The Five-Sided Building houses both complementary and competing agendas.
The term “Pentagon Culture” is often overheard in conversations about the Department of Defense (DOD). It’s a phrase that attempts to describe the unique behavior of individuals working in the Five-sided Building on the Potomac. The assumption is that because national security is the primary objective of decision-makers employed at the DOD, the behavior would be uniformly characteristic. That would be decidedly inaccurate. There are four distinct cultures.
President-elect Trump Will Meet Resistance in the Pentagon
Few will argue that President-elect Donald Trump will not encounter resistance to his agenda. Entrenched bureaucrats are a force to be reckoned with when change is on the agenda. With the incoming administration, change is not just on the…
