Craig Hooper

Idly wondering just how fast the USS Ford’s transit from the Med to the Caribbean is gonna be.

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Me, a decade ago:

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I called this many many years ago. The entire industry became little more than an endless series of meaningless meetings in nice places where the participants looked up their noses of people who didn’t employ the latest and greatest nonproliferation terminology. It became old, fat and lazy.

This is a quiet reminder that the EIS Program was something of a biodefense program when founded.

I have a modest proposal to address the Bluesky toxicity crisis.

First, we find a big boat.

Second? We get it stuck in a canal.

The only misstep here is that President Trump missed an opportunity to cement the loyalty of the entire Navy by firing the guy as per The Apprentice.

With the news of Ben Harrison's departure, the entire Navy seems to be celebrating. Joyful texts, drinks everywhere. Never have seen anyone so universally hated, and his demise is just glorious.

Yes, some flights or purchases will fail. There will be duds. That's fine. The lessons learned from getting these platforms into the hands of the Navy, Coast Guard and others will offset the procurement costs.

I know the green-eyeshade crowd hates the idea, but the only way we get to a workable solution is to buy a whole bunch of these platforms and work them (REALLY work them) until they break. Onesies and twosies don't work.

It’s time to prepare for autonomy The U.S. Navy is mulling a dramatic — if not unprecedented — build-up of autonomous platforms. It is great to see the Navy consider sailing high-tech robotic warships alongside conven

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If autonomy at sea is the future, then we need to get about testing and working on the problem at scale. If we don't figure out the management of large fleets of autonomous vessels, we...aren't doing it right.

Ok, I appreciated the ”Victory at Sea” callback and the Aluminum melts if it looks at a missile quip was legitimately funny.

Could we please just end one wayward procurement program? Just one? Even a little one? Please?

I did enjoy the peppy music on the DoD livestream.

I feel a great disturbance in the Pentagon’s officer billet structure…as if the long-held plans of dozens of detailers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.…

'this actually doesn't suck' leads directly to the conclusion that there needs to be a massive, civilian CCC-style public works program

A Dirty Dozen: 12 New-Order Trump Icebreakers For Polar Security America has sent mixed messages on Polar Security. Ordering 12 Trump Icebreakers can change the narrative, giving China and Russia a pause in their grab for both Poles

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a man in a blue and yellow striped uniform is standing in front of a wall and the word scofield is below him ALT: a man in a blue and yellow striped uniform is standing in front of a wall and the word scofield is below him

As a USCG advocate, I have always advocated DHS Secretaries grant ICE a brand new, high-tech, you-must-wear-this-on-duty-or-be-fired uniform. Like 👇

Anybody taking odds on if we trip a stock market circuit breaker today?

What happened to the Shipbuilding Executive Orders guys?

I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.

Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.

*Tiredly looks up from bar, mutters something colorful about "obviously sending in our very best" and slowly turns back to a grubby, well-worn crossword*

I'm so old I remember when Pakistan and Russia shut down our various supply routes into Afghanistan.

Russia and China would love to have an isolated American detachment they can cut off relatively at-will, and we can burn up our carriers to fly pointless air support missions again.

Agreed. but, 1) How has that strategy been working so far? and 2) By asking the question and posing the grim hypothetical--the natural outcome of the GOP ethos and FAFO rhetoric--you might start getting some of these policymakers to engage a bit more in supporting the policies we both agree upon.

But more people are wearing seatbelts, right?

True. But the dynamics of chronic disease are different from infectious disease outbreaks. That burger you ate that gave you heart disease doesn't usually risk your neighborhood's health or access to care. Chronic diseases also manifest slowly and don't slam/overwhelm/beak hospitals as much.

We are in TOTAL agreement here. But, in an environment where we're not funding these resources to provide this level of care and support, then you gotta take steps that make the most difference for the lowest cost sometimes.

We are already seeing this dynamic play out elsewhere in society. Try getting an insurance company to pay out for injuries after an auto accident if you didn't fasten your seatbelt. The difference is that an antivax person risks cascading consequences across the community's medical infrastructure.

By risking the threat of serious consequences, you force institutions to do a better job of educating their charges on the potential ramifications of their right to exercise their liberties. Society (and insurance companies) shouldn't be under any obligation to support bad decision-making.