You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event

The extensive damage done to America’s sole naval base in the Middle East—along with hits to at least 20 U.S. sites across the region, including military installations and diplomatic facilities—has the U.S. re-evaluating its entire footprint in the region. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

NEW: Opinion: Nobody’s going home until the Reflecting Pool is clean www.duffelblog.com/dc-guard-cle...

Wow who could have predicted this would happen

“I grew up on a horse farm, climbed parts of Everest, given academy awards, been nominated, written a book…been friends with the greatest artists of our time and smoked crack under a car at 3am in San Francisco,” actor Josh Brolin wrote in his application. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The US will need at least 3 years to restore an array of critical weapons systems to pre-Iran War levels, according to a new report from @csis.org. The lack of munitions has “created a window of vulnerability for a potential Western Pacific conflict,” it says. www.defensenews.com/news/pentago...

‘In the Marines, Bracknell said, leaders often “fail to discern the difference between tough and cruel.” The skills hardened military commanders rely on to lead a unit are not the same ones needed to help them cope after a fellow service member’s suicide, he said.’

Three Marines in the same unit died by suicide in two years. After the latest death, leaders gathered the Marines and spent hours criticizing troops who had complained about leadership, according to leaked recordings obtained by @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social. Read: thewarhorse.org/secret-recor...

I’ve been off the grid for the past week so I missed a few things. Forgive me, but, did the president announce a ground invasion of a specific Iranian military target ahead of time? Do I have this right? youtu.be/6O1KTMOOFcA?...

Under “Operation Resolute Justice,” the Army and Federal Bureau of Prisons would transport inmates from Fort Leavenworth to Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, in Indiana. An Army official confirmed details of the plan with @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/militar...

Welcome our new managing editor, @paulszoldra.com! 🎉 Paul served for 8 years in the Marine Corps before he became a reporter. He has spent more than a decade in national security journalism, most recently as editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. We're excited to have him lead our newsroom!

Just 10 months ago, DoD's press operation committed to "providing timely and accurate information to the public, Congress and the news media." No longer. From Sept 2025:

I love that We Are The Mighty tracked down Delta Force legend Mike Vining and talked to him about his career. This was a fun and fascinating read www.wearethemighty.com/military-new...

Forensic DNA experts say it should take the Pentagon years—not decades—to identify the remains of thousands of nameless service members in US military cemeteries thewarhorse.org/missing-troo...

The December 2025 National Defense Strategy, lead author "Taiwan must be the #1 Priority" USD(P) Elbridge Colby, argued for reducing our footprint in the Persian Gulf and for increasing our arms sales to Taiwan so they are better able to defend themselves with less US combat help.

We spend a lot of time talking about “the bombs and the bullets.” But as Thomas Brennan of @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social tells @cnn.com's Brianna Keilar, the real stories that Americans need demonstrate the human impact of military service. Watch the full interview here: www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/u...

Hey Bluesky! Some personal news: Today, I’m taking on a new role as Managing Editor at @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social — a nonprofit newsroom holding the DoD and VA accountable to those who serve. I'm so excited to get started.

“This is a war grave with the same legal status as Arlington National Cemetery,” Mr. McBride said in an interview. “Snorkeling around Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

And this doesn’t include the 160th SOAR Little Birds (reportedly 4x) that the JSOC rescue force had to abandon and demo when the MC-130s that landed them got stuck and had to be abandoned and demo’d too

New CRS report: 42 U.S. aircraft lost/damaged in Iran War, including 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones, 7 KC-135 tankers, 4 F-15Es, 2 MC-130Js, and an E-3 AWACS. The cost of the war currently stands at $29 billion, according to the Pentagon Comptroller. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

Happy Mothers Day!

This is way too on the nose

WASHINGTON—The U.S. has burned through so many munitions in Iran that some administration officials increasingly assess that America couldn’t fully execute contingency plans to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion if it occurred in the near term, U.S. officials said. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

freaking bonkers abcnews.com/US/doj-arres...

Statisticians HATE him. Calculate percentages using this ONE WEIRD TRICK!

Thirteen U.S. troops died trying to get these people to safety — Afghan interpreters, soldiers, and the families of our service members. Veterans spent sleepless nights during the chaotic withdrawal fighting to keep them alive. Now our own government is going to abandon them.

The pope is weak on crime, tbh. I haven’t heard of him arresting a single person.

Weird war, where the winner gets skyrocketing gas prices, inflation and market crashes while the loser gets control over 20% of global oil flow.

Didn't see this one coming: Corey Scott, a former Navy SEAL medic who upended the trial of Eddie Gallagher by testifying that he, not Gallagher, murdered an ISIS prisoner, is a white nationalist member of Patriot Front, according to @nick-martin.bsky.social. www.informant.news/patriot-fron...

Insane (unconfirmed) video with what appears to be US troops in a bunker as an Iranian missile strikes close by. Uploaded today to funker530.com, a popular website where veterans upload combat footage.

Aside from 10 wounded, we just lost an E-3 AWACS, a $270 million item of which we have only 31 in our inventory. www.airandspaceforces.com/us-forces-sa...

Adm. Paparo first used the term “Hellscape”, describing his intent to flood the Taiwan strait with unmanned systems if China ever attempted to invade Taiwan… but it should be a Taiwanese operational concept for self-defense embedded in its asymmetric strategy. warontherocks.com/2026/03/hell...

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"What exactly do our service members think we’re trying to do in Iran?...This isn’t simply about rhetoric, but about a fundamental view of power & its relationship to violence that filters down to strategy.” Powerful challenge from @philklay.bsky.social about American traditions of morality in war.

I hate question headlines because the answer is always no, but this headline really needs a question mark.

BREAKING: Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

*right in the middle of a call* Alexa Phone: I heard you say you’re having a barbecue this weekend. Would you like me to add 27-piece grill accessory kit to your cart? No. Shut up Alexa phone. Alexa Phone: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand that. I’ve added 27-piece grill accessory kit to your cart.

"No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote." — Gen. James Mattis

try to keep up

this means it is not open for transit

Operation Epic High Gas Prices

“It has been a recurring pattern that Centcom uses the long-range missiles that Indo-Pacom is going to need on a bad day. We have enough munitions to defeat Iran. The problem is how it begins to cut into our need to deter China.” www.wsj.com/world/us-mil...

I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand

war mongering mad libs

“America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” —President George W. Bush, Oct. 8, 2002, outlining the case for war in Iraq.