal of war and the political- War is multifarious and does not depend on one form of conventional war which is now antiquated- Primacy of Information/Psychological WarfareFurther Reading:”The New Rules of War” by Sean McFate”Stealth War” by Gen. Robert Spalding”Unrestricted Warfare””Return of the Strong Gods” by R. R. RenoLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan:- What is the State, City, Patria, and Justice/Law/Culture- Strauss’ read on Aristotle- Aristotle’s "Politics" - Nature (Physis) versus Custom (Nomos)- The Purpose i.e. "the mission" of a nationFurther Reading:The City and Man by Leo StraussLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan: - The professional life of Erik Prince, Patriotism and Professional Integrity - Private Military Contracting versus Mercenaryism Defined - DoD Contracting, "Cost+Rate" contracting model versus Prince's Honest Business Model contracting practice - Blackwater, GWOT, and the centrality of Civilian Warriors for the war effort - Communist perfidy which cut our best citizen's heels (and those of his command) - The necessity of men who are selfless and give themselves to our Republic as Citizen-Soldiers and leaders - Patriotism and not waiting for permission, having the courage and determination to overcome the pain of loss/suffering. Further Reading: Civilian Warriors by Erik PrinceLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan: - Interview with NAMOR - "The Last 100 Yards" by GySgt HJ Poole- Types of Warfare (Attritional v. Maneuver) - Schwerpunkt, Surfaces and Gaps- Knowing yourself and Knowing the Enemy - A Soldier's and Commander's mandate is continuous PME (Professional Military Education) Further Reading: "The Last 100 Yards: The Crucible of Close Combat in Large-Scale Combat Operations" by GySgt Paul BergLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan:- Interview with Aspiring Misanthrope- Dichotomy of the Soldier versus the Warrior- Spiritual Crisis of today- The conflict within and the “god shaped hole” in every man’s chest- What to do if you are lost and how to be a warrior in your own right

Further Reading:Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

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Mission Plan:- Interview with The Warrior Philosopher- Venezuelan Anti-Communist Revolution- Election fraud (American Déjà vu)- The necessity for American rebirth and Imperialism- The emerging threats on the horizon- Monroe Doctrine- Simon Bolivar and NapoleonLogistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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Mission Plan:- Russian Ministry of Defense continuities from the Soviet Union- Hegel’s State as Will- Soviet Army and State- Universal Military Service- Effect of Military Service on a Citizen BodyFurther Reading:”Soviet AirLand Battle Tactics” by Lt. Col. William P. Baxter Logistics:My Book"Caesar Bellator" by Lance LegionDVX Publishing CompanyDVXPublishingCompany.comLinktree

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