Mark Hertling
@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
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Very possible. Different kind of war.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Very possible. Different kind of war.
Gosh, thanks for that editorial comment.
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Gosh, thanks for that editorial comment.
Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
On Springsteen's new song, "Streets of Minneapolis," here's @markhertling.bsky.social:
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
What the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us.
www.thebulwark.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
Reposted by Mark Hertling
Donald Trump did not discover Greenland.
NATO’s Been Talking About Greenland for Years
The island matters a lot—not as territory to acquire but as a linchpin of deterrence.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Donald Trump did not discover Greenland.
A piece I did last Friday in @thebulwark.com, before the shooting in Minneapolis.
NATO has spent the past two decades rediscovering something many Americans filed away after the Cold War. Needless to say, Trump did not suddenly discover the strategic importance of Greenland.
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49F9URM
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49F9URM
NATO’s Been Talking About Greenland for Years
The island matters a lot—not as territory to acquire but as a linchpin of deterrence.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
A piece I did last Friday in @thebulwark.com, before the shooting in Minneapolis.
Reposted by Mark Hertling
"This is not policing and it is not military service. It is something dangerously undefined."
Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...
Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...
Honor Pretti and Good. End the Occupation.
Now is the time to think big and be bold.
www.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"This is not policing and it is not military service. It is something dangerously undefined."
Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...
Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...
Truth. Two articles that address what we all saw, and how it must stop.
"The way to honor Alex Pretti isn’t simply to insist on the truth about him. It’s to end the lawless occupation that took his life" - @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in today's Morning Shots, also featuring @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49UULdP
Honor Pretti and Good. End the Occupation.
Now is the time to think big and be bold.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Truth. Two articles that address what we all saw, and how it must stop.
Reposted by Mark Hertling
“I don't believe him”: Michael responds to Trump's claim of having a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 AM
“I don't believe him”: Michael responds to Trump's claim of having a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland
Not subliminal at all!
January 20, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Not subliminal at all!
Masters in school of public health(formerly HPER) in ‘84. Now on the deans alliance.
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Masters in school of public health(formerly HPER) in ‘84. Now on the deans alliance.
You should be ashamed!
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
You should be ashamed!
They are given an option when they graduate: go pro…or go con.
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM
They are given an option when they graduate: go pro…or go con.
He was my boss when I was a brigade commander at Ft Lewis.
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
He was my boss when I was a brigade commander at Ft Lewis.
I know, I tried to catch myself.
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I know, I tried to catch myself.
You may be right.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
You may be right.
Thanks. It’s a bit sporty now, isn’t it.
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Thanks. It’s a bit sporty now, isn’t it.