Brian Kerg
@briankerg.bsky.social
Writer | Atlantic Council Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Irregular Warfare Initiative alumnus| Naval Institute Editorial Board alumnus | Krulak Center alumnus | Pacific Forum alumnus | School of Advanced Warfighting alumnus | Views My Own
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Brian Kerg
@briankerg.bsky.social
· Jul 10
South Korea is the ideal anchor for the first island chain
Discussion of the first island chain largely overlooks South Korea, an ideal "anchor" that could prove decisive in a US-China conflict involving Taiwan.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
My latest for the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social.
BLUF: Peninsular stability is linked directly to Taiwan Strait stability. Military planners should approach the simultaneous threats of the #PRC and #DPRK with this fact in mind. #WriteFightWin
www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
BLUF: Peninsular stability is linked directly to Taiwan Strait stability. Military planners should approach the simultaneous threats of the #PRC and #DPRK with this fact in mind. #WriteFightWin
www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
Chat make me a shirt featuring the movie poster from the 1979 film 'Alien'.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Chat make me a shirt featuring the movie poster from the 1979 film 'Alien'.
I hope it steers clear of El Paso:
Amateur radio balloon KC9IKB speeding across the United States and approaching 500 days aloft! Yes, more than a year! Its 20 milliwatt 20 m band WSPR signal has quite the reach.
@ve7sar.bsky.social @hamradiotoday.org @n4jaw.bsky.social
@ve7sar.bsky.social @hamradiotoday.org @n4jaw.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I hope it steers clear of El Paso:
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Conversing with AI is like smoking, except your psyche gets cancer.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Conversing with AI is like smoking, except your psyche gets cancer.
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In Super Bowls, as in war, defense is the stronger form of combat.
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
In Super Bowls, as in war, defense is the stronger form of combat.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"What does the order say we MUST do, and what does the order say we MAY do?"
"What does the order say we MUST do, and what does the order say we MAY do?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Did you check the syllabus?"
"Did you check the syllabus?"
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"What does the order say we MUST do, and what does the order say we MAY do?"
"What does the order say we MUST do, and what does the order say we MAY do?"
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I’d like to thank Dr. @philipwblood.bsky.social for this episode on Aachen, which we recorded a year ago so bear with me when there are notes such as the release of his latest book, War Comes to Aachen. We also recently recorded a new episode but it will be out when I get to the 1945 content.
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I’d like to thank Dr. @philipwblood.bsky.social for this episode on Aachen, which we recorded a year ago so bear with me when there are notes such as the release of his latest book, War Comes to Aachen. We also recently recorded a new episode but it will be out when I get to the 1945 content.
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered.”
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered.”
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In this debate, @maxboot.bsky.social and I made the case the Trump administration is doing real damage with threats to Greenland
U.S. Presence in Greenland: Necessary or Not?
YouTube video by Open to Debate
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
In this debate, @maxboot.bsky.social and I made the case the Trump administration is doing real damage with threats to Greenland
One day their podcast is going to melt so many brains:
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
One day their podcast is going to melt so many brains:
Just finished cruising through this banger on behalf of @usniproceedings.bsky.social. A full review will appear in a forthcoming issue.
BLUF: The author argues that the Corps' post-WWII survival took more than legislative battles. The decisive action was the Corps' performance in the Korean War.
BLUF: The author argues that the Corps' post-WWII survival took more than legislative battles. The decisive action was the Corps' performance in the Korean War.
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Just finished cruising through this banger on behalf of @usniproceedings.bsky.social. A full review will appear in a forthcoming issue.
BLUF: The author argues that the Corps' post-WWII survival took more than legislative battles. The decisive action was the Corps' performance in the Korean War.
BLUF: The author argues that the Corps' post-WWII survival took more than legislative battles. The decisive action was the Corps' performance in the Korean War.
This story about Epstein Island just nails it:
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
This story about Epstein Island just nails it:
My latest for @usniproceedings.bsky.social: "China's Redlines Aren't Where You Think They Are."
