tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post107133895180844389..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: OBE 'd : Overcome By EventsVannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-1827483221874309272020-07-27T12:08:23.890-04:002020-07-27T12:08:23.890-04:00To the best of my knowledge, and I've tried se...To the best of my knowledge, and I've tried searching this out several different ways, the term Overcome By Events (OBE) doesn't show up anywhere prior to 1986 or earlier. I would love to be corrected or set straight, possibly having heard it in passing during my 13 years of active duty in the Coast Guard prior to that point in time. But, to the best of my knowledge I myself coined that phrase while stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters in the Office of Personnel and Training some time between 1986 and 1988. Again, if it existed before then, great but I have yet to find reference to that acronym anywhere earlier than the period I've referenced.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656933287774549502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-64648579758618383962016-05-27T11:54:46.470-04:002016-05-27T11:54:46.470-04:00I remember learning about this at work. Projects w...I remember learning about this at work. Projects would get proposed, and some progress would be made, but eventually they would fall by the wayside. Whenever a followup was made, I'd sometimes hear "Oh yeah, that's now OBE."rickumalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15631129573462276625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-80919694180025157282011-08-30T16:56:02.605-04:002011-08-30T16:56:02.605-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcome_by_events
O...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcome_by_events<br /><br />Overcome By Events (OBE) or Overtaken By Events (OTBE), is a term of military origin used when a situation changes so rapidly that previously proposed courses of action are no longer relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com