Brad Duplessis
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Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades
The authors identified options for the Army to field and employ small uncrewed aircraft systems at the division, BCT and battalion levels to enhance fire support capabilities.
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Thrilled to see this out! I was fortunate to work w/a tremendous @rand research team on a sUAS project sponsored by 18th Airborne Corps. My focus was on maximizing the army's sUAS training ecosystem from the unit-level to institutional army. 1/
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I’m from the streets of Fairfax County VA, son!
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I’m from the streets of Fairfax County VA, son!
Tulsi out here posting from Kailua. 😂
I believe this is the latest social media post from the US Director of National Intelligence, who hasn’t otherwise been heard from today.
![Tulsi Gabbard @TulsiGabbard
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My heart is filled with gratitude, aloha and peace
/ #2026
[various beach yoga and sunrise photos]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiadxukjsnyrzfaycc5mcaorvfz2yjijulhuog66jkkpzpwcl3vli4@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Tulsi out here posting from Kailua. 😂
It’s as if forces manned, trained, equipped for a specific mission — their raison d’être if you will — can conduct them to a high standard, especially SMUs. If an adversary thought the post-Afghanistan US Mil couldn’t fly 1/2 way across the globe and drop bombs on target, then they’re incompetent.
January 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It’s as if forces manned, trained, equipped for a specific mission — their raison d’être if you will — can conduct them to a high standard, especially SMUs. If an adversary thought the post-Afghanistan US Mil couldn’t fly 1/2 way across the globe and drop bombs on target, then they’re incompetent.
The dismantling of DoS, USAID, and VOA surely won’t matter in the very near future.
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The dismantling of DoS, USAID, and VOA surely won’t matter in the very near future.
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DID HE JUST SAY THE OIL WILL PAY FOR THE OCCUPATION
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
DID HE JUST SAY THE OIL WILL PAY FOR THE OCCUPATION
Concur, especially when considering the capabilities of America’s elite formations. As risky as the mission appeared to be, no one can predict what occurs today, tomorrow, or over the next year, which has been the US’s Achilles’ heel when applying force.
one thing i think lib-of-center posters tend to underrate is that, even when led at the top by absolute morons, the american military tends to be extremely tactically competent
totally unclear what the strategic results of midnight hammer are, but on an operational level it came off flawlessly
totally unclear what the strategic results of midnight hammer are, but on an operational level it came off flawlessly
russian war bloggers on telegram are very mad right now, but I suspect it's mostly because russia tried to do the exact same thing in the opening phase of the invasion (see Battle of Hostomel Airport) and failed miserably
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Concur, especially when considering the capabilities of America’s elite formations. As risky as the mission appeared to be, no one can predict what occurs today, tomorrow, or over the next year, which has been the US’s Achilles’ heel when applying force.
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Some details from Trump and a source speaking to the NYT underlining the risk of this kind of thing, no matter how many air defense sites you bomb
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Some details from Trump and a source speaking to the NYT underlining the risk of this kind of thing, no matter how many air defense sites you bomb
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The US is going to “run” Venezuela? How? It is a country of 30M people, comparable to Iraqi population in 2003, and the one thing Trump hasn’t done is build up large-scale ground forces in the region needed for occupation.
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The US is going to “run” Venezuela? How? It is a country of 30M people, comparable to Iraqi population in 2003, and the one thing Trump hasn’t done is build up large-scale ground forces in the region needed for occupation.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Yes, Twitter and Musk themselves aren’t even attempting to apologize for “Grok creating CSAM” - but this too is an example of allowing a machine to take blame!
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Ooh look, we’re seeing the “let’s attempt to deflect blame to the artificial construct that is The Demon Machine instead of the actual, breathing, fallible humans who made the Demon Machine” maneuver play out in real time!
AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Yes, Twitter and Musk themselves aren’t even attempting to apologize for “Grok creating CSAM” - but this too is an example of allowing a machine to take blame!
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
Who CREATED the machine that’s apologizing for its actions in a fashion that shifts blame to itself and not to its actual human creators?
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I HOPE YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO. NEVERMIND. I MEAN PANAMA. WAIT. I MEAN GREENLAND. WAIT NO I MEAN TEHRAN. HOLD ON. VENEZUELA. FORGET THAT. NIGERIA. OH WAIT. TEHRAN AGAIN.
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I HOPE YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO. NEVERMIND. I MEAN PANAMA. WAIT. I MEAN GREENLAND. WAIT NO I MEAN TEHRAN. HOLD ON. VENEZUELA. FORGET THAT. NIGERIA. OH WAIT. TEHRAN AGAIN.
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April Longley Alley explains the conflict dynamics underlying the latest escalation in Yemen.
Wouldn’t be shocking for the Houthis to take advantage of the moment by renewing their offensive in Marib.
