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Psychological Operations nerd, recovering Group DCO- strategy, PSYOP, influence, Int'l Affairs, history & Ska/RP≠agree /all opinions mine/#WPS

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Bold Talk
YouTube video by Tim Lucien Bold Talk

"I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man."

RIP Bobby.
youtu.be/Y4Qv8mPkbp8?...

16.02.2026 20:05 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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RIP Robert Duvall aka Colonel Radl. “A wink from a pretty girl at a party results rarely in climax, Karl. But a man is a fool not to push a suggestion as far as it will go.”

16.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 29    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0
General George C. Marshall, future Secretary of State.

General George C. Marshall, future Secretary of State.

Every conflict where we translated military success into long-term success was because we had warrior-diplomats who brought together all elements of national power to do so.

16.02.2026 18:20 — 👍 110    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 3
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Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, with over 1.2 million casualties. Russia is also in decline as a major economi...

Russia has no globally competitive technology firms to support long-term productivity and is a bottom-tier AI power. Can it sustain the war in Ukraine?

More on Russia's declining power by CSIS's Defense and Security Department: https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine

15.02.2026 22:00 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

14.02.2026 18:45 — 👍 13861    🔁 3713    💬 232    📌 134

Thanks - I appreciate the humor and horror from these GI nicknames

09.02.2026 22:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Is this what the Allies called the "Screaming Meemies"?

09.02.2026 08:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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08.02.2026 22:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DONE!!!!!

03.02.2026 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yay!

02.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Navy’s next aircraft carrier sails into the Atlantic for sea trials The USS John F. Kennedy’s sea trials will give the Navy and builders a chance to operate crucial systems and components at sea for the first time.

The USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's next aircraft carrier, sailed into the Atlantic this week for sea trials, a key test of the new ship's readiness for its scheduled commissioning in March 2027.

31.01.2026 07:00 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 2
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Expanded Iron Fist puts US, Japanese troops at more island training sites U.S. and Japanese naval forces are teaming up for an expanded version of annual exercises around Japan.

U.S. and Japanese forces will soon team up for the 20th iteration of the Iron Fist exercise.

This year's expanded version of the annual exercise, scheduled for Feb. 11 through March 9, will take place throughout Japan, including 19 sites in the southern Nansei Islands in Okinawa.

31.01.2026 06:29 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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❤️

30.01.2026 19:57 — 👍 28029    🔁 9230    💬 362    📌 762
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Justice Mission–2025: The Narrative Battle Inside China’s Latest Taiwan Exercise - Taiwan Security Monitor Author: Jonathan Walberg When the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command launched its Justice Mission–2025 exercises around Taiwan on December 29th, the visible indicators were familiar: j...

“What distinguished this iteration was not just the scale or geometry of the activity, but the depth and coherence of the narrative campaign that unfolded alongside it.” ⁦‪@TaiwanMonitor‬⁩
tsm.schar.gmu.edu/justice-miss...

30.01.2026 02:36 — 👍 70    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 2
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U.S. Destroyer Drills with Philippine Forces Near Scarborough Shoal - USNI News An American destroyer joined Philippine forces near Scarborough Shoal for a joint patrol following the recent departure of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from the Western Pacific. USS ...

U.S. Destroyer Drills with Philippine Forces Near Scarborough Shoal — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/01/28/u...

28.01.2026 21:46 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

First time I visited and read it as I stood in line, I looked up and that was the quote that has never left me...

27.01.2026 20:20 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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"Engraved on the exterior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum are the words of General Eisenhower. They are from his letter to General George Marshall dated April 15, 1945, three days after he had visited Ohrdruf concentration camp"

27.01.2026 18:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Heroes all - GO FOR BROKE!

HONOLULU — U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi (UH), honored seven World War II (WWII) UH Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets during a posthumous commissioning ceremony.

www.army.mil/article/2901...

27.01.2026 18:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Galeotti is outstanding - great podcast too

26.01.2026 03:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“NUTS!” — McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Letter Editor’s Note: In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's 1944 Christmas letter to the U.S. 101st Airborne

“We are giving our country and our loved ones at home a worthy Christmas present and being privileged to take part in this gallant feat of arms are truly making for ourselves a Merry Christmas,” wrote Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe.

29.12.2025 22:15 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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You’ve been blessed by the magical puffer of Christmas Eve!! 🥹🙏🎄🐡💨✨ #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #christmaseve #blessed #cutiepie #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

25.12.2025 04:03 — 👍 560    🔁 88    💬 5    📌 2
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Out here in Oahu too

23.12.2025 06:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Soldiers from the 369th Infantry "Harlem Hellfighters" return home to NYC, 22 March 1919.
US Army Signal Corps
Restoration by erikthehistorian (erik villard)
-- This story DESERVES a first class movie--

21.12.2025 02:18 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Catch that turret. 😊 #WW2 #HISTORY

19.12.2025 07:01 — 👍 49    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters | Parameters and Associated Collections | US Army War College <p><i>Parameters</i> is a refereed journal of ideas and issues. It provides a forum for mature thought on the art and science of land warfare, joint and combined matters, national and international se...

The latest edition of Parameters has just been released. This is one of the best military journals out there, and a must read for military and NatSec professionals.
press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/

18.12.2025 23:08 — 👍 51    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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What’s It Like to Be a Chinese Soldier? Behind the parades, recruits face long deployments, strict rules, and limited opportunities.

wrote this week about a topic there's surprisingly little coverage of in the United States even in think tanks focused on the Chinese military: the everyday lives of Chinese soldiers.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/16/c...

17.12.2025 01:52 — 👍 558    🔁 106    💬 15    📌 9
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Gil Gerard (1943–2025) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas Actor/producer Gil Gerard was best known for his role as Buck Rogers in the 1979 movie Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and the spin-off television series ...

RIP fellow Arkansan Gil Gerard

encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/gil-...

17.12.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Do You Know You Are Ready for Battle? | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474 Training against a thinking opponent when there are consequences for your decisions is one of the most effective ways to prepare for battle.

Former STRATCOM Commander advocates for arduous wargames against a thinking opponent to prepare for battle. usni.org/magazines/p...

11.12.2025 00:00 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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08.12.2025 02:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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