B. A. Friedman
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz.
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
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On this episode of @cimsec.bsky.social #SeaControl, I host Dr. Elsa Kania to discuss her in-depth research of Chinese Command and Control.
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
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To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 AM
On this episode of @cimsec.bsky.social #SeaControl, I host Dr. Elsa Kania to discuss her in-depth research of Chinese Command and Control.
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
Just gonna ‘ope slide right by ya there.
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Just gonna ‘ope slide right by ya there.
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ICE in Minnesota is learning a key thing about the Midwest: we are very polite, but we're also the same people who crushed the Confederacy.
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
ICE in Minnesota is learning a key thing about the Midwest: we are very polite, but we're also the same people who crushed the Confederacy.
Might be the best feedback I’ve received ever.
I found your argument that operations is not a separate level of war to be pretty convincing and can’t wait to argue with someone in a bar about it
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Might be the best feedback I’ve received ever.
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I just finished @bafriedman.bsky.social’s On Tactics, which was on @mikeblack114.bsky.social’s response to this prompt. Great approachable introductory text.
Only took me a few weeks but here is a list of books to introduce one to all things military. My latest⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I just finished @bafriedman.bsky.social’s On Tactics, which was on @mikeblack114.bsky.social’s response to this prompt. Great approachable introductory text.
The Founding Fathers right now:
January 21, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Founding Fathers right now:
T. X. Hammes politely saying this is all bonkers.
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The Arctic is a Strategic Distraction | Center for International Maritime Security
By T.X. Hammes Over the past five years, numerous articles have called for increased U.S. defense resources focused on the Arctic. This is a strategic mistake, a distraction. This article will outline...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
T. X. Hammes politely saying this is all bonkers.
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The Pentagon's most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Pentagon’s most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles
Nick, the 9-year-old German shepherd who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will retire during a ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The Pentagon's most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
This is very good. Conservatism as both a coherent idea and an accurate representation of the right is dead. Parts of its corpse have been repurposed, but it doesn’t exist as an intellectual force anymore.
"It is not mainline liberalism that has lost adherents; it’s everyone else. Across the world the center-right has disappeared, virtually overnight. ... One could say the same of libertarianism." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This is very good. Conservatism as both a coherent idea and an accurate representation of the right is dead. Parts of its corpse have been repurposed, but it doesn’t exist as an intellectual force anymore.
Just going to drop this here so people can see where ships aren't.
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 20, 2026 — USNI News
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 20, 2026
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 20, 2026, based on Navy and public data. In cases in w...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Just going to drop this here so people can see where ships aren't.
- King George III, 1776
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January 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
- King George III, 1776
Europe bring back the Kalmar Union. Be legends.
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Kalmar Union - Wikipedia
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January 20, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Europe bring back the Kalmar Union. Be legends.
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this is like a videogame where the boss suddenly has particular parts of his body lighting up
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He's panicking. Europe can make mortgages unaffordable to Americans.
BARTIROMO: What do you want to say about the European Union pushing back and saying they're not going to complete their trade deal with the US because of Greenland?
BESSENT: I'd tell everyone sit back. Take a deep breath. Do not retaliate. Do not retaliate. Have an open mind.
BESSENT: I'd tell everyone sit back. Take a deep breath. Do not retaliate. Do not retaliate. Have an open mind.
January 20, 2026 at 3:08 PM
this is like a videogame where the boss suddenly has particular parts of his body lighting up
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Clausewitz's Force ghost in the beyond as every theory after his collapses.
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Clausewitz's Force ghost in the beyond as every theory after his collapses.
The SEC's comparative advantage was they were willing to pay players when it was against the rules. Now that everyone can pay players it's gone. (But they can still train baseball and softball year round and the B1G has to invest in indoor facilities for that.)
When it became about money and the B1G academic profile finally helped them 😂
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The SEC's comparative advantage was they were willing to pay players when it was against the rules. Now that everyone can pay players it's gone. (But they can still train baseball and softball year round and the B1G has to invest in indoor facilities for that.)
Sports media hasn't caught up yet but the SEC is just a baseball and softball conference now. The B1G owns football.
The Indiana Hoosiers are National Champions.
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Sports media hasn't caught up yet but the SEC is just a baseball and softball conference now. The B1G owns football.
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U.S. troops stationed on Greenland sitting next to Danish troops stationed on Greenland sent to deter America from invading Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 1:08 AM
U.S. troops stationed on Greenland sitting next to Danish troops stationed on Greenland sent to deter America from invading Greenland
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I know it’s fun to dunk on the miltwitter morons who cooked their brains but like my whole timeline today is screenshots of miltwitter morons who cooked their brains.
January 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I know it’s fun to dunk on the miltwitter morons who cooked their brains but like my whole timeline today is screenshots of miltwitter morons who cooked their brains.
Waiting for baseball to come back while everyone is watching football.
January 19, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Waiting for baseball to come back while everyone is watching football.
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Now the GWOT has really come home.
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Now the GWOT has really come home.