"The will to do; the soul to dare."

Russia got itself a warm water port

Happy Monday

It's Friday.

Ghislaine said she'd clear Trump and Clinton of any wrongdoing if Trump grants her clemency.

I received a unique birthday gift this year. I think my fellow military history lovers will appreciate it as much as I do. A sketch of the Rozich Blackburn Tompkins Bridge, a key pontoon bridge built to cross the Rhine in 1945, apparently signed by the men that built it!

What a horrible combination of words.

While discussing his efforts to source engineering equipment & vehicles, Constantine - a Veteran of the 2014 invasion of Ukraine - also offered some really interesting insight into a perhaps under-appreciated need: battle taxis.

A ton of cool photos coming out of Talisman Sabre 25. 19 partner nations & over 30,000 service members taking part.

Got everything here. Buccaneers. A Type 42. Target followed by LAS. And Gibraltar. youtu.be/lteL18wd15Y?...

Mornin'

Beijing's reaction to rapid HIMARs deployment training in the Philippines has been very telling. Similarly, just yesterday, Moscow likewise called Estonian HIMARs firing drills a "provocation"

Last week, I interviewed Constantine, who served in the Ukrainian military during the 2014 conflict. He is currently focused on fundraising/supplying engineering equipment for civilian and military needs. He shared great insight into the current conflict as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1MK...

Been MIA on here for a bit, but it's been busy! Rehashed YouTube & Podcast channel and am churning out some new episodes and interviews. Link from the latest below.

I use it to mask the unceasing rage I feel every waking moment

What a day

Taking Command for the first time and realizing why your jokes are suddenly landing really well

Olenya/Olenegorsk/Vysokiy (part two). Burning An-12: 68.146555, 33.450901 Destroyed Tu-95MS from part 3 at 68.145419, 33.449928 identified as RF-94257 '22 Red'

Recommended reading for the day

As long as the suicide nets are American made we'll be fine

Are you dealing with Top Secret Signal Chat FOMO? Join @havocsix.bsky.social and I at 8pm tonight as we recover from our FOMO and discuss Europe's rearmament plans and whether they're ready for war. youtube.com/live/Tql6GcZ...

If you want to know what happens at the end of Pax Americana, the final stages of Pax Romana, Pax Mongolica, & Pax Britannica make for interesting reading. History doesn't necessarily repeat, but it does rhyme, so the saying goes.

April Fools should be officially cancelled this year on account of reality looking way too much like satire, and vice versa

(Reuters) - The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters. #BigBalls

Join Caleb & I tonight for an interesting chat 👇

Surprised this one hasn’t done numbers considering the amount I’ve seen people bid for Ukrainian flags You can buy a signed 47th flag from probably the most quoted and experienced Bradley commander in the UAF for $120 (Sergii on the left, photo from NYT) secure.wayforpay.com/donate/47th

Wounded British soldier holding his steel helmet, which has been pierced by a piece of shrapnel, during fighting on the Somme Front near Hamel in December 1916.

Bone apple teeth

Spotted several familiar faces in some of the Freedom Shield 25 photos being released. Seeing a few of the younger Soldiers, originally "humble" boat drivers, now experienced NCOs & essentially running the show, is a good feeling. We have solid folks out there.

It's going swimmingly over on X

Pershing T26E3 of A Company, 14th Tank Battalion, is transported aboard a pontoon ferry across the Rhine on 12 March 1945

I think it’s fascinating how this administration’s guiding principle on every single policy is just “be evil.” Starving children? Take away their food. AIDS patients? Take away their treatments. Refugees from conflict zones? Deport them. Nations under attack? Cut off assistance. VA? Fire everyone.

I need you all to be hard right now

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

I'm genuinely at a loss

"In a soulless world, heaven and earth walk on by."

Three members of crew at work on the starboard engine gantry of a Royal Navy Air Service North Sea (N.S.) type non-rigid airship during an anti-submarine patrol off the British coast, 1918. Hell of a gunner view there, too.

Just sharing a very, very, very small side hustle I got goin on. Working on a World War 1 collection of merch that I hope will feature all the combatants, eventually!

I'd headbutt a railroad spike if I got noted like this every time I posted

This is how I check my DMs btw

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Great description

Bridge!

"The idea behind a 'leaderless swarm' is that the user sends out instructions — for example, to conduct a search of the area — to every asset in the swarm, but the drones intelligently delegate tasks among themselves." breakingdefense.com/2025/02/l3ha...

For the sake of posterity, the reading lists I made for military theory and war related literature.

Afrikaners. Famously the indigenous population of South Africa.