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Sharp, unfiltered insights from a retired Army Strategist. Strategy, operations, doctrine, and the hard truths no one wants to say out loud. Not easy, but simple. Learn from the lessons of others so you don’t become the lesson.
President Trump says the Gaza ceasefire “will hold”

🕓 14 Oct 2025 | 0400 ES, NC looks past the photo op
The Opportunity for Peace: The War That Didn’t End in Gaza — a strategist’s take on why peace built on exhaustion is still a form of war

Not easy, but simple
#Gaza #Strategy #Ceasefire #USPolicy
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If “lethality” were measured in memos, we’d be unbeatable

Quantico was theater dressed as readiness—a pageant of resolve built on hollow directives

Big Rocks, Small Theater: What Quantico Really Revealed — live tomorrow on Napoleon’s Corporal napoleonscorporal.substack.com

Not easy, but simple. ⚔️
October 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚨 Launching on Napoleon’s Corporal 🚨

Notes From the Field — a recurring series amplifying raw, unfiltered voices of soldiers, planners, & practitioners. Ground truth, not doctrine

First issue drops Saturday, 13 September 2025

When experience refuses to stay quiet

👉 napoleonscorporal.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We trained for peace hoping war would never come.
Then we trained for war hoping peace would last.
Now we train for bureaucracy hoping it counts for both.

History doesn’t reward the best brief. It rewards the side that survives contact.

#MilitaryCulture #Readiness #DefenseReform #NapoleonsCorporal
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New NC essay tomorrow, 08/02/25: Paper-Ready, Combat-Dead

The paper says “ready.”
The battlefield says “dead.”

America’s Army Reserve isn’t built for a near-peer fight—it’s built for PowerPoint.

napoleonscorporal.substack.com

#MilitaryReadiness #ArmyReserve #LSCO #Strategy #NapoleonsCorporal
August 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Lies and anonymous smears!” — Leaky Bo Pete

Except the Inspector General disagrees
Classified Signal messages aren’t a partisan issue
They’re a command climate issue

Clearances are a privilege. Not a shield

#OPSEC #NatSec #CommandClimate #LeadershipMatters

www.thedailybeast.com/bombshell-re...
July 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The spreadsheet is the kill chain’s weak link
Rune Tech’s TyrOS replaces Excel with AI—predicting needs, routing supplies, & working offline

This isn’t back office. This is warfare.

🔗 techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/a... #DefenseTech #AI #Logistics #NapoleonsCorporal #KillChain #TacticalEdge #ExcelFails
July 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Josh Steinman’s *Tiberius Sceptre* is going after the soft underbelly of defense procurement—speed.
No slides. No vaporware. Just working weapons.
The wrench is coming.

🧵 Read the Note: napoleonscorporal.substack.com/p/defense-pr...
#DefenseTech #ProcurementReform #WeeklySITREP #SubstackNote
July 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🔥 | Soft Power Isn’t Just PR
Burning 500 tons of food isn’t policy—it’s a moral collapse.
Soft power saves lives.
To care, you must first see foreign children as human.

#ForeignAidMatters #CivilMilitaryRelations #StrategicFailure

📰 [The Atlantic] apple.news/Awgk7ZBvXScG...
—Napoleon’s Corporal
July 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Case Against “Leaky Bo” Pete Hegseth as SECDEF
When photo ops replace leadership and chaos becomes doctrine, it’s not just embarrassing—it’s dangerous.
America’s strategic credibility is leaking fast—and this bucket’s got holes.
🧠 Read: napoleonscorporal.substack.com/p/hegseth-se...

#SECDEF
July 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New from Napoleon’s Corporal
DERELICTION REBORN
When America’s Generals Chose Silence

The oath is to the Constitution—not career. This piece ask what others won’t:
Where were the generals when it mattered most?

📖 napoleonscorporal.substack.com/p/derelictio...
#USArmy #Leadership #DerelictionOfDuty
July 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Launching 7 June — New NC Series
Adversaries. Allies. Non-Aligned.
Not how we see them—how they see us.

The fight isn’t just kinetic—it’s cognitive.
Understand their narratives, not just our doctrine.
Plan smarter. Miscalculate less.
✍️ open.substack.com/pub/napoleon...
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM