Paul M Kearney
@strategerist.bsky.social
US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Student @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
I’m wearing its Airborne twin right now while getting this little man to bed
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m wearing its Airborne twin right now while getting this little man to bed
I have 2x Bulovas (A-15 Pilot and a Hack) and a Hamilton (Khaki Field King Auto) and while I switch them around constantly, my new go-to is a Praedidus A-11 made from a C-47 door that dropped Paratroopers in WWII. The same company made a version with sand from Iwo for @sebastianbae.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I have 2x Bulovas (A-15 Pilot and a Hack) and a Hamilton (Khaki Field King Auto) and while I switch them around constantly, my new go-to is a Praedidus A-11 made from a C-47 door that dropped Paratroopers in WWII. The same company made a version with sand from Iwo for @sebastianbae.bsky.social
This is my selection of just CAA and Strategic Wargaming Division Aloha shirts from many USINDOPACOM and USARPAC wargames
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is my selection of just CAA and Strategic Wargaming Division Aloha shirts from many USINDOPACOM and USARPAC wargames
Use its proper name
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Use its proper name
Okay, just in case this happens, I’m publicly laying claim to the new theory about comedy overcoming authoritarianism.
President Colbert 2028?
President Colbert 2028?
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Okay, just in case this happens, I’m publicly laying claim to the new theory about comedy overcoming authoritarianism.
President Colbert 2028?
President Colbert 2028?
More disturbing, the countries who stand to benefit:
Include the top sugar beet producer, Russia, and the #3 sugar cane producer China.
Include the top sugar beet producer, Russia, and the #3 sugar cane producer China.
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
More disturbing, the countries who stand to benefit:
Include the top sugar beet producer, Russia, and the #3 sugar cane producer China.
Include the top sugar beet producer, Russia, and the #3 sugar cane producer China.
Listen, I love Mexican Coke as much as the next guy, but if you’re trying to re-shore industries and appeal to a rural, domestic base, how does cutting a major consumer of US corn products and shifting their purchases to a resource that the US does not have a comparative advantage in?
July 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Listen, I love Mexican Coke as much as the next guy, but if you’re trying to re-shore industries and appeal to a rural, domestic base, how does cutting a major consumer of US corn products and shifting their purchases to a resource that the US does not have a comparative advantage in?
With emergency ruling issued that confuse constitutional scholars, but ordered without outlining any logic or reasoning, it is only a matter of time that people begin to ask if certain members of the judiciary are implicated in the Epstein files.
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
With emergency ruling issued that confuse constitutional scholars, but ordered without outlining any logic or reasoning, it is only a matter of time that people begin to ask if certain members of the judiciary are implicated in the Epstein files.
Look, we’re all trying to find who did this.
June 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Look, we’re all trying to find who did this.
USAF plan for world domination
June 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
USAF plan for world domination
Get your fill!
No seriously, great Prof. Definitely read his latest, “Thanks for your Service” and @eclipticevader7.bsky.social’s “Dangerous Instrument” for a concerning look at public sentiment and military professionalism.
No seriously, great Prof. Definitely read his latest, “Thanks for your Service” and @eclipticevader7.bsky.social’s “Dangerous Instrument” for a concerning look at public sentiment and military professionalism.
June 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Get your fill!
No seriously, great Prof. Definitely read his latest, “Thanks for your Service” and @eclipticevader7.bsky.social’s “Dangerous Instrument” for a concerning look at public sentiment and military professionalism.
No seriously, great Prof. Definitely read his latest, “Thanks for your Service” and @eclipticevader7.bsky.social’s “Dangerous Instrument” for a concerning look at public sentiment and military professionalism.
You can return to the tribe when you kill one, skin it, and wear it as your trophy
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You can return to the tribe when you kill one, skin it, and wear it as your trophy
He went through OCS, Infantry OBC and shipped off to Korea to lead an Infantry platoon.
3 weeks later, he was medevac’d off a North Korean hilltop, to South Korea. Then to Okinawa, then Hawaii, then San Antonio, then Fort Belvoir VA.
He was, and is, my hero.
3 weeks later, he was medevac’d off a North Korean hilltop, to South Korea. Then to Okinawa, then Hawaii, then San Antonio, then Fort Belvoir VA.
He was, and is, my hero.
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
He went through OCS, Infantry OBC and shipped off to Korea to lead an Infantry platoon.
3 weeks later, he was medevac’d off a North Korean hilltop, to South Korea. Then to Okinawa, then Hawaii, then San Antonio, then Fort Belvoir VA.
He was, and is, my hero.
3 weeks later, he was medevac’d off a North Korean hilltop, to South Korea. Then to Okinawa, then Hawaii, then San Antonio, then Fort Belvoir VA.
