Ken LarsonJun 15, 20256 min readThe Vietnam War Echos In Warfare And Politics TodayBy Ken Larson My comrades and I who served in the Vietnam War were reminded of that period when reading the words of our leaders in the...
Ken LarsonJun 15, 20251 min readSOLITARY PERFECTION Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54583416489/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJun 14, 20251 min read‘We are very much alike’ – Dear Young American — Medal Of Honor Recipient Woody Williams“ The future is in your hands”, Marine Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams tells young people, and to assure its forward...
Ken LarsonJun 13, 20255 min read11 Free Ways To Get Publicity For Your Small Business“ SCORE.ORG “ “ Getting your name out and in front of your target market is the best way to generate business. Getting a customer’s...
Ken LarsonJun 12, 20254 min readDOD’s Audit Challenge – Breaking Stovepipes, Not Checking Boxes“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Russell Rumbaugh ” The Department of Defense becoming auditable will require breaking down stovepipes between...
Ken LarsonJun 11, 20253 min readWhat Works And Does Not Work In Small Business Blogging“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Blogging approaches can be developed as marketing brochures for multiple roles, communicated in a vast array...
Ken LarsonJun 10, 20254 min read‘Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’ Shows Progress“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Scott Freling, Michael Wagner and Sarah Schuler “The FAR rewrite is spearheaded by the FAR Council and...
Ken LarsonJun 9, 20254 min readManaging Subcontractors And Independents As A Small Business Prime Contractor“ SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “If you are the prime contractor on a multiple company program by virtue of a teaming agreement, the...
Ken LarsonJun 8, 20253 min readWhat Happens To Our Leaders?Left to right and top to bottom above: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Colin Powell , Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter and...
Ken LarsonJun 8, 20251 min readYoung Promise Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54573252500/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJun 7, 20255 min readMythbusters: Breaking Down 10 Myths of Military Service“CLEARANCE JOBS” By Steven Matthew Leonard “ Much of what the military does is shrouded in myth, little of which is based on fact. Where...
Ken LarsonJun 6, 20252 min read“EVMS” Drives True Project Status, By Integrating Project Cost, Schedule And Estimate At CompletionImage: . wikipedia.org “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ Prudently used, an Earned Value Management approach gives insight into the dynamics...
Ken LarsonJun 5, 20251 min readA Tool To Assess The Forthcoming Major Changes To The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)Image: Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Contracting Cone (PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE) GSA is working with the FAR Council and...
Ken LarsonJun 4, 20253 min readNeed For Agility Drives New Large And Small Business Technology Partnerships“ WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Scott Lee “Smaller players and the larger contractors work together in a new model of agile programs. With...
Ken LarsonJun 3, 20254 min readWe Still Have Work To Do To Attract New Defense Contractors“AIR AND SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE” By John A. Tirpak “Small and medium businesses are skeptical of defense work despite years of effort and...
Ken LarsonJun 2, 20252 min readYour Free Small Business Federal Government Contracting Advisory Service“SMALLTOFEDS” By SCORE and MicroMentor Counselor Ken Larson “Small Business Federal Government Contracting Smalltofeds is a FREE web...
Ken LarsonJun 1, 20251 min readVIEW FROM THE HILL Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54558952104/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJun 1, 20254 min readThe “Moral Injury” Carried By Our Returning SoldiersThis extract from a 2015, 3-Part Columbia University Dart Center – award-winning journalism article, “A War of Moral Injury” by a...
Ken LarsonMay 31, 20256 min readWhat Americans Are Getting Wrong About VeteransPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “TASK AND PURPOSE” By Haley Britzky “As of 2018, less than 10% of adults in the U.S. were veterans,...
Ken LarsonMay 30, 20252 min readU.S. Special Operations Command Using AI To Speed Up Acquisition Workflows“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” – By Allyson Park “Advanced algorithms like AI, machine learning and generative AI allows SOCOM to gather and...
