Blog 14 - Third Interview prep

Third Interview: Kessler Smith

How have advances in military technology changed modern warfare?

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan to interview Kessler Smith, an ex-military soldier whom current runs a landscaping company for veterans and leads a military simulation unit.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

1/16/15 5pm

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

What are some interesting articles that you've read that shows military tactics havent caught up with advancing technology?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

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Can you think of anything I can do for a second independent component which will help people understand how obsolete U.S military tactics are compared to advancing technology.

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

What is your opinion on how the U.S Military has handled advancing technology in relation to its aging tactics?
If you could give three suggestions on strategies and tactics you would implement instead thatd be great

Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check In

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

Various places, mostly at my mentors house using mock setups we build in the garage.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

Kyle McDaniel, he is an expert because he was a designated squad leader in the United Staes Marines

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

Ive done a total of 13 hours so far during the school year.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

My mentor and I have always worked well together and have been making considerable progress in teaching me. I plan to spend a good portion of the remaining hours pouring over United States Military training manuals and putting the methods learned in them to the test via my Independent Component

Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Over senior break, I researched different military commanders from over the past 2 thousand years.  The people I studied include Augustus, Ghenghis Khan, Jubil Khan, and Alexander the Great.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
The mosy important thing I learned was from the case of Augustus. What I learned was it is just as important to be humble and charismatic as a leader as it is to be beautiful and efficient. I learned it from the biography Augustus.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?
I plan to do this interview with nother U.S Marine who worked as a logistic manager and I will be asking questions about his duties as a logistics manager and how logistics runs an army.