Marshall here. Welcome back to The Realignment.

Hey everyone, welcome back to the show and Happy Friday of course.

After last December's episode with Andrews Grace Stevens,

The Realignment basically stumbled into a recurring series focused on the Pentagon and Defense

Policy. How it works, how it's broken, and what needs to change to confront current and

future threats. Another audience is divided on probably most, if not all, aspects of our defense

policy. But I've personally benefited from speaking with people in these positions,

especially given how opaque the Pentagon can be. Previously, I spoke with Trey, obviously,

back in December, then Steve Blank, and of course, Christopher Seamiller, who was the acting

defense secretary at the end of the Trump administration. Today's guest, though, is Pete Nuel.

Pete was actually mentioned on the episode with Steve that came out at the start of the year.

Pete is a retired Army colonel. Now he is the CEO of an innovation company in early stage

enterprise accelerator called BMT. Pete has been described as the new John Boyd, just as Boyd

transitioned the acquisition process of the DOD with the idea of the Uda Loop in the 1960s and 70s.

Pete is working to help the Pentagon learn to adapt and adopt new technologies in the face of

rapid change. He was the former director of the Army's rapid equipping force, where he delivered

170 products in three years. Today, he's focused on bringing what you learned about innovation on

the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to the boardroom and the other conflicts and issues

face the DOD on his other government agencies moving forward. I hope you all enjoy this episode,

and I will offer a reminder because it's Friday, you should definitely check out the

substack newsletter, which is going out later today. You should check out the bookshop.

Pete does not have a book, but there are plenty of other books that fit into the theme we focused

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