"Sir, the seventh principle of war is unity of command!" Every flag officer in the Pacific, 1941-45:

Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!

In my day, courting involved dancing skyclad under a full moon, burnt blood offerings, and—this is truly the worst one—you had to talk to people on the landline Like, cables ran THROUGH THE EARTH, all manner of demonic voices came out & you were just supposed to say, “hi! this is Kerry speaking!”

The Kansas sky is a vibrant sight to behold tonight. The beauty left me calmed in a way I can’t fully describe.

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

New Members: it is with great pleasure that we can add both three new countries and nearly a dozen new members to the Network since our recent conference in Austria.

Buffalo Soldiers Would Get Highest Congressional Honor Under Senate Proposal www.military.com/daily-news/2...

xoxo love ya!

Guided Labubu missiles?

Here’s today’s thread once more for the evening crowd. Please share widely to get all this great scholarship to all the folks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

What makes a 50-year-old #FWW book still essential reading? We welcome @iaisherwood.bsky.social & Steven Trout authors of 'But It Still Goes On: Paul Fussell’s The Great War & Modern Memory at 50' to revisit Fussell’s classic & the debates it still sparks ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/50-t...

When I post about a the struggle of transgender service members, I get a lot of “some of the best people I served with were” and things of that nature. And that’s good, that’s fine. But, the true mark of success is the acceptance of the goldbricker transgender service member. The “just doing time”.

Obligatory 20th Maine meme for my Downeast and Aroostook County boys who dgaf bout no rebel yell

SECARMY terminated all current Civilian Aide to the Sec Army (CASA) positions in favor of converting them to tech-focused positions. CASAs historically have been a linkage to our communities and citizens. Not a fan. CivMilSky

This is not great. CASAs are one of the BEST links between the Army and communities. This further degrades our ability to bridge the civ-mil divide

Me [yelling]: HEY BABE I CAN’T FIND A COPY OF OUR MUTUAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL ANYWHERE Her: That’s ‘cause we don’t have one! Me: I SWEAR I LEFT IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE AUMF! Her: That’s your old one from 2001! Me: WELL WHAT ABOUT MY CASUS BELLI?! Her: Nope!

I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

From an article on King of the Hill and Parks & Rec star Jonathan Joss, a Native gay man who was murdered in a hateful attack.

Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."

Great thread about the symbolism of parades in DC- and how very, very different this one is.

I am about 7 books into Eastern Front ‘41 research and the one critical thing I have learned: Find somebody to love you the way some military historians hate Guderian, with the burning passion of a thousand suns.

Does anyone know a expert in South Pacific languages? This is why I miss Twitter. I used to be able to just ask this and someone would be like “I am!” But seriously, is anyone? I need an expert on South Pacific languages.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... Nice episode @amnagel.bsky.social ! No idea you were a high jumper! Your work on African American soldiers in WW1 is so important. Thanks for teaching the next generation!

I had a ton of fun chatting with Drs. Feltman and Allison for this podcast. Give it a listen if you’re so inclined!

Not as many people are pelted with potatoes anymore, and it shows

I had a ton of fun chatting with Drs. Feltman and Allison for this podcast. Give it a listen if you’re so inclined!

A new podcast episode to kick off your Friday!

New episode! @amnagel.bsky.social joined us IN PERSON in the studio for a great convo about PME, growing up in North Dakota, and African Americans in the U.S. military. Check it out! @smh-historians.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @uvapress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0DXm...

Lethality knows no gender, and diversity enhances innovation.

Reconstruction ended in 1876 Mississippi did not get a Black state legislator again until 1968, and he just died. In case you think that was all ancient history.

This is a hell of a read. Also, in the most pot-kettle thing I can post, this makes Harvard seem way more spiritually hateful than West Point, a literal war school where an upperclassman hit me in the chest with a rifle butt as part of an alleged tradition they may have just made up on the spot.

Felt like writing this. angrystaffofficer.com/2025/02/12/d...

Just a heads-up. No scholars are safe from me sliding into the DMs about research… If I find a SAMS monograph or dissertation or a chapter in an edited book that fits our topic, *clicks on messenger* Or you could just go check out the prompt and shoot me a note, too. www.theworldwar.org/symposia

It might be Super Bowl Sunday later, but right now it’s #ScholarSunday–so here’s my 211st thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please share widely & enjoy, team! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth in Anderson County (SC), 12 important historical sites to know, inc the Phyllis Wheatley Centers for Working Girls’ Association, the [Rev Augustus] Vance House www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/l... #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values. That's what I've done for 2 decades. I have earned my place here. The constant and repeated attacks on my service and patriotism fly in the face of every single thing we as an organization claim to hold dear.

Thrilled that my debut book, 'Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain', will be published by @headofzeus.bsky.social in May! You can now pre-order here: geni.us/EagleDays Thank you SO much Dan Jones, my agent Georgina Capel & @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social ♥️ 1/4

Job ferry: The Combating Terrorism Center (@CTCWP) is hiring for several positions (Instructor / Assistant Professor / Associate Professor) to join their team. Applications open until February 3. www.usajobs.gov/job/825758500

I'd like to thank Trent Hone for helping fill the Navy History gap in this series. This episode includes more on Admiral Nimitz and leadership challenges in the Pacific Theater through 1944 with connections to Operation Flintlock and Battle of Saipan, and a few upcoming episodes. @honer.bsky.social

I'd like to thank @briankerg.bsky.social for another great episode, this time talking about the Battle of Saipan and some leadership challenges the US Army & US Marine Corps faced in the Pacific in 1944. #WhyWeFight1944 #ArmyHistory #USMCHistory #NavyHistory #MilitaryHistory #WWII #Podcast

Based on the French Canadian branch of my family tree, this all tracks.

Instead of having discourse on cooking and burrito taxis, you should read about the Thucydides trap

Outstanding and sobering summary of the state of the war in Ukraine

As an undergrad at Mizzou decades ago, we read about Celia in the US history survey. Its history that has stayed with me, and now, a posthumous pardon: x.com/ksdknews/sta...

Massive winter storm to spread snow and ice from Plains to East Coast www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we...

Looking forward to being part of a great panel on the Progressive Era military with Rory McGovern, @amnagel.bsky.social, and Lon Strauss at #SMH2025. Even better, the panel is co-sponsored by Society of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. See you in Mobile! www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...

If “Jingle Bells” has ever annoyed you, well, it probably just means you don’t like secessionists Meanwhile, Longfellow voices some very familiar sentiments in a carol born of the bloody year of 1863 angrystaffofficer.com/2023/12/18/a...

Since Die Hard is a Christmas film, a brief thread on my own head canon of how the Gruber brothers disparate bios are tied up in postwar German history.

Some years ago, someone showed me this image of Santa presenting Nathan Bedford Forrest with a saber, and so of course I had to write a letter from a Union soldier marching north to destroy slavery at the pole and punish Kris Kringle for his treason angrystaffofficer.com/2018/12/23/a...