Thanks. Where do we disagree?
22.02.2026 01:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
Thanks. Where do we disagree?
22.02.2026 01:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks. Good company.
19.02.2026 03:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Me too.
19.02.2026 03:33 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I swear @markhertling.bsky.social 's articles are some of the best content, if not the best content on the internet in the past 5 years. Remarkable.
www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-is-...
Thank you @pksjones.bsky.social
19.02.2026 03:32 — 👍 118 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0What, exactly, would you like me or other military to do?
19.02.2026 03:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Here's what's scheduled for book signings of "If I Don't Return." This isn't an exhaustive list; more will follow!
If you want a signed copy before the release date on 10 March, attend one of these events or order from ballastbooks.com. They will ship a copy to you in a few days.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
18.02.2026 15:35 — 👍 513 🔁 170 💬 15 📌 2Thanks. If you order from Ballast books directly before 10 March, you’ll get a signed copy.
17.02.2026 12:01 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0When organizations like CBP or ICE are equipped—and rhetorically encouraged—to behave like battlefield units, the discipline that restrains military forces is often absent, while the consequences of misuse are magnified. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4659MsH
15.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 426 🔁 120 💬 11 📌 5Thank you. Let me know what you think.
15.02.2026 00:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Enjoy. Let me know your thoughts!
15.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My new favorite book! “If I Don’t Return” by my friend @markhertling.bsky.social #RealLifeHero and friend of Gabriel Allon! You will love it!
13.02.2026 01:21 — 👍 381 🔁 49 💬 4 📌 4Let me know what you think
13.02.2026 18:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My latest in @thebulwark.com
13.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 537 🔁 152 💬 26 📌 15When you have @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social commenting on your book, it makes for a great day! Thanks Danny!
13.02.2026 02:02 — 👍 210 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 0You two are awesome! Thanks so much for the support.
13.02.2026 02:01 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Would love to! Ask your px/bx to invite me and I’ll be there!
12.02.2026 14:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Yup, signed pre orders from @ballastbook mailed this week.
12.02.2026 13:51 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Those asking if I’ll be signing books in Orlando…yes! Join me at the great Winter Park library on 1 March at 2 PM, the Citrus Club (with the Tiger Bay Club) on 6 March during a lunch speech, and at the Colonial Barnes and Noble on 28 March at 3 PM.
I’ll be posting other events soon. #BallastBooks
A righteous victory.
11.02.2026 02:00 — 👍 636 🔁 95 💬 16 📌 4"The danger here is not only to the justice system, but to civil-military relations."
Read @markhertling.bsky.social on what's wrong with reassigning JAGs to serve as civilian prosecutors.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jags-shoul...
Dragooning JAGs into immigration enforcement is "a structural reallocation of critical military personnel that will have severe consequences on the good order and discipline of service members and their families."
New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
If you watched, I didn’t call them that, I referred to what they call themselves. Which is ridiculous.
06.02.2026 23:41 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m sure he had great leaders.
06.02.2026 23:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I was able to pull it up: www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-book...
06.02.2026 12:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0If you pre order from Ballast books you’ll get a signed copy.
06.02.2026 04:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0