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Beat my former Apache pilot boyfriend at a game of tactics 😎

Ukraine and Russia ravaged by 4 years of full-scale war without an ending in sight After another year of talks, a war-ending deal remains frustratingly elusive.

Absolutely terrible headline by @abcnewsbot.bsky.social. The nation of Russia is not “ravaged” by war. Ukraine is. abcnews.com/Internationa...

All anyone has to do is look at Gladwell’s sources. He visited Air University and didn’t go to the archives except to read oral historians from ….. wait for it… generals 🙄

I would add a question about how ethical was it

I hit SEND on my 2nd edited ✈️ collection today. Now it is time to hurry up and wait on peer review 😳😟😱

Sure. They could end the current regime. But good luck predicting what comes next

Check out my contrarian thoughts on MDO in this new edited collection! 😀

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As the airpower course director I had very little adjustments to make to JPME req so it applies to some courses more than others

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No worries! 🙂

All I do is teach war at ACSC 🤷‍♀️ so we thought we would look at Air War College historically 🥸

Ryan Wadle and I wanted to understand if it has historically been true that there is no “war” at the war college. That certainly has not been my experience at Air Command & Staff College so we looked at Air War College…

Space Force unveils new themes for weapon systems to boost identity The force has named satellites and ground systems after mythological creatures, ghosts and Norse pantheon, to name a few.

Lame wannabe pokemon cards will surely solve Space Force culture and image problems 🤷‍♀️ www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

And if that doesn't work, let me lure you in with some Clausewitz🤞1/2 We combine fictional & non-fictional work by historians and military officers to ask how we think about tech differently if viewed through a different lens than so much innovation theater. www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/Disp...

To get you to check out my new edited collection on the future of ✈️ & 🚀, let me try to hook you with some memes 😀1/2

HEY NOW . . . I was once at a conference and heard someone make this same argument for some magical unicorn tech and I gave them this same analogy :p

The Society of Military History has changed greatly since I joined.. I’d estimate maybe 40 percent of conference attendees are women?

Check out our call for papers for our 3rd annual airpower forum! This year's theme: Airpower in Conflict & Competition. What topics would you like to see addressed?

Mark your calendars! ✈️

It’s Friday! And a long weekend!

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If you use any of my research in a course could you please let me know?

2025 Commandant's Professional Reading List - Marine Corps Association HERITAGE

I have goosebumps. How the Few Became the Proud is on the 2025 Commandant’s Reading List!!!! Click on “heritage” in this link …https://www.mca-marines.org/2025-commandants-professional-reading-list/ #marinecorps

What is the SINGLE best reading you have done on AI and the future of warfare OR AI in education?

What are the defining characteristics of modern warfare? When did it begin? What are the implications of choosing that starting point or range of time?

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This book may be helpful if you aren’t already familiar with it

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I am working on a presentation for reading and writing effectively in PME. What has helped you the most?

I should add the person worked for another service so I did seriously consider the extent to which my employer might be shaping my views problematically.