Jared Samuelson

Three kids quietly hanging out while dad visits an archive.

All I'm saying is you should get a few extra credit points if you do your archive visits with 3 small children in tow.

Japanese Destroyer Captain

Introducing Ocean Art, my new illustrated book. Out in August.
Featuring some of the most striking and meaningful images of sea creatures from ancient times to modern and from the coasts to the deepest abyss, I reflect on how art shapes our view of marine life
🦑🐟🐙🦈
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/ocean-art

TUSK!

Flicking through some 1799 Captain’s letters and found this gem—a flag officer’s set of signals. These were issued locally to captains before standardised fleet-wide signals came into use. A great glimpse into pre-1800 naval comms!
#SignalHistory #AgeOfSail

Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek Discover 'Second Star to the Right,' exploring how Star Trek inspires leadership lessons for diverse academic and professional fields.

Honored to have been asked to contribute a chapter for this book that is now available vernonpress.com/book/2348

My chapter: "Producing the Future: The Naval Academy and Starfleet Academy" where I compare the two organizations.

Post-firing Conan was one of the best TV runs in history.

@andreapitzer.bsky.social?

Saw it with my high school friends and then we drove back to my buddy's house in the country ... in the woods ... No one slept.

Dinky Toys ad for an F-4K toy with the words, "Do not point missiles at people."

Solid advice

Sea Control 581: The MLR's Missing Link Sea Control · Episode

In the latest episode of #SeaControl, I hosted Captains Brendan Costello and Tyler Muniz of the #USMC to discuss their article “The #Marine #Littoral #Regiment’s Missing Link."

Sea Control is produced by CIMSEC (@cimsec.bsky.social). Give it a listen!

#PME #ReadFightWin #WriteFightWin

Antique diecast navy ships

Delivered today and this was the exact moment my spouse regretted greenlighting my dissertation topic.

YouTube video by History Lessons for the Modern Investor ♟️Ep 9: Maneuverability for the Modern Investor w/ Ian T. Brown, Author of A New Conception of War

Get your weekend going with a little maneuver warfare and Boyd; my thanks to the “History Lessons for Modern Investor” podcast for the chance to talk about “A New Conception of War:” #USMC #Marines #maneuverwarfare

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You got kids, right?

I think our Aussie contingent would love to play "themselves."

The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.

Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

If this week's 3 episode arc was a movie, it'd be the best I've seen in about 10 years.

Ketchup on a hot dog is now officially a sin.

New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic

"Nice torpedoes you got there, Rains. Would be a shame if somebody dammed (sic) them." - Farragut

There are roughly 150 Sherman memes I enjoy as well

1st Minnesota Infantry vs. Pickett's Charge

WHIRLWIND

Episode 719: NATO's Maritime North, with Dr. Sebastian Bruns Podcast Episode · Midrats · 04/14/2025 · 1h

Is anyone else happy to hear Sebastian Bruns talking about Intermodal transportation in the Baltic?

Navy and commercial shipping with one of my favorite naval historians.

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Sorry, Amazon, but I refuse to believe "Battleship" is "Trending Now."

I've picked the wrong time to get out of the maritime security commentary space.

Let me tell you about all the LSTs built in a cornfield in Seneca, IL...