Can’t anchor here, mate.

The Marine Corps now officially flies the most deadly air to air fighter in the world.

What’s the name of this organization? We call it the Department of War And the head of that department is? The Secretary of War And the workers in this organization? Warfighters And these people are fighting a war. Oh no. My goodness no.

F-15 loses its perfect record to the HORNET?????

If you say this in a mirror three times James Wolfe will appear and ask you if he beat Montcalm.

- King Charles I, 1634

The second tanker war (March 3, 2026-March 3, 2026)

U.S. Navy during the Tanker War: ~550 ships U.S. Navy now: ~289 ships

reading "Bombing to Win" on the subway and shaking my head to show everyone I'm against bombing to win

one-way attack drones are RUDIMENTARY CRUISE MISSILES shout it from the hilltops

Ok I'm sorry but that's funny as hell.

About that curse where your dad jokes turn into public policy.

March 3, 1776: American Marines carry out their first landing on a foreign shore. More than 200 men of the newly created sea-land force, joined by 50 sailors of the Continental Navy, storm the beaches of Nassau in the Bahamas to try to capture gunpowder badly needed by Washington's Army. 1/7

This is such a sick burn if you know you know.

They think that the FM 3-24 population-centric COIN of the GWOT-era was designed out of concern for the affected populations. Which is ironic because it was rooted in British and French imperial attempts to preserve their colonies and had nothing to do with concern for the people.

Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force. Danish Defense Minister: Continue.

Has there been a day in decades when Iraq has not faced these two tests at once?

This is a symptom of the U.S. military’s erroneous conception of strategy as scale. If it’s happening at a large scale, it must be strategic. It’s difficult. It takes a lot of folks and resources. It requires high level commanders. But it’s not strategic.

Some IRGC NCO reporting to work on Monday.

Iran-funded militias in Iraq right now.

Whooo boy here we go.

I know this is all vibes based decision-making, but the deeper I get into my PhD program the more skeptical I am of sending officers to get PhDs at all. Masters-level less so, but still.

Oh, word?

New arrival at EAB Friedman.

IPAs taste like perfume.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/a704... i have some good news, folks NEW DOGGO just dropped

astonishing figures from CSIS' excellent database chinapower.csis.org/china-pla-mi... 81 percent of people holding three-star rank in 2022 or appointed to it afterward have been purged only 21 percent of key PLA leadership positions are currently filled

„ineffectiveness of war?“ —Ethiopia reconquered Tigray. Azerbaijan erased Nagorno-Karabakh in one swift offensive.

MacArthurGPT recommends nuking the Bonus Army.

As someone whose work Anthropic plagiarized to build their chatbot, I find their sudden concern about someone misusing their work amusing.

We must maintain a favorable balance of power in the fourth and fifth island chains to prevent a regional hegemon from emerging.

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Big Husband Win today: we got a new stud finder and my wife put it on my chest and said, “guess there isn’t one here.” Tried to use a dad joke on a dad. And friends, that thing beeped.

No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. Look I can explain.

Oh snap a lack of communications is a defeat mechanism huh? open.substack.com/pub/benmorga...

It’s 1625. During the reign of King Charles, an executive is trying to wield the power of the purse without legislative approval. It’s 2025. During the reign of King Charles, an executive is trying to wield the power of the purse without legislative approval.

Spring training just started and I’m already in mid-season form (eating junk food on my couch and yelling at umpires through the TV).

The through line of the US Army (& by extension/osmosis, much of the US military) is a theory of attrition. That’s the fundamental hypothesis for success & it breeds all kinds of weird downstream effects, including body count metrics & assumption that tactical wins naturally accrue to strategic ones

Omg, yes, YES!

I don’t even have an AR-15 because, like Sergeant Major Plumley, I understand that if I really need one, there will be plenty lying around.

Worst day for a Duke of York since 1958...

Stay safe out there. They stealth dropped an EP.

I don't know who needs to hear this but the comment resolution matrix is not treatment and the OPR is not your therapist.

- Mikhail Bakunin, 1872