Angry Staff Officer
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History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
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She had a senior non-commissioned officer buy her lingerie, passing it off as a joke. I didn’t know. She was mentally broken down and denigrated, day after day, by a male officer who was her comman…
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This was my pinned tweet over on Twitter. It will remain my pinned tweet here. Because the issue of sexual harassment and assault in the Army still persists. We must do better.
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
Army strategists exist to fill this void but funnily enough, they have to be listened to in order to be efficacious. Most 3 and 4 star headquarters wall them off from actual decision-making and have them manage processes, while the Army chief of staff wants to get rid of them entirely
this is basically ricks' argument in THE GENERALS: that the structure of the american military (and political leadership) has generated an enormously competent professional force... that consistently generates useless results because of a void of strategic thinking at the top
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Army strategists exist to fill this void but funnily enough, they have to be listened to in order to be efficacious. Most 3 and 4 star headquarters wall them off from actual decision-making and have them manage processes, while the Army chief of staff wants to get rid of them entirely
*Taps the sign*
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
*Taps the sign*
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Time to reup the real National Security Strategy:
a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
ALT: a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Time to reup the real National Security Strategy:
Smedley Butler eat your heart out
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Smedley Butler eat your heart out
I really dislike that my current reading material is suddenly relevant
Going for a long run to not feel anything for a bit
Going for a long run to not feel anything for a bit
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I really dislike that my current reading material is suddenly relevant
Going for a long run to not feel anything for a bit
Going for a long run to not feel anything for a bit
“How you doing as a historian with all this?”
Me:
Me:
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“How you doing as a historian with all this?”
Me:
Me:
Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
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I have the worst fucking War Powers Act
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
I have the worst fucking War Powers Act
Pour one out for all those poor folks trying to get through a dry January
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Pour one out for all those poor folks trying to get through a dry January
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What happens when two Stockdale Chairs walk into a blog? Discuss the Liberal Rule Based Order, Just War and Military Ethics, of course!
What happens when two Stockdale Chairs walk into a blog? Discuss the Liberal Rule Based Order, Just War and Military Ethics, of course!
Two Stockdale Chairs walk into a Blog…
When Martin and I (two Stockdale Chairs at the US Naval War College – one emeritus and one former) started discussing the fate of the Liberal Rule Based Order (LRBO) and its implications for …
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January 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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What happens when two Stockdale Chairs walk into a blog? Discuss the Liberal Rule Based Order, Just War and Military Ethics, of course!
What happens when two Stockdale Chairs walk into a blog? Discuss the Liberal Rule Based Order, Just War and Military Ethics, of course!
Would like to note that current events have led my sweet midwestern catholic mother who has never sworn in front of her family to - for the first time ever - say that this is “bullshit”
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Would like to note that current events have led my sweet midwestern catholic mother who has never sworn in front of her family to - for the first time ever - say that this is “bullshit”
The apple don’t fall far from the tree. Dugout Doug was largely shaped in the image of Arthur MacArthur, with the added “my daddy’s a general” vibe
(“The Philippine War, 1899-1902” by Brian Linn, p. 216)
(“The Philippine War, 1899-1902” by Brian Linn, p. 216)
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The apple don’t fall far from the tree. Dugout Doug was largely shaped in the image of Arthur MacArthur, with the added “my daddy’s a general” vibe
(“The Philippine War, 1899-1902” by Brian Linn, p. 216)
(“The Philippine War, 1899-1902” by Brian Linn, p. 216)
Man, James Longstreet from the top rope: “Squads of men parading the streets with arms in their hands is only an armed mob.”
(“Longstreet,” by Elizabeth Varon, p 184)
(“Longstreet,” by Elizabeth Varon, p 184)
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Man, James Longstreet from the top rope: “Squads of men parading the streets with arms in their hands is only an armed mob.”
(“Longstreet,” by Elizabeth Varon, p 184)
(“Longstreet,” by Elizabeth Varon, p 184)
*checks date*
Yep, it’s 2026
So why is Roger B Taney back running SCOTUS?
Yep, it’s 2026
So why is Roger B Taney back running SCOTUS?
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
*checks date*
Yep, it’s 2026
So why is Roger B Taney back running SCOTUS?
Yep, it’s 2026
So why is Roger B Taney back running SCOTUS?
