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Braden Lamb but it’s spelled with scary runes @bradenlamb.bsky.social · 28m

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 11m

I'm torn, because while on the one hand we sent plenty of fired people to work in the CMOC or do other CA stuff, the only time I believed we had a strategy capable of winning in Iraq it came from a company grade S-9. Travis Patriquin.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 1h

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Panic Pixie Scream Girl @whippetmom947.bsky.social · 1h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 10h

The Duffel Blog writers room has only ever been possible because of one social media platform or another. Not saying our satire's any good, but it was pretty good therapy after Iraq and Afghanistan.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 10h

He can't find any more dirtbag field grades or podcasters? Surprised he hasn't tapped Allen West.

Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 10h

I'm well aware of Steele, just trying to wrap my head around a phrase as fucking stupid as "piece of shit even by US military commanding officer standards."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 10h

Even by US military commanding officer standards?

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter @madepn.bsky.social has invented a great scale for the triviality - importance spectrum. It goes from “nothing burger” to “everything bagel”.

I doff my hat in tribute to genius.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

"Da question currently before da group is da most effective instrument of national power in stemmin' da tide of immigration. Diplomacy, intelligence, da military, or Ditka?"

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to make a Bill Swerski's Superfans joke, but @combatcavscout.bsky.social beat me to it.

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see a DoD chart where everything has arrows pointing to everything else, which seems like half of them, I want to remake it as the Spider-Man pointing meme.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

My mistake then. But in my defense he'd already been all he could be by the time the slogan changed, and he's been out of his depth ever since.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

Also, might be unpopular, but worth pointing out that Hegseth joined when the branding was still "An Army of One."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is more guys like Hegseth who just don't like our martial ethos because they'd rather be Gauls than Romans. They're just all about "me, me, me."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, at the heart of war there is fighting, and it can't totally be reduced to an equation like the McChrystal slide. But we already have a martial ethos, and part of it is like the Ardant du Picq quote about how four brave strangers won't attack a lion but four less brave friends will.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

Having someone work as a barista is probably pretty good preparation for combat. Their short-term memory is like recon-level ISR, they have an intuitive hatred of complexity, and after a day they're probably about ready to kill some people. Maybe the Marine Corps should add a barista phase to MCRD.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

The 82nd Airborne Division's alert unit deployment standard has long been 18 hours. The 101st Airborne Division's has been 36 hours. Those are professional, "elite" Army units. And somehow Greg Abbott has the Texas Army National Guard's weekend warriors on a flight out in under 24 hours?

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1d

Have you used Hero Forge yet? Just realized you're like the one guy I know who might have.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 2d

"Send in Omega Force."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 2d

There's a strategy for solving complicated problems by starting with the parts you understand, but there's a pathological version where the part you understand is irrelevant and you have the authority to force everyone to focus on the one thing you understand, e.g., Pete "PT and Grooming" Hegseth.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 2d

WW2-era leaders would be incredulous at our fitness standards. At some point we just need to admit the problem statement behind our fitness tests is less "what are the physical requirements of combat?" than "How do you keep Americans from turning into the humans from WALL-E?"

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National Atropian People’s Army Air Force @napaafofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Look John Boyd died in 1997 so he might have known about Battletech

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