Dr. Brian Laslie

Congratulations!

Little known fact: I love reading about primatology and adore the works of Dr. Jane Goodall. I was lucky enough to hear speak on 2023 and her work and legacy will outlast us all.

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Sorry folks, governments still closed. Moose out front should have told ya.

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Sorry folks, governments closed. Moose out front should have told ya.

Offset…pivot…peace dividend…reset…recapitalization…kinetic…

I’ve been an aviation historian for nearly two decades. I have never, not once, been asked about Amelia Earhart. No one has ever brought it up in a conversation. Let me reiterate: I study aviation history professionally. It has never, ever, ever come up.

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I just spent an hour on the phone with a high school student who is working on a project about the B-52 and that is why I LOVE MY JOB.

Glad we did something right this year 😭!

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Today I learned Sgt Floyd Pepper was dishonorably discharged from West Point for “turning 'Taps' into a jazz odyssey.”

First thing i thought of:

Somewhat surprisingly, I am not much for military or history movies, but I am very much looking forward to this...

Excellent dinner last night celebrating the class of 2028 at their Exemplar Dinner. Each class selects an individual from air/space power history to serve as the class exemplar. 28’s inductee was A1C John Leviton (MOH).

Something something security. Something something expense of liberty.

I’m not opening this link because I don’t want to know

The Sundowners, Pegasus, and Little Butch: Carrier Air Group 11 and the War in the Pacific, 1943-1945 The Sundowners, Pegasus, and Little Butch: Carrier Air Group 11 and the War in the Pacific, 1943-1945 [Laslie, Brian D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Sundowners, Pegasus, and Little Butch: Carrier Air Group 11 and the War in the Pacific, 1943-1945

If Tom Hanks wanted to make another WWII miniseries that focused on a Navy unit, might I suggest: a.co/d/iSLZNPg

Looking good Tyson! Happy reading!

I laughed way too hard at this.

I don’t know if this is what you are referring to, but in my experience, most military leaders in PME have zero experience or exposure to academia

Hope to see some of my BlueSky #historians join the chat this evening!

The Sundowners, WWII's Best Carrier Air Group? YouTube video by Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park

Interested in WWII history? I'm going live tonight on Youtube to talk about my new book "The Sundowners, Pegasus, and Little Butch: Carrier Air Group 11 and the War in the Pacific, 1943-1945." Join me at 8 pm EST, 6 pm MST: www.youtube.com/live/TzjEa_M...

I spend a lot of time in my office meeting with cadets, so I want the decor to reflect who I am both at work and at home. Luckily, there’s a lot of crossover

This is silly. Mine are just in chronological order, except for bios, and the "to read shelf," and the stack behind my door, and the "currently being used" on my desk, and the ones behind my chair, "why did i put those there?", and the rare books in the case (don't touch those) and...

YouTube video by Air Force Falcons 2025 APLS Release

New uniforms just dropped…

Absolutely amazing…

Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97 Lovell was also the first astronaut to go to space four times and part of the Apollo 8 crew, the first to launch on the Saturn V rocket and first to orbit the moon.

The only man to go to the moon twice and not walk on its surface…Fair Winds and Following Seas Captain!

Thinking about US military base names: how extraordinary it is that the the US Army has no base named after its most significant leader of the last 100 years