James

Well technically speaking they actually aren’t. We have no formal treaty obligation to Saudi Arabia.

The Secretary of Defense was lecturing military leaders about the warrior ethos when he should have been ensuring military pay was exempted from the government shutdown.

It appears the gazelle have sided with the lion at the UN and are now voting with the lion to condemn the other gazelle the lion has eaten

I do constantly think of my friend who was barely literate and had three cars repossessed yet was one of the most competent NCOs I knew alongside of having a genuinely high level of technical expertise in combat engineering.

Baffling how those things can coexist.

The UN is currently drafting a condemnation over the lion’s lack of concern over current developments

Right. Exactly. Heroes. The lifeblood of our fighting force.

Used car dealers outside military bases are going to be feasting for the next few weeks

Racial segregation was actually his stim

During these difficult times I ask everyone to keep the SPC with a 24% interest rate Charger who just spent his entire last paycheck at the strip club in their thoughts and prayers.

So today is Ukrainian Defenders Day, they’re the only reason I’m still here, and they’re the only force capable of punishing this evil

The entire Europe is their rear and it’s our job to help them. So let’s help equip them here @dzygaspaw.com

I am struggling to think of a single instance in 20+ years of war in which the Rules of Engagement constituted an active impediment to accomplishing the mission. Acceptance of collateral damage, within loose limits, is built into the LOAC and the concept of legitimate military targets.

I was wondering who wrote this and was not disappointed to discover Naito-san, who apparently has an unlimited word count too.

Christ, imagine being too dumb for this administration.

The PLA is literally a marxist organization and they spend like 50% of the time doing mandatory ideological training.

No no. The good thing about this is that it has the outside chance that Vance responds in a way that gets him excommunicated.

“More and more people are talking about Clausewitz now. I bet you didn’t know that. He wrote a book. A big beautiful book. Maybe the most beautiful book in the history of books. It’s called On War. Some of you woke Generals probably think his wife finished it for him….”

One early morning in Feb ‘04 outside of Fallujah I was next to a then MAJ who called in AC-130 fires so close to our position that we were pelted with debris from the target building. That now 4⭐️ had to fly in from Europe to listen to Pete talk about Lethality™️ and standards.

It turns out that when you’re the Secretary of Defense and you give the same speech my 1SG gave on Fridays it does not help your credibility

He just makes bangers. What can I say

In retrospect, it’s probably a good thing Trump chose a SecDef whose character, knowledge and comportment could only fill a genuine military professional with contempt and loathing.

CSM with a particularly WELL, I GUESS THIS IS HAPPENING NOW look on his face.

*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here.

What did they know and when did they know it

A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win

“[That’s] an insane insult to his senior officers, who all made their bones fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Elliot Ackerman, who led Marines in the second battle of Falluja...“Those guys have got a lot more dust on their boots than he does.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

the concept of battleship

He summons all of us from across the world on the eve of widening global conflict and in his infinite wisdom the Secretary offers us…the grooming standard?

It’s bleak

It’s beginning to look that way

DoDx talk

I love O-4 brain