After a listener sent in a question, Colin and Reed felt it necessary and timely to address the topic of freedom and the restrictions placed on members of the military.
00:41 - Colin's Big News!
05:24 - How to engage with social and political issues
09:25 - Restrictions on First Amendment rights (see AFI 51-508: https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_ja/publication/afi51-508/afi51-508.pdf
DODI 1325.06: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/132506p.pdf
AFI 1-1: https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_cc/publication/afi1-1/afi1-1.pdf
15:23 - Why does this matter? (see George Washington, “Instructions to Company Captains: General Instructions to all the Captains of Companies,” 29 July 1757, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-04-02-0223)
17:38 - Defining discipline
28:41 - What does discpline do for the military member? (see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0439784549/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Wob.Eb1B85DDA
On Killing, by Dave Grossman: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FKS4QRO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_Upb.EbGD6S57K)
34:59 - What does discipline of the military do for society?
42:33 - How does discipline work in reality? (see CSAF and CMSAF Dialogue on Race: https://www.facebook.com/csafofficial/videos/332011547783097/
Reed's lecture on outcome vs relationship: https://youtu.be/d4sI0pc9eUU)
52:45 - How does discipline impact a unit?
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