Brad Duplessis

brb. Going to write my magnum opus on the changing character of war.

Exactly

What he is saying about RS for AD infantry LTs is BS. Not sure about ARNG but know that they run the pre-Ranger program w/highest success rate. BL: no one would care if Pete didn’t present himself as the embodiment of the wArRiOr EtHoS

Memorize the oath!

Pete is out here playing Operator. We do not have a SECDEF.

A lot of bad behavior because we could. Some units, many poorly trained, operated this way. In my experience, contractors were the worst

Definitely non-lethal

Believe bean bag, yes

Yep

Looks like it fires non-lethal rounds, likely bean bags.

In actual combat — not this fake ass Stephen Miller wet dream — I would have destroyed any of my soldiers doing this to non-combatants. There is no gray area or fine line.

To the undergrad who walked up to 3 people, 2 of whom were partners at a law firm,

Proceeded to introduce herself,

Describe her academic interests,

cold pitch us on an internship.

Let me say this:

Train your friends. That was bold and awesome. I’m hand carrying your ask to the Houston office.

Luckily some hikers squared me away with how to say Sequim before I publicly embarrassed myself.

Just got caught up on that! What a colossal POS

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

Seems like if the administration had a strong legal theory for killing people in the Caribbean, they’d be willing to share it publicly.

I know it's a tired genre, but this kind of shit would have been earth-shattering 10 years ago. In translation:
Senator: "Under what legal authority is the US military killing people in The Caribbean?"
Attorney General: "Fuck you." bsky.app/profile/atru...

Those halcyon days of serfdom….

Dude continues to demonstrate his willful ignorance of American history and the Constitution he swore an oath to. Americans have birthright. THAT is what makes one different from a subject or a serf. FFS

The opposite of bullying is not sensitivity. It’s just being a decent human.

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Heading to AUSA next week. First time attending since I retired. Looking forward to the GOs on panels talk about MDO, LeThaLiTy, and the WaR DeParTmEnT while being too chickenshit to admit that the call is coming from inside the building.

I find national myths fascinating

I for one am looking forward to the Second Republic because this shit is whack

Only slightly less cringe than “Let’s Go Brandon” gear. Toddler achievement level shit

It’s not

Mike, you should see his take on what role the OPFOR should play at our CTCs. For someone who claims 38 x rotations as an O/C-T it displays an elementary school understanding of exercise design and execution. Makes me wonder what his job was

Yes!

lmfao