Nikki Dean
@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
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Nikki Dean
@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
· Aug 6
Come Hello GIF
ALT: Come Hello GIF
media.tenor.com
Ahh, I see you’ve found my profile on this site. Now what to expect from it:
1. Advocation for the use of current military doctrine and support to those who develop it. Words have meaning, and you need to read the words we’ve spent years.. uhh… wording?… yeah, go with it.
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1. Advocation for the use of current military doctrine and support to those who develop it. Words have meaning, and you need to read the words we’ve spent years.. uhh… wording?… yeah, go with it.
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**thinks about the ONE spot to get groceries on Fort Irwin that’s within an HOUR drive**
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
**thinks about the ONE spot to get groceries on Fort Irwin that’s within an HOUR drive**
Parisian daiquiri and Almond Joys.
Fight me.
Fight me.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Parisian daiquiri and Almond Joys.
Fight me.
Fight me.
*warning: nondoctrinal democracy-encouragement content*
If you go out, be an informed citizen, and do democracy today, I will reward you with my most unhinged cocktail-and-leftover-Halloween-candy pairing this evening.
And maybe some Noods.
If you go out, be an informed citizen, and do democracy today, I will reward you with my most unhinged cocktail-and-leftover-Halloween-candy pairing this evening.
And maybe some Noods.
a delightfully unhinged woman is looking at her phone
ALT: a delightfully unhinged woman is looking at her phone
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
*warning: nondoctrinal democracy-encouragement content*
If you go out, be an informed citizen, and do democracy today, I will reward you with my most unhinged cocktail-and-leftover-Halloween-candy pairing this evening.
And maybe some Noods.
If you go out, be an informed citizen, and do democracy today, I will reward you with my most unhinged cocktail-and-leftover-Halloween-candy pairing this evening.
And maybe some Noods.
Sometimes I think about what an enigmatic person Smedley Butler was, and how much I would love to have a cup of coffee with him.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sometimes I think about what an enigmatic person Smedley Butler was, and how much I would love to have a cup of coffee with him.
With the end of Halloween season (and Spooky Lake Season, for those who also observe), we have reached a decision point to delay Mariah Carey’s forces and facilitate a survivable withdrawal from autumn to winter.
Our Final Protective Fire?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Our Final Protective Fire?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
m.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
With the end of Halloween season (and Spooky Lake Season, for those who also observe), we have reached a decision point to delay Mariah Carey’s forces and facilitate a survivable withdrawal from autumn to winter.
Our Final Protective Fire?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Our Final Protective Fire?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
**warning: nondoctrinal dog content**
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
**warning: nondoctrinal dog content**
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
What the heck did I just read?
The next generation of officers may not be shaped not by Huntington’s liberal ideal, but by whatever follows it.
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
warontherocks.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What the heck did I just read?
I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone needs it.
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone needs it.
**warning: nondoctrinal content**
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
**warning: nondoctrinal content**
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
Reposted by Nikki Dean
As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard trib.al/nZeKqGg
As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard
SNAP benefits won't go out in November, which may put military families experiencing food insecurity at risk.
trib.al
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard trib.al/nZeKqGg
I did not know that this conversation existed.
And now I do.
And so do you.
*boop*
lbjtapes.org/conversation...
And now I do.
And so do you.
*boop*
lbjtapes.org/conversation...
LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants | The LBJ Telephone Tapes
lbjtapes.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I did not know that this conversation existed.
And now I do.
And so do you.
*boop*
lbjtapes.org/conversation...
And now I do.
And so do you.
*boop*
lbjtapes.org/conversation...
We have young military families on SNAP.
When that one family member spouts off during holiday dinner about welfare, benefits, and who they deem worthy enough… don’t be afraid to let them have it with both barrels and make them defend their position.
When that one family member spouts off during holiday dinner about welfare, benefits, and who they deem worthy enough… don’t be afraid to let them have it with both barrels and make them defend their position.
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We have young military families on SNAP.
When that one family member spouts off during holiday dinner about welfare, benefits, and who they deem worthy enough… don’t be afraid to let them have it with both barrels and make them defend their position.
When that one family member spouts off during holiday dinner about welfare, benefits, and who they deem worthy enough… don’t be afraid to let them have it with both barrels and make them defend their position.
Reposted by Nikki Dean
Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.
**warning: nondoctrinal art content**
Baby, wake up. A bunch of new Temu Leni Riefenstahl just dropped on one of the other hell-scape sites.
Baby, wake up. A bunch of new Temu Leni Riefenstahl just dropped on one of the other hell-scape sites.
2/ What got my and our reader's attention though are the posters in support of it.
October 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
**warning: nondoctrinal art content**
Baby, wake up. A bunch of new Temu Leni Riefenstahl just dropped on one of the other hell-scape sites.
Baby, wake up. A bunch of new Temu Leni Riefenstahl just dropped on one of the other hell-scape sites.
Reposted by Nikki Dean
Walking the streets of Gettysburg in October:
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Walking the streets of Gettysburg in October:
Never think for a single second that every soldier doesn’t have the potential to go from a wheeled vehicle mechanic to a spot on a stage, in front of an international audience, to discuss the enduring lessons of warfare.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never think for a single second that every soldier doesn’t have the potential to go from a wheeled vehicle mechanic to a spot on a stage, in front of an international audience, to discuss the enduring lessons of warfare.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone might need it later.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone might need it later.
Back in the cat-bird seat for this year’s annual symposium with the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, “Beyond the Trenches,” watching the opening presentation from @markstout.bsky.social about American intelligence community during WWI!
Wish you were here.
Wish you were here.
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Back in the cat-bird seat for this year’s annual symposium with the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, “Beyond the Trenches,” watching the opening presentation from @markstout.bsky.social about American intelligence community during WWI!
Wish you were here.
Wish you were here.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here for later.
October 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here for later.
“Dropped into”?
Ah, yes.
The storied airborne “envelopment” of … *checks notes*… St Mihiel.
Ah, yes.
The storied airborne “envelopment” of … *checks notes*… St Mihiel.
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Dropped into”?
Ah, yes.
The storied airborne “envelopment” of … *checks notes*… St Mihiel.
Ah, yes.
The storied airborne “envelopment” of … *checks notes*… St Mihiel.
le moi: *hears “defense” being explained in a speech*
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
le moi: *hears “defense” being explained in a speech*
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Thinking about how Pres. Johnson attempted to get CBS journalist, Morley Safer, fired after he reported about the burning of Cam Ne in 1965 by a Marine patrol.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thinking about how Pres. Johnson attempted to get CBS journalist, Morley Safer, fired after he reported about the burning of Cam Ne in 1965 by a Marine patrol.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
And this is why I always sneak a little nerd treat into my footnotes these days, to make a professor smile.
Would an AI generator include a reference to Black Adder in their citation? No. Does the reader need a Black Adder reference? I think so.
Would an AI generator include a reference to Black Adder in their citation? No. Does the reader need a Black Adder reference? I think so.
September 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And this is why I always sneak a little nerd treat into my footnotes these days, to make a professor smile.
Would an AI generator include a reference to Black Adder in their citation? No. Does the reader need a Black Adder reference? I think so.
Would an AI generator include a reference to Black Adder in their citation? No. Does the reader need a Black Adder reference? I think so.
Those last 52 years were a good run.
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Those last 52 years were a good run.
When you gotta bring that educational and promotional jazz for your museum to a conference, but you still gotta get that academic bread between the speakers.
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When you gotta bring that educational and promotional jazz for your museum to a conference, but you still gotta get that academic bread between the speakers.