Eric Brammer

🤌🏼 New Hondurans dropping at Fleet HQ

One of the great joys of being a Dad is rewatching old movies with the kids and them being like, “heck yeah that ruled.”

My first miniatures ever as we venture into tabletop miniatures gaming. These are the Blackhorse Cavalry M113s for ‘Nam by Battlefront.
This Mortar team is #33 and #32 for Bird and McHale because they are gonna drop buckets all over the place 🍀

Wonderful reminder, particularly in our modern times, that a tactical victory doesn’t always equate to a strategic victory. Wonderful article.

We need more Wellington movies. Enough with the Napoleon-worship. #Waterloo

These guys hate history. It’s fucking gross.

This was insightful and a testament to learning and thinking strategically for the betterment of the service and not the self. Great stuff.

Dude brought leadership and tenacious d. Heat Celtic. 💪🏼 Big upside to Simons, I like his game…Brad wields magic.

Simons is nice…I, don’t hate this

🫡 thank you Jrue for the hustle and the defense #BleedGreen 🍀

Wonderful. It has been very influential in my life. He was the first author where I had to re read several paragraphs several times over to fully get the concepts.
I laughed at your highlighting because my Sisyphus is heavily marked up as well with notes and highlights. Enjoy the journey.

Camus’ Sisyphus and The Plague are so damn good.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of June 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Washington was also respected in Euro military circles and thus his leadership brought more legitimacy to the org of the Army. The support provided by Euro allies, provided because of the leadership at Congress/Army, fueled the Army’s victories during the WofInd.
🥂🫡 To 250 more Army 🇺🇸

HB #USArmy! The org and structure of the Army by Washington is a masterclass into mil/politics. He needed the Army to have Euro qualities and be ‘legit’ as opposed to ragtag to gain support from Europe against the Crown. That legitimacy fueled early wins…Washington remains one of our finest GOs

stares blankly in *Cold War*

THIS A UNITED STATES SENATOR ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA BEING PHYSICALLY SHOVED OUT OF A MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THE BIGGEST CITY IN OUR STATE.

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Pour one out and throw on some funk and soul for a real one. Just started his new bio this past week which is amazing; also catch his doc and life story on Hulu. The funk will live on but with a little less.

Putin approves big revamp of Russia's navy, Kremlin aide says — Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new naval strategy which aims to fully restore Russia's position as one of the world's leading maritime powers, Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev said in a...

Approved and building are obviously two different projects. In ‘85 Gorshkov wanted to expand and revamp the SN but Gorbachev was like, between the CW and Afghan War there is 0 way to get it done, and retired the Admiral. Budgets and realism expand navies.

U.S. Navy's F/A-XX 6th Generation Fighter Gets Funding Boost, Enters DOT&E's Operational Test and Live Fire Evaluations - Naval News The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX 6th generation fighter has entered Operational Test (OT&E) and Live Fire (LF&E) Evaluation as the aircraft makes headway towards a final contract award. The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX h...

Oh but it’s soooo tacticool 🙄 TomCat me bro.

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A haiku:
open Mil Bluesky
see footage of burning planes
laughs in Carrier

CWW is also a wonderful example of Complex Adaptive Systems in action. Major constraints (hot war, budgets, support), non-linear agents throughout, (CW, PSH, JRobs and int’l actors), with emergences (weaponry and a workable strategy) and evolution (war against Soviets in Afghan). Lovely CAS movie.

LC has absolutely given me more of an appreciation for the tactical level of modern combat, especially Navy/Marine realm, and shows that planning is a must or oooooof, pain!

For PME, agree team play is essential. For ‘commercial gaming’ tho, solo or 2-3 person, I love everything about LC and learn much. Planning is research and gameplay is experiments on how modern warfare can unfold. I’m engaging in critical thinking with each play.

Charlie Wilson’s War is a great Cold War film. The parallels with UKR are obvious but don’t gloss over the unique CW history and war in Afghanistan. The soft power, covert, and political nature of war during this period is instructive for today. Also, incredible cast just nailing lines.
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They first have to decide who they want to be. Do they want to be serious or are they the team who for 86 years just ‘existed’. Because these are not serious people right now.
Also trade Devers for 2 top hitting prospects.

I look forward to applying lessons learned in strategy and adaptation to the corporate world. After some deserved down time I look forward to writing again on the Cold War, particularly, naval happenings.

My 16+ years of sales/sales leadership helped keep me disciplined and now I feel I have a broader leadership framework and arsenal for my career. At 48 it was brutal at times, but I’m so happy I finished and can attest it is never too late.

I didn’t serve, both my parents were Navy, and outside 4 years as a fed contractor my ‘military’ experience was limited. I was definitely an outsider. But my passion for leadership, a worthy challenge, and love of maritime history were my fuel.

Thrilled to finally have my classes and thesis wrapped up as I graduate from American Military University with my MA, Military Studies - Strategic Leadership. One of the hardest mountains I have had to climb but damn, what a ride. 26 months, countless nights and weekends and here we are. 🍾