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Thank God.
Case Study: Sun Tzu, III/31
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Thank God.
policemedic
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so.......... CPT Mrs CPT Faith didn't get to make the trip across post? bummer, dude.
I'm still wondering when we'll get around to the "III/31" portion of the thread title.
I believe it is part of the below exerpts from the treatise in question, based on the translation/ingerpretation, the below pieces from chapter III are all believed to be point 31 in the art of warfare. Based on the case presented, all of them fit for the author's point so far...
Does this help everybody?
Mara, am I at least close? (I believe the chapter conclusion ids the biggest point being made)
I am using the Robert Ames translation from my collection... it was the closest at hand, and has great commentary, but a good clean section that is just the text of the treatise.
Of course you are, people like you are the reason I put stuff like that in the case studies, because I know you'll get it.
But I wonder what that passage portends for young CPT Faith? Hmmm.....
“OK,” said Rollins when she was done taking notes, “I think that’s all I needed from you, sir, can we open up the safe?” Faith nodded and crouched down to dial in the default combination.
“Hold it,” MAJ Teller said suddenly, “I want to get all of this documented.” He pulled out a camera and took a couple of pictures of Faith inputting the safe combination. As had happened the last time it was opened, some of the safe’s contents spilled out onto the floor at Faith’s feet. Teller continued to snap away with his camera.
“Sir, I don’t think you should be doing that,” Rollins said to Teller, as the latter got into position for a better shot of the safe’s contents.
“All of this needs to be documented, Chief,” Teller snapped irritably.
“Roger,” Rollins countered, “but that’s what this,” she held up a clipboard with a blank inventory worksheet attached, “is for. If you take a picture of anything classified, then your camera will become the same level of classification of whatever it is you just photographed. So unless you want your fancy camera to become a permanent resident of the Division SCIF, you might want to knock it off.”
Teller scowled but put his camera away.
Working together, Faith and Rollins sorted through the contents of the safe. As Faith extracted each item, he handed it over to Chief Rollins, who inspected it and made a notation on the form attached to her clipboard. This enabled Faith to get an in-depth look at all the material in the safe for the first time. He was very relieved to find that, apart from a handful of disks that had “Top Secret” stickers on them but appeared to have never been used, there didn’t appear to be any actual classified material inside the safe. The things that had spilled onto the floor the first time the safe was opened, and had caused to much alarm, had proven to be insignificant. Several folders with conspicuous yellow or orange stickers on the outside were completely empty on the inside. While the safe contained numerous SECRET and TOP SECRET classified cover sheets ,
the sheets covered no actual classified information. There were also dozens of classified stickers for marking classified print and digital media,
but these stickers themselves were not at all classified.
When the inventory of the contents of the safe was completed, Faith felt greatly relieved. He had the sense that Rollins felt the same way.
“Well sir,” she said after she made her last entry into the inventory log, “unless there is something on these disks, I really don’t think that this safe is going to be a problem for anyone.” She produced a courier bag
and scooped the disks into it. “I’ll check these out when I get back over to Division, and if they’re clean, I think we can close this investigation out.”
Although Faith and Rollins were both pleased that a security compromise appeared to not have occurred, Major Teller did not seem happy at all. “Don’t get ahead of yourself, Chief,” he said, “there are all kinds of things wrong here. It’s a pretty big deal.” Rollins looked annoyed but said nothing. Rollins helped Faith put the rest of the material back into the safe, and Faith closed the safe door.
As Faith and Rollins were wrapping things up, an NCO who was part of the inspection team emerged from the SCIF.
“Hey sir,” the NCO said to MAJ Teller, “We’re all done inside. About the only thing we found wrong were some issues with the access roster.”
“Let me see what you’ve got,” Teller said curtly. The NCO handed over a clipboard, and Teller scanned the attached document. Then he appeared to smile ever so slightly.
“Captain Faith, will you please let me see your SCIF access badge?” he asked, almost condescendingly.
Faith hesitated before responding, “Sir, I don’t have one.”
“I see,” Teller said. “But you’ve been inside the SCIF before, correct?”
“Yes sir, once, to help get the SCIF in order.”
“When was that?”
“Earlier this morning.”
“Did you sign in?”
Faith took a moment to recall whether he had or not.
“No sir, I don’t think so.”
