Author: Courtney Livingston
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Mission Success Starts with Command
The Complexity Behind the Response Search and rescue operations are often viewed through the lens of the visible response effort, where helicopters overhead, vessels conducting coordinated search patterns, active radio traffic, command posts, and the urgency surrounding an unfolding maritime incident become the defining image of the operation itself. What is far less visible however,…
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What About the Other Shoe?
I’ve been pretty busy with work lately and haven’t had much time to sit down and write…(I know, I know, we’re all busy!). But between travel, meetings, courses, and the normal pace that comes with trying to build something meaningful, the days have moved quickly. I have a short break in my schedule this week…
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What Holds When it Matters. The difference between being trained…and being able to perform
I was talking with a colleague over the weekend about skill retention and capability. It turned into one of those conversations…where you start in one place and before you know it you’re deep into theories, what’s supposed to work, what doesn’t, and why some things seem to stick while others just…don’t. We got into everything…scenario-based…
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Unmanned Maritime Systems: The Operating Environment Moves First
Earlier this year, I wrote about the accelerating development of unmanned maritime systems and the challenge institutions face when technology evolves faster than the operational frameworks meant to guide it. At the time, the discussion centered on technological momentum. The systems were proliferating, capabilities were improving, and concepts of operation were evolving faster than many…
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