This article examines the #Taiwan Strait crises, #CCP actions in each, and reveals there is significant maneuver space for the US to secure #deterrence and avoid escalation.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
This article examines the #Taiwan Strait crises, #CCP actions in each, and reveals there is significant maneuver space for the US to secure #deterrence and avoid escalation.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
China’s Redlines Aren’t Where You Think They Are
The First, Second, and Third Taiwan Strait Crises show what today’s U.S. planners risk getting wrong.
www.usni.org
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
My latest for @usniproceedings.bsky.social: "China's Redlines Aren't Where You Think They Are."
This article examines the #Taiwan Strait crises, #CCP actions in each, and reveals there is significant maneuver space for the US to secure #deterrence and avoid escalation.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
This article examines the #Taiwan Strait crises, #CCP actions in each, and reveals there is significant maneuver space for the US to secure #deterrence and avoid escalation.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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One of my favorite moments from the Sharpe series is General Nairn’s 15-second distillation of the importance of hours (days, weeks) of staff work and logistics to ensure that the bloody few seconds of combat actually succeeds in achieving its objectives:
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
One of my favorite moments from the Sharpe series is General Nairn’s 15-second distillation of the importance of hours (days, weeks) of staff work and logistics to ensure that the bloody few seconds of combat actually succeeds in achieving its objectives:
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Dort is really dumb y’all. I love that the first reply I saw is from a former SAMS Director stating, “Actually, Napoleon created the modern staff….”
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Dort is really dumb y’all. I love that the first reply I saw is from a former SAMS Director stating, “Actually, Napoleon created the modern staff….”
I thought @bafriedman.bsky.social worked more like Bloody Mary.
*scene*
Milsky Poster stares into mirror. Turns the lights off.
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of waaaaAAAAAGGGHH!!!"
*scene*
Milsky Poster stares into mirror. Turns the lights off.
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of waaaaAAAAAGGGHH!!!"
If you say 'grand operations' too loudly, I think @bafriedman.bsky.social will burst through your wall Kool-Aid Man style.
In a lot of cases, they're doing 'grand tactics' and mistaking it for strategy.
In a lot of cases, they're doing 'grand tactics' and mistaking it for strategy.
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I thought @bafriedman.bsky.social worked more like Bloody Mary.
*scene*
Milsky Poster stares into mirror. Turns the lights off.
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of waaaaAAAAAGGGHH!!!"
*scene*
Milsky Poster stares into mirror. Turns the lights off.
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of war."
"Operational level of waaaaAAAAAGGGHH!!!"
This is superb. A clarifying look at the complexities of urban operations and risk of civilian harm from a real authority on the topic.
And it decimates some of the poorest arguments that have somehow found oxygen in the discourse.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...
And it decimates some of the poorest arguments that have somehow found oxygen in the discourse.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...
Gaza and the Conduct of Urban War: Civilian Harm, Risk, and Responsibility
Urban warfare is often invoked as an alibi: dense terrain, an embedded enemy, human shields, imperfect intelligence. These conditions are real but they do
warontherocks.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This is superb. A clarifying look at the complexities of urban operations and risk of civilian harm from a real authority on the topic.
And it decimates some of the poorest arguments that have somehow found oxygen in the discourse.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...
And it decimates some of the poorest arguments that have somehow found oxygen in the discourse.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...
The sound you here is a thousand analysts scrambling to name the next Davidson window.
Welp.
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The sound you here is a thousand analysts scrambling to name the next Davidson window.
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This is 20 years of COIN manifesting in ways that only we have eyes to see.
BREAKING: The Minnesota National Guard is handing out coffee and donuts to Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, after governor Tim Walz called them in to help out.
The good guys!
The good guys!
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This is 20 years of COIN manifesting in ways that only we have eyes to see.
Correction: Between a Navy SEAL and a book deal.
Most dangerous place in the world is between a Marine and a camera...
January 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Correction: Between a Navy SEAL and a book deal.
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Marines and iconic photos with old glory, name a more iconic duo
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Marines and iconic photos with old glory, name a more iconic duo
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💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
On this episode of @cimsec.bsky.social #SeaControl, I host Dr. Elsa Kania to discuss her in-depth research of Chinese Command and Control.
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 AM
On this episode of @cimsec.bsky.social #SeaControl, I host Dr. Elsa Kania to discuss her in-depth research of Chinese Command and Control.
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...
To understand how the #CCP commands the #PLA, and how the #PLA command its forces, give this episode a listen! #WriteFightWin
open.spotify.com/episode/1xQc...