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Agile Combat Employment (ACE)
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Air Force Futures
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Battle Network
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Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution: A Catchphrase in Crisis
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China Military Competition Strategy
description: Specialized in assessing and countering Chinese military capabilities, particularly A2/AD (anti-access/area denial) systems and integrated air defense networks. Developed strategies to restore U.S. competitive advantage as China achieved parity in precision-guided munitions and theater-level battle networks. Recognized that China's offset strategy in their near abroad fundamentally changed the strategic balance. Worked on concepts to counter Chinese capabilities including multi-domain swarming defense (Hellscape) for Taiwan scenarios.
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Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)
description: Autonomous or semi-autonomous aircraft that operate in teams with manned fighters, previously called 'loyal wingman.' Hinote championed this as essential for great power competition, emphasizing human-machine teaming and scalability in wars of attrition.
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Defense Innovation and Emerging Technology Integration
description: Founded Hinote Strategy LLC (2023) to match emerging technology and concepts to U.S. defense needs. Principal at Pallas Advisors, strategic advisory firm specializing in defense innovation. Advocates for disruptive innovation to maintain U.S. competitive advantage. Works with defense technology companies and startups to accelerate adoption of breakthrough capabilities. Emphasizes need for 'disruptive strategy' to transform national security ecosystem and leverage America's innovation advantage against adversaries.
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type: DefinedTerm

Democratization of Air Power
description: The concept that air power capabilities, once the exclusive domain of advanced militaries, have become accessible to a wider range of nations and actors through proliferation of UAVs, drones, and autonomous systems. Hinote emphasized this phenomenon in relation to the Ukraine conflict and its implications for future warfare.
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Fighter Pilot Operations
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Futures Methodology or 'Futures Thinking'
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International Military Cooperation and Diplomacy
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Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
description: Key architect and champion of JADC2 concept - the integration of sensors, command and control, and weapons systems across all military domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber). Advocated for democratization of military data and decentralized command structures to enable mission command. Led implementation of concepts designed to prevent adversaries from disrupting U.S. command and control by distributing decision-making authority. Emphasized that JADC2 would make it 'almost impossible to cut the head off the snake' by enabling command from any platform.
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Leader-Innovator or Intrapreneur
description: A change agent within an organization who possesses a powerful blend of: Deep knowledge of the mission A mindset of continuous improvement Courage to experiment and learn from failure Tenacity to overcome obstacles Outsized influence beyond formal authority
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Leadership Coaching and Executive Development
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Manned-Unmanned Teaming
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Military Strategic Planning
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Multi-Domain Operations and Integration
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Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) or All-Domain Operations
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Mutual Denial of Air Superiority
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Organizational Leadership and Transformation
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Organizational Reinvention
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Overmatch Brief
description: A classified briefing produced by the Office of Net Assessment (via RAND) that showed how China and Russia had achieved parity with U.S. battle networks in their near abroad through A2/AD systems. Hinote called it a 'wake-up call' that fundamentally changed strategic thinking.
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Public Policy and National Security
description: Master of Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School. Ph.D. in Military Strategy from Air University. Graduated first in class at both U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S. in Space Physics) and Air Command and Staff College. Graduate of USAF Weapons School and School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Currently Professor of Policy Analysis at RAND School of Public Policy. Senior Advisor to Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). Extensive experience connecting military power to political objectives and national security strategy.
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Re-optimization for Great Power Competition
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Red-Teaming
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Reinvention Alliance
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Reinvention
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term code: used extensively, 2017
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The Forging Method
description: Build bold leaders in the crucible of complexity—so your organization thrives where others freeze. This method grounds your approach to leadership development—helping you intentionally forge bold leaders who can act boldly and wisely when the map runs out.
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Theory of Victory
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term code: used extensively, 2018
type: DefinedTerm

Third Offset Strategy Development
description: Served as Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense during the Third Offset Strategy (3OS) initiative. Contributed to development of strategies leveraging emerging technologies to restore U.S. military advantage over near-peer competitors. Focused on multi-domain operational concepts, anti-access/area denial countermeasures, and human-machine teaming. Recognized the Third Offset as intellectual foundation for current multi-domain defense concepts including the Hellscape defense strategy for Taiwan.
term code: expert, 8 years
type: DefinedTerm

Third Offset Strategy
description: A U.S. defense innovation initiative leveraging emerging technologies—especially autonomous systems and human-machine teaming—to maintain military advantage. Hinote served as Military Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, the initiative’s intellectual leader, and later advanced these concepts across the U.S. military.
in defined term set: Glossary
term code: used extensively, 2018
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Trans-Domain Operations
description: Military operations that move seamlessly across traditional warfare domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber) without artificial boundaries. Hinote described this as moving from 'domain-centric' joint force to operations where warfighters are 'agnostic about domains' - not caring where sensing, data, or effects originate.
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term code: used extensively, 2022
type: DefinedTerm

Wargaming and Strategic Assessment
description: Designed and led classified wargaming efforts that revealed critical U.S. military vulnerabilities against peer adversaries, particularly China. His wargaming in 2018 demonstrated that U.S. forces were losing 18 straight competitions with peer adversaries, with outcomes worsening in each iteration. These findings led to fundamental reconsideration of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and multi-domain operations concepts. Developed operational concepts through iterative wargaming to test future force designs.
term code: expert, 15 years
type: DefinedTerm

Wargaming
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award: Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster (United States Air Force)
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award: Air Medal (multiple awards) (United States Air Force)
award: Bronze Star Medal (United States Armed Forces)
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award: Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (United States Armed Forces)
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Benjamin Franklin
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B.H. Liddell Hart
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Claude Shannon
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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John Boyd
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Joseph Byrum
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Micah Zenko
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Robert Work
description: Direct superior-subordinate relationship as Deputy Secretary of Defense (2014-2017) during Third Offset Strategy. Hinote served as Work's Military Assistant (May 2015-Feb 2017). Work championed human-machine teaming, wargaming to identify capability gaps, and technology-enabled operational concepts - themes Hinote later amplified as leader of Air Force Futures. Work's advocacy for using wargames to drive requirements directly shaped Hinote's methodology.
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Sun Tzu
description: Foundational strategic thought from The Art of War - knowing enemy and self, strategic deception, winning without fighting, importance of intelligence and preparation. Sun Tzu's emphasis on winning through superior positioning before battle resonates with Hinote's wargaming-driven force design and deterrence-by-denial strategy against China.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Glossary
author: S. Clinton Hinote
has defined term: Agile Combat Employment (ACE)
has defined term: Air Force Futures
has defined term: Battle Network
has defined term: Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution: A Catchphrase in Crisis
has defined term: Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)
has defined term: Democratization of Air Power
has defined term: Futures Methodology or 'Futures Thinking'
has defined term: Leader-Innovator or Intrapreneur
has defined term: Manned-Unmanned Teaming
has defined term: Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) or All-Domain Operations
has defined term: Mutual Denial of Air Superiority
has defined term: Organizational Reinvention
has defined term: Overmatch Brief
has defined term: Re-optimization for Great Power Competition
has defined term: Red-Teaming
has defined term: Reinvention Alliance
has defined term: Reinvention
has defined term: The Forging Method
has defined term: Theory of Victory
has defined term: Third Offset Strategy
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