The National Guard, due to the vagaries of orders and buckets of money, has a number of personnel (technicians) who wear uniforms, go to work, yet don’t get paid due to the shutdown. It is absolutely heartbreaking to see a 20 year old Security Forces airman who guards the gate not get paid.

It is an indictment of our society that Dr Evil’s dollar amount is only one one-thousandth of this absolutely horrific pay package

Americans once jumped into France in C-47s. The most difficult challenge you're going to have is managing your department's funding. Get a fucking grip.

Last time I checked Senators get elected to serve the American people, not Israelis? We have no perpetual enemies and no eternal allies.

Honestly kind of shocking how we have repeated images of China’s alleged 6th vehicles, yet there have been no sighting of NGAD demonstrators or NGAD itself!

bUt dRoNeS mAkE tHe bAtTlEfIeLd tRaNsPaReNt mAnUeVeR iS iMpOsSiBle

Last week’s horrors were donations to pay the military, venezuela strikes, and east wing demolition This week is “thought experiments” about a post liberal yet somehow American (??) military, 33 year old doge employees leading ONR, and puff piece interviews with techno fascists, plus all the above

If the author reviewed the oath he took when he commissioned, and that he likely retook upon each promotion, he would see a powerful riposte to his entire argument.

We built a portable sun. Two of them, actually. We also built thinking machines and shells that had radar in them.

you can dress it up all kinds of ways but the argument basically boils down to this guy putting his commitment to being a soldier over his commitment to the values of the constitution it's a fundamentally morally vacuous position

Francoist-ass essay by active duty military

Yeah dude this is INSANE. To quote one officer, “we’re here to defend democracy, not practice it” That means we fundamentally defend the liberal experiment and resist alternatives. That’s the whole point!!!!!!!!!!

This is insane.

This Mexican WWII poster is some of the hardest shit ever

Mexican WWII poster: “ AMERICANOS TODOS LUCHAMOS POR LA VICTORIA.”

Almost 100,000 layoffs announced - will be about a 1.5% increase in unemployment from UPS and Amazon alone!

Eliminating the Guard / Reserve also won’t solve the problem of Ivy Leaguers doing 5 years on active then running for office solely on their school / military credentials The real antidote to it all is having a public that realizes military service on its own is no great accomplishment

Every single person who thinks they can manage an interview with Chotiner is one of those 12% of dudes who think they can win a point off of Serena Williams

Never fails

Finished watching “House of Dynamite” with my wife and immediately put on “Crimson Tide” as an example of a better movie about nukes

America’s airpower is far from free; it requires constant training and, with it, risk

“I got droned, out on the island of Guam; I was drunk at Porky’s, now I’m dead and gone” China can’t compete with USAF music generation youtu.be/AVppZlDDcqk?...

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