“I see. It looks like disregarding security protocols is a bit of a habit with you, captain,”
Teller said. Faith felt like Teller was trying to goad him, and Faith was having none of it.
“I don’t see it that way,” Faith responded.
“But first the thing with the SCAMPI, and then the safe, and now this violation in the SCIF. I’m not sure someone that careless should even have a clearance, much less be in a position of authority around here.”
Faith felt a familiar warmth creep into his face.
“Sir,” Rollins said, injecting herself into the conversation, “this safe thing is most likely a non-issue, and not signing into the SCIF? Really, we’re going to start worrying about that now?”
“Rules are rules, Chief, now get the rest of the team together and meet me upstairs in Major Dudley’s office in five minutes,” Teller snapped.
“Yes, sir,” Rollins replied meekly.
Teller looked at Faith closely. “Do you have something to say, captain?”
Actually, Faith had something he wanted to say. Quite a few things to say, actually, none of them good. The one that immediately sprang to mind was offering Major Teller a suggestion as to what orifice he could cram his crummy attitude and his “investigation.” But for once, Faith didn’t let his temper get the better of him. By now, the inspection team from Division was filing out of the SCIF, as were a handful of the intel types that worked in 2nd Group. No sense in going ballistic on a superior officer in front of more than a dozen witnesses.
“Thanks for coming by sir, have a nice day,” was the best Faith could manage. Teller turned and started back up the stairs without replying. The rest of the inspection team streamed by as well. Chief Rollins mouthed something that looked like “Sorry!” as she passed Faith. And then, the team was gone.
“Hold it,” MAJ Teller said suddenly, “I want to get all of this documented.” He pulled out a camera and took a couple of pictures of Faith inputting the safe combination. As had happened the last time it was opened, some of the safe’s contents spilled out onto the floor at Faith’s feet. Teller continued to snap away with his camera.
“Sir, I don’t think you should be doing that,” Rollins said to Teller, as the latter got into position for a better shot of the safe’s contents.
“All of this needs to be documented, Chief,” Teller snapped irritably.
“Roger,” Rollins countered, “but that’s what this,” she held up a clipboard with a blank inventory worksheet attached, “is for. If you take a picture of anything classified, then your camera will become the same level of classification of whatever it is you just photographed. So unless you want your fancy camera to become a permanent resident of the Division SCIF, you might want to knock it off.”
Teller scowled but put his camera away.
Working together, Faith and Rollins sorted through the contents of the safe. As Faith extracted each item, he handed it over to Chief Rollins, who inspected it and made a notation on the form attached to her clipboard. This enabled Faith to get an in-depth look at all the material in the safe for the first time. He was very relieved to find that, apart from a handful of disks that had “Top Secret” stickers on them but appeared to have never been used, there didn’t appear to be any actual classified material inside the safe. The things that had spilled onto the floor the first time the safe was opened, and had caused to much alarm, had proven to be insignificant. Several folders with conspicuous yellow or orange stickers on the outside were completely empty on the inside. While the safe contained numerous SECRET and TOP SECRET classified cover sheets ,
the sheets covered no actual classified information. There were also dozens of classified stickers for marking classified print and digital media,
but these stickers themselves were not at all classified.
When the inventory of the contents of the safe was completed, Faith felt greatly relieved. He had the sense that Rollins felt the same way.
“Well sir,” she said after she made her last entry into the inventory log, “unless there is something on these disks, I really don’t think that this safe is going to be a problem for anyone.” She produced a courier bag
and scooped the disks into it. “I’ll check these out when I get back over to Division, and if they’re clean, I think we can close this investigation out.”
Although Faith and Rollins were both pleased that a security compromise appeared to not have occurred, Major Teller did not seem happy at all. “Don’t get ahead of yourself, Chief,” he said, “there are all kinds of things wrong here. It’s a pretty big deal.” Rollins looked annoyed but said nothing. Rollins helped Faith put the rest of the material back into the safe, and Faith closed the safe door.
As Faith and Rollins were wrapping things up, an NCO who was part of the inspection team emerged from the SCIF.
“Hey sir,” the NCO said to MAJ Teller, “We’re all done inside. About the only thing we found wrong were some issues with the access roster.”