He was, and is, my hero.
The end of the nonpartisan military ethic was when commanders felt compelled to ask soldiers to self-report dissent rather than remind them to act professionally as befitting a visit by POTUS
June 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The end of the nonpartisan military ethic was when commanders felt compelled to ask soldiers to self-report dissent rather than remind them to act professionally as befitting a visit by POTUS
Most of all, @sebastianbae.bsky.social who @snarkystrategy.bsky.social introduced me to while I was at Gtown. Sebastian sent reading lists, wargaming syllabi, and patiently shepherded an apprentice into my first wargaming gig. Since, he’s been a generous co-author, lead designer, and advocate.
June 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Most of all, @sebastianbae.bsky.social who @snarkystrategy.bsky.social introduced me to while I was at Gtown. Sebastian sent reading lists, wargaming syllabi, and patiently shepherded an apprentice into my first wargaming gig. Since, he’s been a generous co-author, lead designer, and advocate.
Cont #WeekofGratitude
As blessed as I was to have amazing Soldiers, I’ve been blessed to have incredible peers and comrades to my left and right.
Here’s a picture of some of them carrying me at my wedding, but to be fair they’ve carried me through most of my career.
As blessed as I was to have amazing Soldiers, I’ve been blessed to have incredible peers and comrades to my left and right.
Here’s a picture of some of them carrying me at my wedding, but to be fair they’ve carried me through most of my career.
June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Cont #WeekofGratitude
As blessed as I was to have amazing Soldiers, I’ve been blessed to have incredible peers and comrades to my left and right.
Here’s a picture of some of them carrying me at my wedding, but to be fair they’ve carried me through most of my career.
As blessed as I was to have amazing Soldiers, I’ve been blessed to have incredible peers and comrades to my left and right.
Here’s a picture of some of them carrying me at my wedding, but to be fair they’ve carried me through most of my career.
I was also fortunate to serve in an Airborne Infantry and a HQ Troop in the 82d ABN.
An Airborne leader jumps first, eats last, and always wins. If I ever achieved those lofty ideals, it was because of the Officers, NCOs, and Paratroopers of D/1-508 PIR and HHT/5-73 CAV (ABN) who made command easy.
An Airborne leader jumps first, eats last, and always wins. If I ever achieved those lofty ideals, it was because of the Officers, NCOs, and Paratroopers of D/1-508 PIR and HHT/5-73 CAV (ABN) who made command easy.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I was also fortunate to serve in an Airborne Infantry and a HQ Troop in the 82d ABN.
An Airborne leader jumps first, eats last, and always wins. If I ever achieved those lofty ideals, it was because of the Officers, NCOs, and Paratroopers of D/1-508 PIR and HHT/5-73 CAV (ABN) who made command easy.
An Airborne leader jumps first, eats last, and always wins. If I ever achieved those lofty ideals, it was because of the Officers, NCOs, and Paratroopers of D/1-508 PIR and HHT/5-73 CAV (ABN) who made command easy.
Throughout the rest of that deployment, I relied on a Canadian Warrant, Matt Harris, who was a rock for a shaken young LT to steady himself on.
Without the men of Red Plt, Banshee Troop, 1-71 CAV, I would not have survived my first deployment, learned how to lead, nor developed as an Officer.
Without the men of Red Plt, Banshee Troop, 1-71 CAV, I would not have survived my first deployment, learned how to lead, nor developed as an Officer.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Throughout the rest of that deployment, I relied on a Canadian Warrant, Matt Harris, who was a rock for a shaken young LT to steady himself on.
Without the men of Red Plt, Banshee Troop, 1-71 CAV, I would not have survived my first deployment, learned how to lead, nor developed as an Officer.
Without the men of Red Plt, Banshee Troop, 1-71 CAV, I would not have survived my first deployment, learned how to lead, nor developed as an Officer.
In 2010, I served as a Recon Platoon Leader in Task Force Kandahar. There I met a group of amazing men.
On 5 November 2010, we lost one of them, SGT Michael Francis Paranzino. He was an incredible man, solid NCO, and the backbone of our PLT.
On 5 November 2010, we lost one of them, SGT Michael Francis Paranzino. He was an incredible man, solid NCO, and the backbone of our PLT.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In 2010, I served as a Recon Platoon Leader in Task Force Kandahar. There I met a group of amazing men.
On 5 November 2010, we lost one of them, SGT Michael Francis Paranzino. He was an incredible man, solid NCO, and the backbone of our PLT.
On 5 November 2010, we lost one of them, SGT Michael Francis Paranzino. He was an incredible man, solid NCO, and the backbone of our PLT.