Nikki Dean

Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna sneak right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here.

Thank you, sir!! It was a wonderful ceremony (as always), and it’s a great space to engage in some necessary conversations about national service, obligation, and honor.

You win. The last white chocolate macadamia nut cookie at midnight chow goes to you!

But have you ever done midnight chow, then gotten sick while flying under goggles and operating aircraft mission equipment, asking your copilot to make a slow left circle, slightly out of trim, so you can pop open the armor side panel and vomit… probably on someone’s rooftop bed?

No? Just me? Hmm.

Well, damn… learned my lesson.

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Have you ever walked into an airport lounge and been absolutely convinced that you saw @dogfacesoldier.bsky.social, but you’re so nervous to go ask that you end up conspiracy-texting with friends, never work up the courage, and end up working on homework at the bar instead?

No? Just me? Cool. Cool.

**warning: nondoctrinal #cookingforlieutenants content**

CFL is life. Share this content with your company-grade officers today!

As someone who uses FRUs and other collections with the Dept of State Historian and HAC, this is a significant blow to our diplomatic history. The actions that underpin our nation’s diplomacy are worthy of cataloging and care, and the team of historians and archivists behind that work are amazing.

Please don’t lick things in the museum.

I’m gonna craft the most wandering and obscure question I can for the next SMH conference and call you “Dr. Hebert” for the thrills.

The Thrills, sir!!!

Expeditionary Advanced Medical Care for the Indo-Pacific | Proceedings - April 2025 Vol. 151/4/1,466 The “golden hour” is not realistic for the western Pacific.

The “golden hour” is not realistic for the western Pacific. usni.org/magazines/p...

Dill pickle martinis are a summer drink, and they make writing about degenerate art and the Interwar period better.

It’s science.

Sometimes I follow people out admiration, deeply wishing I had their intellect and skill.

And sometimes I follow people out of sheer curiosity, deeply needing something weird to entertain me while I wait in line at the grocery store checkout.

MilTwitter was lit.

Yes, but at least she didn’t recommend shooting paintballs at Russian tank optics…

Just sitting here at @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, with my notes for yet another obscure WWI Gatsby factoid, giving away my human juice for free…

You’ve got another hour or so. You could show up, give them some of your human juice, get a cookie, and a free ticket to the museum.

Just sayin’!

“Seeking to respect” the “complex histories” of land in Berlin is doing some heavy lifting…

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Nothing says you couldn’t bring a little nibble of your own choosing. Do you.

You just can’t bring your nibbles in the gallery spaces.

To sweeten the deal…

If you donate blood with us tomorrow (walk-in is fine, sign up is better), you get a FREE admission to the museum.

All of this museum. FOR FREE.

There will probably be cookies and juice.

And European artillery pieces!

What more do you want?

I cannot even begin to describe just how much I hate needles, by the way.

But I still donate blood, platelets, even bone marrow…

Because I can make more. So can you.

You’re just being selfish with your human juice.

If you’re in KC or Leavenworth, just come down and donate. You’ll be fine.

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“Oh, Doctrinatrix, I don’t know if I want to give my blood to the community. What if they’re just a front for vampires selling my life juice on the black market?”

Fair.

Or maybe you just don’t like needles and don’t want to pass out in public.

Give blood.

Save a Life: Blood Drive (April 2025) Doctors and nurses evolved emergency medical practices enormously in WWI – including storing blood for future transfusions. Donate in their honor to support those in need.

**warning: nondoctrinal massive guilt content**

Once a quarter, the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social hosts a local blood drive on the grounds. Tomorrow is our spring donation day!

I will be there.

Even though I HATE needles.

If I can do it…

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I’m sorry. Are we not going to talk about where you found Gin Mare because the Midwest barren of that good, good stuff.

When @finneynk asks if you’d like to join his #CollectiveStorytellingProject, you don’t ask questions. You just do it, and you save the questions for later.

Go to a bar. Have a beer. Write.

*boop*

How your email finds me.

Brett.

Man on ice with winter coat pleading with penguins

Man in tuxedo with hand outstretched to penguin giving thanks

US Envoys arrived today and are pleading with our leaders to refrain from imposing retaliatory tariffs. We initially denied their pleas until their ambassador returned wearing a suit and thanked us for existing.

Everyone chirping about bringing back dire wolves, when we really should be bringing back this absolute scholarly and literary unit.

This blows goat for all of us who work with (and adjacent to) the DoD, but it’s completely understandable and brave. You’re such a great example of ethical leadership and amazing scholarship, and you’ll be an asset to whoever is lucky enough to have you on their team in the future!

Knit fast. Die warm.

The motto of all wool crafters.