“Let me see what you’ve got,” Teller said curtly. The NCO handed over a clipboard, and Teller scanned the attached document. Then he appeared to smile ever so slightly.
“Captain Faith, will you please let me see your SCIF access badge?” he asked, almost condescendingly.
Faith hesitated before responding, “Sir, I don’t have one.”
“I see,” Teller said. “But you’ve been inside the SCIF before, correct?”
“Yes sir, once, to help get the SCIF in order.”
“When was that?”
“Earlier this morning.”
“Did you sign in?”
Faith took a moment to recall whether he had or not.
“No sir, I don’t think so.”
“I see. It looks like disregarding security protocols is a bit of a habit with you, captain,”
Teller said. Faith felt like Teller was trying to goad him, and Faith was having none of it.
“I don’t see it that way,” Faith responded.
“But first the thing with the SCAMPI, and then the safe, and now this violation in the SCIF. I’m not sure someone that careless should even have a clearance, much less be in a position of authority around here.”
Faith felt a familiar warmth creep into his face.
“Sir,” Rollins said, injecting herself into the conversation, “this safe thing is most likely a non-issue, and not signing into the SCIF? Really, we’re going to start worrying about that now?”
“Rules are rules, Chief, now get the rest of the team together and meet me upstairs in Major Dudley’s office in five minutes,” Teller snapped.
“Yes, sir,” Rollins replied meekly.
Teller looked at Faith closely. “Do you have something to say, captain?”
Actually, Faith had something he wanted to say. Quite a few things to say, actually, none of them good. The one that immediately sprang to mind was offering Major Teller a suggestion as to what orifice he could cram his crummy attitude and his “investigation.” But for once, Faith didn’t let his temper get the better of him. By now, the inspection team from Division was filing out of the SCIF, as were a handful of the intel types that worked in 2nd Group. No sense in going ballistic on a superior officer in front of more than a dozen witnesses.
“Thanks for coming by sir, have a nice day,” was the best Faith could manage. Teller turned and started back up the stairs without replying. The rest of the inspection team streamed by as well. Chief Rollins mouthed something that looked like “Sorry!” as she passed Faith. And then, the team was gone.
Teller is a friend of the dud and is trying to screw Faith.
Does the level of "cut the bull shit" that Chief Rollins displays actually exist somewhere in the "big military"?
x2 to what SOWT said. He's keeping score for a reason.
x2 to what SOWT said. He's keeping score for a reason.
I agree the access thing is a big-ish issue, though. There have been cases in the past (Walker was one IIRC) where unfettered access resulted in lost documents and such.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh goddamn
EDIT: It's going to be an entire safe full of cover sheets and classification stickers
Quoting myself from 2 weeks ago to say "I CALLED IT!!!"
Ah that time honoured intel battle cry 
policemedic
Verified SWAT
The access isn't a big deal, since the good CPT was escorted. Signing the access log may be a bit of a blip, though.
You get full credit for the idea, it was actually going to be full of classified (like it was in real life :-/) before your suggestion.
I know! We don't get to use it very often, but when we do it is so, so sweetAh that time honoured intel battle cry
Teller is gay?? Is the before or after DADT???
Hmm, looks like the dud has a personal vendetta against Faith and is going to use a veritable army of personal contacts to screw him over somehow. The guy has it in his head that this new Captain is trying to take his jerb and screw him over in a multitude of ways, so he's going to fight to protect himself. But really, I think that the Maj is going to find himself in a real pickle at some point, and it'll be Faith that pulls him out of the fire.
Young CPT Faith needs to fall back, reset his perimeter and gather info on the not so stellar career of 'the Dud' as armor against further attacks. This battle is lost for failure to know your enemy. Next major fail will be a loss due to failure to know oneself. From which all further battles in this campaign will be lost. Recovery must be swift, sure and silent to your opponent. Bring in the other ' rulers' with whom you have a less belligerent relationship, but who have a belligerent relationship with your oppent and open future battles on multiple fronts in a concerted attack... (Chapters 2, 5, 9, 13) .... and choose the terrain carefully... (ch. 10,11)...
Dud got to choose the terrain this time, one of the major reasons he has gained shih to this point.... carefully advance young commander.
Dud got to choose the terrain this time, one of the major reasons he has gained shih to this point.... carefully advance young commander.
The Captain needs to update his fire-plan sketch...
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