Ohio will always affirm you
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Ohio will always affirm you
Happiness is FINALLY finding that really specific marked WWI helmet ( @reallyseansmith.bsky.social you know which one) on eBay that you’ve been dying to get for years and it’s marked low because the seller misidentified the unit and so you get it at half price
A good omen for this year, I hope
A good omen for this year, I hope
January 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Happiness is FINALLY finding that really specific marked WWI helmet ( @reallyseansmith.bsky.social you know which one) on eBay that you’ve been dying to get for years and it’s marked low because the seller misidentified the unit and so you get it at half price
A good omen for this year, I hope
A good omen for this year, I hope
I find that the baseline for many lawyers using history in their arguments is to pull quotes with zero regard for context and then say “see, I proved my point.” It is lazy, egotistical, and harmful in the extreme.
leave it to John Roberts to bring up Lincoln's 1857 speech decrying the majority opinion in Dred Scott - without acknowledging that the real point of the speech was to decry an opinion using originalist methods, and to question the deference due the court
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![Perhaps the finest explanation for the Declaration’s continuing influence comes from one of our greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Speaking shortly after the Supreme Court handed down its infamous decision in the Dred Scott case, Lincoln noted that “[t]he
assertion that ‘all men are created equal’ was . . . placed in the Declaration . . . for future use.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cwubi5bzl5l7aipwkhiehozj/bafkreicsryjz6r4wlyt6lkfh7etvvmy7sizxkrd4u5bu54v4ci4w6tsiqu@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I find that the baseline for many lawyers using history in their arguments is to pull quotes with zero regard for context and then say “see, I proved my point.” It is lazy, egotistical, and harmful in the extreme.
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Thomas Paine began 1776 with _Common Sense_ and the call to reject monarchy, and ended with _The American Crisis_, warning that "these are the times that try men's souls."
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Thomas Paine began 1776 with _Common Sense_ and the call to reject monarchy, and ended with _The American Crisis_, warning that "these are the times that try men's souls."
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
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"2500 Americans are killed daily by cardiovascular disease. By properly classifying the precursors as WMDs, we can fight a Clausewitzian Active Defensec against the transnational organizations destroying American lives..."
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"2500 Americans are killed daily by cardiovascular disease. By properly classifying the precursors as WMDs, we can fight a Clausewitzian Active Defensec against the transnational organizations destroying American lives..."
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
This is a perfect example of how a historical question needs to be narrow rather than broad
As in, not an elephant, but what the elephants drink
As in, not an elephant, but what the elephants drink
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is a perfect example of how a historical question needs to be narrow rather than broad
As in, not an elephant, but what the elephants drink
As in, not an elephant, but what the elephants drink
Golly, I do love classic British television. There are like 12 actors and they’re all in everything and they’re perfect
One Poirot episode gives you BOTH Wellington’s from the Richard Sharpe series, both David Troughton and Hugh Fraser
What a gift
Unless you’re Bony
Then it’s double trouble
One Poirot episode gives you BOTH Wellington’s from the Richard Sharpe series, both David Troughton and Hugh Fraser
What a gift
Unless you’re Bony
Then it’s double trouble
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Golly, I do love classic British television. There are like 12 actors and they’re all in everything and they’re perfect
One Poirot episode gives you BOTH Wellington’s from the Richard Sharpe series, both David Troughton and Hugh Fraser
What a gift
Unless you’re Bony
Then it’s double trouble
One Poirot episode gives you BOTH Wellington’s from the Richard Sharpe series, both David Troughton and Hugh Fraser
What a gift
Unless you’re Bony
Then it’s double trouble
This is…a lot. From the AI cover art (c’mon SWJ, wtf) to the grasping at straws to connect Clausewitz (c’mon dude, not everything is dead Prussian) to a core misunderstanding of Posse Comitatus and the context of US hemispheric military action. Oy vey.
A Shield Made up of Well-directed Blows: Clausewitz and the New Logic of America’s Counter-Narcotics Campaign
This article argues that America’s counter-narcotics campaign has evolved from law enforcement into a Clausewitzian model of active defense, treating fentanyl trafficking as a strategic, weapon-like t...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is…a lot. From the AI cover art (c’mon SWJ, wtf) to the grasping at straws to connect Clausewitz (c’mon dude, not everything is dead Prussian) to a core misunderstanding of Posse Comitatus and the context of US hemispheric military action. Oy vey.