Confused CPT
@josh97.bsky.social
Combined Arms, History, Star Wars, and INDOPACOM
Watching the super bowel
You may not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you
You may not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Watching the super bowel
You may not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you
You may not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you
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the lion doesn't concern himself with the reality of being grotesquely over wordcount
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
the lion doesn't concern himself with the reality of being grotesquely over wordcount
Anyone remember in like 2019 or so some Australian General giving a speech and going the question is not tanks or armor but both?
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Anyone remember in like 2019 or so some Australian General giving a speech and going the question is not tanks or armor but both?
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Anyone remember in like 2019 or so some Australian General giving a speech and going the question is not tanks or armor but both?
Anyone remember in like 2019 or so some Australian General giving a speech and going the question is not tanks or armor but both?
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Anyone remember in like 2019 or so some Australian General giving a speech and going the question is not tanks or armor but both?
It’s only a hot take because the ship is hot
One of my hot takes is the Essex class carriers are the sexiest ship’s ever produced by the U.S. Navy
Embrace tradition
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It’s only a hot take because the ship is hot
If we’re giving more capability to units and forcing them to fight up an echelon in time/space management…does this portend a slow death of the “operational level” war as BCTs/DIVs (tactical units) increasingly do “operational level” stuff (think out 72 hrs/100k+) and it all just becomes tactical?
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If we’re giving more capability to units and forcing them to fight up an echelon in time/space management…does this portend a slow death of the “operational level” war as BCTs/DIVs (tactical units) increasingly do “operational level” stuff (think out 72 hrs/100k+) and it all just becomes tactical?
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MASH is one of the greatest shows ever made. It centers a group of highly skilled people who are scared to be there, who hate the war that is happening there, and who will do their damnedest to help every single person they can for so long as they're suck there.
i cannot tell you how often i think back to MASH when writing. that ability to walk the line between humor and the darkest of humanity, yet never truly cross over into making light of it OR hopelessness--even though it toys with those things, too--is the line i strive for
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
MASH is one of the greatest shows ever made. It centers a group of highly skilled people who are scared to be there, who hate the war that is happening there, and who will do their damnedest to help every single person they can for so long as they're suck there.
I don’t know quite how to describe the feeling of seeing Bellingcat announce their starting an investigation into the shooting
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I don’t know quite how to describe the feeling of seeing Bellingcat announce their starting an investigation into the shooting
RIP #shareyourPSOP twitter cause this would have been a massive discussion with this but I think the transparent battlefield has several larger C2 implications that might not all be beneficial IMO
First among them - it makes us worse at reconnaissance 1/x
First among them - it makes us worse at reconnaissance 1/x
From the POV of NTC OPFOR - yes. A few key reasons
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
It's why I think the whole "transparent battlefield" is a much more complex phenomenon than it's made out to be.
January 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
RIP #shareyourPSOP twitter cause this would have been a massive discussion with this but I think the transparent battlefield has several larger C2 implications that might not all be beneficial IMO
First among them - it makes us worse at reconnaissance 1/x
First among them - it makes us worse at reconnaissance 1/x
From the POV of NTC OPFOR - yes. A few key reasons
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
It's why I think the whole "transparent battlefield" is a much more complex phenomenon than it's made out to be.
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
From the POV of NTC OPFOR - yes. A few key reasons
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
1) Transparency is not guaranteed. Normal limitations/frictions of weather and enemy counter measures to defeat, destroy, or mislead your sensors exist. There’s a reason the grey zone in Ukraine shifts in depth every few months
1/x
Trafalger Square Redesign or Naboo Galactic Assault from Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)?
December 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Trafalger Square Redesign or Naboo Galactic Assault from Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)?
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On X there’s been talk about Zaluzhnyi’s telegraph article ascribing Ukraine’s underfunding of the military in 2021 as a consequence of Zelensky seeking peace over war
But would not the electorate who voted for him have been aware of and supported such a policy? Limiting his options in late ‘21?
But would not the electorate who voted for him have been aware of and supported such a policy? Limiting his options in late ‘21?
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
On X there’s been talk about Zaluzhnyi’s telegraph article ascribing Ukraine’s underfunding of the military in 2021 as a consequence of Zelensky seeking peace over war
But would not the electorate who voted for him have been aware of and supported such a policy? Limiting his options in late ‘21?
But would not the electorate who voted for him have been aware of and supported such a policy? Limiting his options in late ‘21?
This is why your tanks are all broke.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is why your tanks are all broke.
Of course the Navy guy bought a HMMWV
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Of course the Navy guy bought a HMMWV
Recruiters really hoping for a recession now
U.S. troops have become top gun traders, swapping investment tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers and making fortunes.
Top Gun Traders: Stock Bets and Crypto Culture Take Over the Military
Troops are hooked on investing. They’re trading tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers, and making fortunes.
on.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Recruiters really hoping for a recession now
RETVRN - to 2010s era iPhone games. Unmatched
This is 100000% accurate. This could revolutionize the field of stolen valor hunting.
The ultimate stolen valor test: show this image to someone claiming to be a combat vet, if they look at it blankly immediately accuse them of stolen valor
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
RETVRN - to 2010s era iPhone games. Unmatched
In other news - I am 10 years old
Say what you will about the Cheesecake Factory, but it basically makes a ten year old's month if you gift them a special dinner there.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In other news - I am 10 years old
During NTC rotations, 11th ACR is always augmented by additional “guest Blackhorse” units. Read on to see how one such augmenting Infantry Company participated in the rotation and their observations on the challenge and complexity of the modern battlefield
mwi.westpoint.edu/winning-the-...
mwi.westpoint.edu/winning-the-...
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
During NTC rotations, 11th ACR is always augmented by additional “guest Blackhorse” units. Read on to see how one such augmenting Infantry Company participated in the rotation and their observations on the challenge and complexity of the modern battlefield
mwi.westpoint.edu/winning-the-...
mwi.westpoint.edu/winning-the-...
Dudes rock
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Dudes rock
LETS FUCKING GO
Holy shit that was almost embarrassing. Still don’t feel great tbh
Holy shit that was almost embarrassing. Still don’t feel great tbh
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
LETS FUCKING GO
Holy shit that was almost embarrassing. Still don’t feel great tbh
Holy shit that was almost embarrassing. Still don’t feel great tbh
Babe wake up - new Jack Watling just dropped
🚨🧵New RUSI Report, 'Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine' by Jack Watling is out now!
Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have begun to develop novel approaches to combined arms manoeuvre, incorporating new capabilities, that bear scrutiny for NATO armies.
www.rusi.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Babe wake up - new Jack Watling just dropped
This is hard to prove but my impression is when thinking about large-scale combat operations, the U.S. Army, and particularly its armor branch, has suffered from a decades long weakening in understanding of combined arms employment/battle that has also leaked into the civilian side
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is hard to prove but my impression is when thinking about large-scale combat operations, the U.S. Army, and particularly its armor branch, has suffered from a decades long weakening in understanding of combined arms employment/battle that has also leaked into the civilian side