This might be one of the most interesting shots of the attack on Pearl Harbor that I have ever seen!

Alabama-Oklahoma preview:

Heinz Caramelized Onion & Bacon Ketchup (2015-circa 2018): Classic Heinz tomato ketchup, infused with the flavors of sweet caramelized onions and smoky bacon

a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me

#OTD in 1799: The frigate USS Chesapeake is launched at the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia. She was one of the original six frigares whose construction was authorized by the Naval Act of 1794.

23 year old Shirley Slade at Harlingen Army Air Field in Cameron County, 1944. As a WASP, Shirley mainly flew Bell P-39 Airacobras and B-26 Marauders, both of which were considered tricky aircraft to fly. Shirley was trained at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, one of 1,000+ US female pilots in WW II.

I think about this tweet a lot

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

The Wild Bunch is incredibly romantic. The final walk of the doomed gunslingers is one of the most powerfully romantic images in modern cinema.

It’s 2046. The navy struggles to keep the last SLOC open to the allied Free State of Hawaii. There are still no frigates, so it’s up to the overstretched fleet Arleigh Burke Flight IX destroyers to provide convoy escort.

That moment when the book is actually real! @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social and I really enjoyed working on our chapter on the future of the Total Force.

you know you're getting old when you start getting excited for a book "1942: CRUX OF WAR" a year ahead of publication global.oup.com/academic/pro...

It's that time of year

I’m gonna be honest, Panel Discussants at Conferences: We really don’t want to hear your comments for 20 MINUTES. Send the presenters an email and let them field questions about their work from the audience.

"I am a river You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love.”

#OTD in 1969, the all-Navy crew of Apollo 12 reached the moon. CDR Charles "Pete" Conrad and CDR Alan L. Bean became the 3rd and 4th men to walk on the surface while CDR Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit in the Command Module "Yankee Clipper". #FlyNavy

a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade

It's National Play Monopoly Day! The battleship token in the classic version of Monopoly was modeled after USS Indiana (BB-1). The game piece was also used in the board games Conflict and Diplomacy. The Indiana was commissioned in 1895 and decommissioned in 1919. #monopoly

Looking forward to the National World War II Museum's International Conference on World War II later this week. I'll be speaking about the development of three U.S. Navy "systems"—tactical, operational, and logistic—and their impact on the war. More here: www.nationalww2museum.org/events-progr...

The loss of Ark Royal ... an avoidable disaster, but under unavoidable conditions. #OTD #MartitimeHistory #WW2 #History youtu.be/ABhEP1JkcQ8

Z is still on TCM & Max video on demand.

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Best defensive performance by a Yamamoto since the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.

Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you

NASCAR getting a “game 7 moment” that costs a generational prospect a deserved championship after an all-time season At the same time as a literal World Series game 7 Is a pretty hilarious poetry indeed

An Air Canada flight right now

They're calling him the most French man in history

I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment

10 years ago tonight

NEW: Anonymous donor gives Pentagon 130 million cans of Skoal Wintergreen to pay troops www.duffelblog.com/anonymous-do...

CEO whose last two companies went bankrupt but still gets to be a CEO for some reason

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

Iowa has scored 41 points. That seems… excessive.

HAHAHA WE MADE IT AS A FIELD GOAL DISTRACTION

25 Oct 1812 // 38-gun frigate HMS Macedonian was captured off Madeira by American 44-gun frigate USS United States after an action lasting three hours during which the British frigate was overwhelmed by the more powerful and longer-range guns carried by her opponent. [1/2]

Australia and New Zealand have some of the best race tracks in the world and arguably the most picturesque. This weekend they tackle the best street circuit in racing.

There is too much craziness and the only way I can cope is thinking about my animals

At some point, for the purpose of memes, I need to create a stained-glass looking image of Alfred Thayer Mahan with "St. Alfred of Newport"

Evergreen

Thrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!

With apologies to French and Spanish friends, I feel there has been too little celebration of Trafalgar day

wanna feel old? the date Marty traveled to in the future was ten years ago today

I’m pleased to share my latest article, coauthored with @SteveVBrock in @CIMSEC, laying out the Maritime Statecraft strategy we designed and have been driving forward since 2022 under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. 1/4 cimsec.org/maritime-sta...

Bumpin that youtu.be/ILCs0sP-F6Y?...