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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 12h

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 1d

All-time greatest recruiting poster.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, but David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” is how I will always remember Diane Ladd.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter is doing a deep-dive on Judas Priest on her KSDT radio show right now. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
twitch.tv/ksdtradio

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KSDT RADIO Week 5!

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 3d

SoCal Folsoms off to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday at the I MEF Birthday Ball.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 3d

One more reason why I quit the bad place.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 3d

Trust William Devane, Actor & Rosland Capital® Customer

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 4d

Happy SoCal Halloween from Immortan Joe and your friendly neighborhood witch!

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 4d

Unlicensed nuclear accelerator.

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Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social · 5d

I'm conscious I promised a review of @swbfolsom.bsky.social's "Where Youth and Laughter Go" and have singularly failed to deliver this.

Suffice to say, this is an excellent memoir of a battalion commander, written in a reasoned, sober and truly 'warts and all' manner

#HistBookChat #Skystorians

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Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social · 20d

Bit late to the party, but very much enjoying these two.

@swbfolsom.bsky.social has written another insightful and engaging memoir (review to follow), whilst Tripodi's study is a genuine eye-opener and deftly pushes back on the primacy of 'political' action in contemporary COIN.

#HistBookChat

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for the kind words… I’m happy you enjoyed it!

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 6d

Patrick Reade was one of my 3/7 Marines in 2011. 14 years later, he is still doing what the Cutting Edge is famous for: putting the safety and wellbeing of others before himself. I am proud beyond words to have served with this Marine.

Only on KHOU 11 | Shenandoah officer recounts rescuing 11-year-old during mental health crisis on I-45 overpass

Body camera footage shows the officer calmly approaching the girl before pulling her to safety from the overpass guardrail.

www.khou.com

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like the same stealthy bastard that’s tearing up my yard every night.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 9d

Six more days ‘til Halloween.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks… you just gave me shitty flashbacks to 2011-12 Sangin. Nothing like the operators in the black helicopters cutting an unannounced op box in your AO and leaving a mess behind for you to deal with the next day when you face the district elders.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 15d

With al-Asad back in the news, I will shamelessly plug my book by reposting my interview last weekend with the Military Reading Room:
open.substack.com/pub/themilit...

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 16d

The SoCal Folsom metal-heads topped off No Kings Day with a trip to Chula Vista to see Corrosion of Conformity, Alice Cooper, and Judas Priest.

Yes, it totally rocked.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 17d

Two things can exist at the same time: A peaceful rally and an amphibious demonstration.

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 18d

Many thanks to Dave Gran and Phil Gentile for featuring “Nothing Here Worth Dying For” in the Military Reading Room’s Visiting Authors Corner. They were kind enough not to truncate my long-form responses.
open.substack.com/pub/themilit...

Task Force Lion and the Long War: Colonel Seth Folsom on Leadership and Iraq’s Final Fight

A commander’s reflections on trust, command relationships, and the human dimension of Operation Inherent Resolve — lessons for today’s leaders on and off the battlefield

open.substack.com

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 18d

Many thanks to Dave Gran and Phil Gentile for featuring “Nothing Here Worth Dying For” in the Military Reading Room’s Visiting Authors Corner. They were kind enough not to truncate my long-form responses.
open.substack.com/pub/themilit...

Task Force Lion and the Long War: Colonel Seth Folsom on Leadership and Iraq’s Final Fight

A commander’s reflections on trust, command relationships, and the human dimension of Operation Inherent Resolve — lessons for today’s leaders on and off the battlefield

open.substack.com

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S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social · 19d

Doug is a friend and former colleague. He is doing the same thing you did: standing up for what’s right, even if you’re standing alone. I’m proud to know you both!

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Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social · 20d

Bit late to the party, but very much enjoying these two.

@swbfolsom.bsky.social has written another insightful and engaging memoir (review to follow), whilst Tripodi's study is a genuine eye-opener and deftly pushes back on the primacy of 'political' action in contemporary COIN.

#HistBookChat

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