There is so much bureaucracy in the US Government that one has to wonder if in fact they ever do anything right. Often we will here about some new government program or something good the government is doing, yet we later find out it was pure hokum and Public Relations. Governments job is to protect the American People, yet we so often see that they are not able to protect us. Most of us are pro-military and the thought that perhaps the military might run a bad as the government is a little unnerving. Has the bureaucracy and political correctness infiltrated the military to the point that it cannot get its job done? We hope not however the DODs own red tape is an issue in the security of our nation.

Is there a leader amongst us who could do a better job streamlining that BS and mind you I am from a military family and I am 100% in support of the US Military, but as I watch the other branches of our government botch every single endeavor, one must ask the question. Many see so many innovation blocks that they truly worry about the safety of the American people in the future. The military leadership is fairly arrogant so I doubt they take much of anything in from outside observations and we must also realize without that level of arrogance and self confidence they would not be able to do their jobs, but still if you add in the level of bureaucracy of the rest of the United States Government it is a scary notion. Arrogance and Bureaucracy are a recipe for disaster, similarly incompetence and inefficiency has been the US Governments major hurdle in the past three decades.

Many innovators find that delivering their concepts to military is nearly impossible, yet giving innovations and ideas to their profit motivated contractors gets quick results and they occasionally see such ideas being used. One thing we have seen recently is a new trend where the Advanced Research Division of the Military, DARPA, is actively seeking out innovators and inventors for ideas and concepts to use in the defense of our nation. Recently we see the DARPA Grand Challenge where teams are competing to complete a 200-mile course in the desert with unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). These teams are indeed some of the brightest amongst us and this technology will assist our military in doing their job, better with less loss of life.

Imagine a UGV hitting a roadside bomb? No loss of life, therefore the International Terrorists have made no progress in propelling their terror. Of course this is only one thing in a long list of new technologies that DARPA is working on to make our Military more efficient perhaps the US Military can move beyond political correctness and bureaucracy and use their intense self-confidence to win battles and protect the American People. Think on this.