A couple points on this manifesto, apart from the racial superiority subtext others noted. Palantir is a company built on public contracts, they bill the state billions to surveil and target the state's population. The manifesto exists to justify their demand for even more. /1

From the other place. "No one gatekeeps being a veteran, like a veteran." This is one of the most disappointing things about veteran culture. Stop disparaging other veterans.

King to Nimitz April 1942 on establishment of Pacific Ocean Area.

Seriously?

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz reignites plans for alternative transportation routes, many of which include Turkey’s, whose geography “condemns the country to geopolitical significance,” as one diplomat eloquently puts it. (🎁 article.)

🔥 Incredible footage of Ukrainian Yak-52 crews in action. Pilots of the 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade “Kherson” clear the skies of Russian drones.

How a Navy photographer snapped an iconic Artemis II astronaut photo taskandpurpose.com/news/august-...

“The success of this War depends upon the Skillful Steerage of the political Vessel.” - John Adams, 1776

"the proper measure of strategic achievement is the quality of policy result compared with the quality of outcome required." - Colin Gray

Very relieved to see Integrity splash down.

Strategic Plan for the Defeat of Japan, 8 May 43 history.state.gov/historicaldo...

And so it began... From Fleet Admiral Leahy's memoir, June 1945.

in 2016 a group of strangers in Kazakhstan saved a dog from drowning by forming a human chain to reach him. they just unveiled a statue commemorating the event and I'm genuinely about to start sobbing

As the weekend gets started, check out my interview with @nathankfinney.com about his book “Orchestrating Power” on the role of North Carolina’s Council of Defense during WWI mobilization on the Strategy Bridge Podcast. traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thest...

The Pivot to the Pacific is the future of American strategy, and it always will be.

If you’re interested in questions of mobilization, civil-military relations, war as an extension of politics—and much more—this is the podcast for you. @prbeckman.bsky.social @nathankfinney.com

How did the US mobilize for WWI? Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @nathankfinney.com for a deep look at one facet of this fascinating question. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

In the new Strategy Bridge Podcast episode, I talk with @nathankfinney.com about his book “Orchestrating Power” on the role of North Carolina’s Council of Defense during WWI mobilization. @thestrategybridge.bsky.social Listen here: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thest...

"What’s the Matter with Being a Strategist?" press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcont...

I had a chance to talk with Tim McGrath about the "Founding of the Continental Navy" for PCN's History & Culture podcast. #navy #seapower www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_H...

Reread this blast from the past and laughed a little. I remember the General Officer who called me into his Pentagon office being absolutely flabbergasted by this article, and I can imagine what a headache it probably caused him. I still don't care. archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/han...

Instead of a US Marshal, they should have made Kayce Dutton a private investigator with Mo as his partner. They would have been a great team.

One of my favorite projects over the past couple of years has been the short #documentary series “Food Truckin’”. Here is one episode on the Rebelz food truck. #foodtrucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUUc...

Failing up>”Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to receive payments and benefits valued at well over $700 million at the close of the company’s planned sale to Paramount Skydance.” deadline.com/2026/03/davi...

You can't go wrong with the Skyraider> Discovery Channel: Great Planes: Douglas A-1 Skyraider www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq-o...

The orders from JCS to Nimitz, MacArthur, and Arnold (20th AF) in spring 1945.

“The American Sea Power Paradox: Why the US is More Naval Than Maritime” www.jameswesmith.space/p/the-americ...

On the MFA-ification of American fiction> The Oracular Outsiders and the Homework Doers www.estragon.news/the-oracular...

The "Soul Power" documentary on the history of the American Basketball Association is really good. It's on Prime Video.

In preparation for the Central Pacific campaign, Marshall requested info from Eisenhower & MacArthur on their staff organization to help Nimitz design his staff.

In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

War Came to Ukraine and Its Dogs Are Not the Same: Researchers discovered surprising changes to former pets along the front line of combat with Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/s...

As his regime crumbled, Bashar al-Assad was obsessed with sex and video games, and he refused every lifeline he was offered. Palace insiders told Robert F. Worth that Assad could have saved his regime if he hadn’t been so stubborn and vain.

I’m watching the film “Seven Days in May” and it is really good. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and screenplay by Rod Serling.

Interesting. Did not know that it was King who proposed that the Southwest Pacific Subarea be commanded by an Army officer.

I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”

Have always enjoyed Tirico’s play-by-play calls> The Greatest Heist’: Mike Tirico’s Super Bowl-sized decision that transformed sports TV www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

Bruce Springsteen reflects on his album "Nebraska" on CBS Sunday Morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkq...

Bronchitis sucks.

I watched the Copenhagen Test this weekend and it is really good.

"This site provides a history of all 91 U.S. Army divisions that served in World War II from 1939 to 1945. "> 91 divisions. Think about how big the Army was in WWII. By 1945 the Marine Corps organized 6 divisions. www.armydivs.com/infantry-div...

The Atlantic Charter, 1941 - “First, their countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other; “Second, they desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned”

In the mail…

Finished my first book of 2026. “Our Jungle Road to Tokyo” by Robert Eichelberger, commander of I Corps and 8th Army during WW2.

The first music video that caught my eye was That’s All by Genesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzyn...

Not soon enough.

"For most people, the story of RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War begins and ends with strategic bombing. Yet for five years of war, Bomber Command also fought a different conflict — a sustained offensive of mine warfare against Nazi shipping" www.justcuriousjane.com/invisible-ca...

Leyte Campaign Operation Report - 776th Amphibian Tank Battalion cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

"The principal mission of an amphibian tank battalion is the assault of land­ing beaches and the shelling of those beaches after the lifting of naval gunfire."