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Wouldn’t be shocking for the Houthis to take advantage of the moment by renewing their offensive in Marib.
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Yemen’s Seismic Shift Has Consequences Beyond Its Borders
U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are on a collision course in Yemen, as local forces threaten to reopen a war that could boost the Houthis, deepen Red Sea instability, and otherwise undermine the ...
www.washingtoninstitute.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
April Longley Alley explains the conflict dynamics underlying the latest escalation in Yemen.
Wouldn’t be shocking for the Houthis to take advantage of the moment by renewing their offensive in Marib.
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Wouldn’t be shocking for the Houthis to take advantage of the moment by renewing their offensive in Marib.
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Phone. Current “alarm” is the Cure’s Just Like Heaven
Do people outside of TV and the movies still use alarm clocks? Or does everyone pretty much use their cell phone.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Phone. Current “alarm” is the Cure’s Just Like Heaven
Haven’t seen the Hoosiers play like this since Jimmy Chitwood came off the picket fence! #CFPplayoff
January 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Haven’t seen the Hoosiers play like this since Jimmy Chitwood came off the picket fence! #CFPplayoff
Dort is not so subtly hoping to bring the GWOT home. An indictment of the institution that this dude can’t think of anything w/out invoking war and is in a position of influence in OSD. Not a brand of public service I recognize.
January 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Dort is not so subtly hoping to bring the GWOT home. An indictment of the institution that this dude can’t think of anything w/out invoking war and is in a position of influence in OSD. Not a brand of public service I recognize.
The year is only 15 hours old and I’ve already completed my annual cyber awareness challenge; and PII and derivative classification training. Pretty sure this means I can never hold a position of public trust.
January 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The year is only 15 hours old and I’ve already completed my annual cyber awareness challenge; and PII and derivative classification training. Pretty sure this means I can never hold a position of public trust.
Wife: Brad!!!! You’re not even paying attention; you’re dozing off!!!!
Me: There you go again, honey. You’re always trying to catch me in the blink.
Me: There you go again, honey. You’re always trying to catch me in the blink.
Trump denies what we've all seen with our own eyes -- that he regularly falls asleep during on camera events -- instead saying he's just "blinking."
“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.” (4/6)
“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.” (4/6)
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Wife: Brad!!!! You’re not even paying attention; you’re dozing off!!!!
Me: There you go again, honey. You’re always trying to catch me in the blink.
Me: There you go again, honey. You’re always trying to catch me in the blink.
Was running one day (few years back) on the trail by my house in NoVA.
Fellow runner passes, turns around and says, “Hey, aren’t you Brad from Twitter?”
Fellow runner passes, turns around and says, “Hey, aren’t you Brad from Twitter?”
this happens to me more often than I want to admit
spent a good chunk of NYE party talking to a nice fellow who was very clearly on Bluesky trying to avoid him finding out how much I was on Bluesky
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Was running one day (few years back) on the trail by my house in NoVA.
Fellow runner passes, turns around and says, “Hey, aren’t you Brad from Twitter?”
Fellow runner passes, turns around and says, “Hey, aren’t you Brad from Twitter?”
🎶 After 12, I’m worse than a Gremlin
Feed me hip hop and I start tremblin 🎶
@gpatrick.bsky.social
@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social
Feed me hip hop and I start tremblin 🎶
@gpatrick.bsky.social
@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🎶 After 12, I’m worse than a Gremlin
Feed me hip hop and I start tremblin 🎶
@gpatrick.bsky.social
@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social
Feed me hip hop and I start tremblin 🎶
@gpatrick.bsky.social
@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social
Now Dort is tweeting like a second-rate Thomas Paine.
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the shitpoaster patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of MAGA…”
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the shitpoaster patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of MAGA…”
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Now Dort is tweeting like a second-rate Thomas Paine.
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the shitpoaster patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of MAGA…”
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the shitpoaster patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of MAGA…”
This year on Bluesky I wrote 1,774 posts and 2,117 replies. I received 153,599 likes, whereas 37,155 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 😂!
Really. Need. To. Log. Off.
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Really. Need. To. Log. Off.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 1,774 posts and 2,117 replies. I received 153,599 likes, whereas 37,155 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 😂!
Really. Need. To. Log. Off.
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Really. Need. To. Log. Off.
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Checkmate dort, I’ve read Clausewitz, so I don’t kill the squirrel in the park because it wouldn’t contribute to attaining my political object in the war that is life 😎
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Checkmate dort, I’ve read Clausewitz, so I don’t kill the squirrel in the park because it wouldn’t contribute to attaining my political object in the war that is life 😎
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so i keep seeing posts from this infantrydort guy and he seems like an idiot?
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
so i keep seeing posts from this infantrydort guy and he seems like an idiot?