We discovered these lessons in 1983.

I just remember seeing this pic, thinking 'Ukraine can still get planes in the air. There's still a chance.' It's been an awful 4 years. And maybe, in this time of reflection on when things got darkest, it is worth remembering when hope started to grow. There's still a chance.

It’s better to build combat effective units through tough training and unit cohesion rather than relying on machismo and vague notions of lethality.

81 years ago today.

An optional contemporary reading recommendation for your consideration. "Reimagine the Role of Amphibious Forces in Campaigning," by Lieutenant Colonel Zach Ota et al. @zachota.bsky.social, published in 2025. You can see the author talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jv_....

I did not know the U.S. Army had bobsledders.

A bit of Colorado in California

I argue that ground forces can topple a regime, but changing regimes requires a whole-of-government effort that is expensive and enduring.

Let’s learn from our past and continue the fight for a more just union.

As the U.S. military eyes China, it has big plans for arms manufacturing in the Pacific — and Hawaii sits at the center of its vision. www.staradvertiser.com/2026/02/16/h...

Right! And reviewing their writing, thinking, and negotiations is fascinating. They understand how to bridge the divide between policy and military operations without intruding on the authority of their civilian leadership.

Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."

A sane decision in a crazy world.

People dying to defend an actual literal multicultural economic zone:

MANY CREEDS-ONE CAUSE. This is how we win. Together.

Millions of men and women from every corner of the globe and professing every faith fought for for freedom in World War Two. Here is a picture of Sikh infantry from the 13th Frontier Force Rifles fighting in France. They also best Nazis back from Egypt to Tunisian & helped to liberate Italy!

Non-Christian Americans sacrificed for our country, too. www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...

Seeing a Hawai’i college on par with Ivy League schools, even if it’s not for the reasons you want.

Reading lists are always a challenge to craft, but I think the Commandant’s Professional Reading List did it pretty well: grc-usmcu.libguides.com/cmc-reading-...

Heroes don’t only exist on the battlefield. 🇺🇦

China, right now, believes that the costs of attacking Taiwan are unacceptable, U.S. deployment or otherwise. I think it's important that the doom and gloom about deterrence and the future of the free world not come from the free world. To believe that we are doomed is to doom ourselves.

Getting fully torqued for the Pershing Lecture Series tonight with CGSC’s Dept of Military History and the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social. While we wait, allow me to tell you what your favorite museum objects tell me about you (selected at random): 1/🧶

“They don’t speak our language.” Well, nobody worried about that when Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry deployed to Korea in 1950. By war’s end, six men had been awarded DSC’s, 130 were awarded SS’s, and 3,800 were awarded PH’s. They remain one of the most heavily decorated NG units.

Defeat Fascism in Russia, Defeat Fascism at Home. Simple as. We can win.

Great win for Sam, the Seahawks, and San Clemente.

Great to be in San Clemente for the Super Bowl and hearing fans chant “Let’s go Sam!”

My thoughts on this year’s Super Bowl commercials:

Baddy Gaga ™️

New entry for the Marine Corps’ #HatDesign2030

The vibe of the Halftime Show

Together we are America 🇺🇸

I understand 0% of the halftime show and enjoy it 100%

In Super Bowls, as in war, defense is the stronger form of combat.

New nickname for Battery Gunny just dropped.

Going all in for the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX, primarily for Sam Darnold and San Clemente. This town took great care of us during after our deployment to Afghanistan, and they did so for many Marines during 20 years of war. Win or lose, this community deserves to celebrate their hometown hero.

That Japanese-American soldier is Private Spencer Howe, and he is, most definitely, being all that he can be. www.stripes.com/sports/olymp....

This year, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Pairs Team is represented by: • A Japanese and Chinese Hawaiian • A Michigan guy (You'll notice a trend here) • A Hong Kong and Taiwanese Texan • A Japanese American and Army soldier who is studying to become a chaplain! That's what makes America great.

Every time I hear “quad toe” in an Olympics figure skating event:

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Apparently Liberty doesn’t care about your job skills.

A reminder that hope can prevail, even in the darkest days. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

“Urban warfare cannot be made clean, and civilian harm cannot be eliminated. But civilian protection ought to function as a real operational constraint. Other militaries learned — often painfully — that when uncertainty defaults to force, the long-term costs are severe.”

Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.

Godspeed, Challenger.

Ellison Onizuka showed us that even sons of coffee farmers can reach the stars in America. Lost, but not forgotten, 40 years ago today.

Teddy Roosevelt reincarnated

“We will make a list…”

This man is your friend. He fights for freedom.