Breaking: White House Looking to Replace SecDef Given the steady stream of gaffes over the past two months, this was likely the inevitable result. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n... #Loyalty is not a measure of #ability. And there's no way POTUS is riding out this train wreck.

This just keeps getting better. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/20/p...

Ready for some #Friday #DoctrineMan #humor? For years, I heard people complain about others who landed key jobs because they were runners. They could run farther, faster, and longer than others and that was often equated to #leadership ability. Move over runners. The #overhead #yeet has arrived.

#DoctrineMan is like the Cold War. It ended, but it didn't end. It was always stewing on the back burner, waiting for the right time to be annoying again. The #newplane smell is gone from both the F-22 and F-35, and the F-15EX is like that kid at the dance no one wants for a partner.

This is the soldier we found with like five pounds of weed in his wall locker. Him: "There weren't any drugs in my wall locker." CID: "We found them. We have them." Him: "Nope. No drugs." CID: "You're can talk now or you can spend a long tour at Fort Leavenworth." Him: "I'm leaving." CID: "Um..."

The #DoctrineMan #jokes write themselves. The initial response to this was sadly #predictable. I've come to expect much more. They had a perfect #opportunity to say something like, "𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙊𝙇 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧," but didn't.

Personally, I look forward to seeing a bunch of people who probably don't have drivers licenses or have never looked under the hood of a car try to make sense of all the repair parts the services purchase each year. Friday is officially #funday in the land of #DoctrineMan.

Just another day in the Building...

It's @bsky.app so that means people here see the sausage being made. Monday's comic a few days sooner, in other words. It's all about the subtle nuances of humor. #DailyDM

Get working on those bullet points for OPM.

But Murphy's Laws of Combat are something else altogether. Murphy lives on the battlefield. Anyone with a few deployments under their belt can tell you that. The best ones were the subject of my #PointofDeparture column this week: news.clearancejobs.com/2025/02/18/l...

But lost the cap to your canteen and they'll come for every red cent. www.military.com/daily-news/i...

Every #comic tells a #story Sometimes, they're not meant to be funny. Sometimes, they tell the story within the story. Sometimes, the humor bites a bit deep. Sometimes, they just need to say what's not being said. #DoctrineMan ain't dead yet.

“𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 #𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 #𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 #𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵.” If I had a nickel... well, you know how that goes. My latest in #PointofDeparture: news.clearancejobs.com/2025/02/04/h...

Every #comic tells a #story From big watches to speed bumps to storytelling with the hands, this comic was all Air Force, all day. #DoctrineMan wears a big watch, too.

Death to Decaf.

The VA is doubling down on the PACT Act. Just yesterday, the VA announced that ALL veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving are now eligible to enroll directly in VA health care. The process might take some time, but it's worth the effort. Don't wait. Don't become a statistic.

You're a 63-year old dude with liver spots and a receding hairline. You met an attractive young someone on a dating app for people with irritable bowel syndrome. It's scam. Resist the temptation to impress them with your unfettered access to classified information.

This is... unsettling: "We tracked down the person behind the account called Shaggy, who is a committed Trump supporter living in Michigan... When I tried to question him on the AI-generated image he blocked me." www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

My spring reading list is already long, but it just got longer. @underwaterlance.bsky.social, is back in April with Chamber Divers, the long classified tale of the scientists who pioneered underwater reconnaissance in the years leading up to the D-Day landings. www.amazon.com/Chamber-Dive...

I won't lie. I always put my hands in my pockets. It was rebellious streak showing through.

The jokes are gonna write themselves. Skip the interview and watch Weekend Update on Saturday.

You can't carry a TS clearance for years on end and not come away with some good stories. But my favorite one is getting through nearly five years and a deployment without any clearance at all. #PointofDeparture

Honestly, you can almost hear the voice of Darth Vader: "I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further."