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Americans want to think there is a technological solution to everything because it is a relatively clean and sterile path as opposed to investing in human beings. One of these things briefs well and the other does not, even if it's true.
At the Modern Warfare Conference today, really nice to hear a senior ARSOF leader plead for fewer tech gizmos to be inflicted on Rangers/SF/SMUs.
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Americans want to think there is a technological solution to everything because it is a relatively clean and sterile path as opposed to investing in human beings. One of these things briefs well and the other does not, even if it's true.
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At the Modern Warfare Conference today, really nice to hear a senior ARSOF leader plead for fewer tech gizmos to be inflicted on Rangers/SF/SMUs.
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
At the Modern Warfare Conference today, really nice to hear a senior ARSOF leader plead for fewer tech gizmos to be inflicted on Rangers/SF/SMUs.
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
(Does he lack Hustle Grindset? Did he not hear about 9-9-6? Did he read UNIT X?)
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In some of the debates that appeared from AUG 22-DEC 23 which saw Russian and Ukraine attempt offensives against various levels of hasty or prepared defenses it seemed a lot of US Army analysis was focused on well they didn’t do combined arms and then everyone nodded their head and that was the end
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In some of the debates that appeared from AUG 22-DEC 23 which saw Russian and Ukraine attempt offensives against various levels of hasty or prepared defenses it seemed a lot of US Army analysis was focused on well they didn’t do combined arms and then everyone nodded their head and that was the end
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The M1 rifle was arguably the best infantry rifle in the war (everyone else was still using bolt action rifles). The Essex class carriers were the best carriers of the war. US artillery systems were first rate and could easily match anything the Axis could muster
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The M1 rifle was arguably the best infantry rifle in the war (everyone else was still using bolt action rifles). The Essex class carriers were the best carriers of the war. US artillery systems were first rate and could easily match anything the Axis could muster
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Tom Clancy would have been just an incredible poster. He'd have 500k followers and a name like "TomCatOSINT" or something. He'd have 100 tweet threads on Russian carrier tactics that end with recommendations on the best places in the Barents to place tactical nuclear mines.
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Tom Clancy would have been just an incredible poster. He'd have 500k followers and a name like "TomCatOSINT" or something. He'd have 100 tweet threads on Russian carrier tactics that end with recommendations on the best places in the Barents to place tactical nuclear mines.
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(we actually do have successive obstacle belts in depth over 50-60 kilometers now. We + NTC are taking notes lol). I think yes and no. Yes, AirPower will get you a lot, but I think the fundamental problem is, this isn’t the open desert, which means you can’t put an entire tank CO in a SBF to 2/x
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
(we actually do have successive obstacle belts in depth over 50-60 kilometers now. We + NTC are taking notes lol). I think yes and no. Yes, AirPower will get you a lot, but I think the fundamental problem is, this isn’t the open desert, which means you can’t put an entire tank CO in a SBF to 2/x
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Incredible website identifying “woke” officers who need to be purged from the Army. Includes the former commander of Delta Force, a former Delta squadron commander, a 101st battalion commander from the battle of Ramadi, and an Iraq surge 2/75 Ranger company commander www.restorethemilitary.com/army/
August 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Incredible website identifying “woke” officers who need to be purged from the Army. Includes the former commander of Delta Force, a former Delta squadron commander, a 101st battalion commander from the battle of Ramadi, and an Iraq surge 2/75 Ranger company commander www.restorethemilitary.com/army/
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My latest in which I explain the challenges of the modern combined arms breach:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Into the Breach
Explaining the Challenges of the Modern Combined Arms Operation
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My latest in which I explain the challenges of the modern combined arms breach:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
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You can read all about barriers to realistic sUAS training here. 2/2 www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Small uncrewed aerial system (UAS) and counter-UAS training
Expanded employment of uncrewed aircraft systems at scale brings implications across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P)...
www.rand.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
You can read all about barriers to realistic sUAS training here. 2/2 www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
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There's something darkly funny about how the not stupid military commentators response to "How would the US military break the stalemate in Ukraine?" was "we wouldn't fight like this" and our SecDef is determined to make us fight like that
I used to just be annoyed by bad defense reporting but now it’s actively harmful because it informs these jagoffs
July 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There's something darkly funny about how the not stupid military commentators response to "How would the US military break the stalemate in Ukraine?" was "we wouldn't fight like this" and our SecDef is determined to make us fight like that
Casual Russia-haters who found it trendy after 2022 like this guy could never imagine actually doing something non-performative about it. They just prefer to lash out to look serious. I remember wanting Russians dead before it was cool; in 2014.
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Casual Russia-haters who found it trendy after 2022 like this guy could never imagine actually doing something non-performative about it. They just prefer to lash out to look serious. I remember wanting Russians dead before it was cool; in 2014.
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Pretty cool that you can not only transfer gorillas between units but assign them a different rank and position at their new duty station localnewsmatters.org/2025/07/06/2...
27-year-old gorilla Cecil leaving Louisville to become troop leader at San Francisco Zoo - Local News Matters
THE LOUISVILLE ZOO AND the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens announced that Cecil, a 27-year-old male western lowland gorilla, will be relocated to
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July 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pretty cool that you can not only transfer gorillas between units but assign them a different rank and position at their new duty station localnewsmatters.org/2025/07/06/2...
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Like idk how anyone could watch this video (which I wouldn’t necessarily recommend because it’s very graphic) and conclude Russian minefields are “rudimentary”
Ukraine War - Ukrainian infantry from the 47th Mechanized Brigade in the minefield
YouTube video by Fireline War News
youtu.be
July 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Like idk how anyone could watch this video (which I wouldn’t necessarily recommend because it’s very graphic) and conclude Russian minefields are “rudimentary”
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youtu.be/BjEe1NaJgxY New video on US Marine Corps Light Armored Recon (LAR) doctrine, organization & equipment from team to battalion, and how they experimenting to function in a maritime environment (Force Design 2030).
Huge Changes to USMC Light Armored Recon (FD2030)
YouTube video by Battle Order
youtu.be
July 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
youtu.be/BjEe1NaJgxY New video on US Marine Corps Light Armored Recon (LAR) doctrine, organization & equipment from team to battalion, and how they experimenting to function in a maritime environment (Force Design 2030).
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Traditionally armies recover a lot of their wounded and often do it very quickly (20% of WIA in Korea are good to go within 3 days of being wounded). FPV drones shutting down casevac and forcing a lot more permanent injuries through prolonging the window where the soldier doesn't get care is huge.
June 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Traditionally armies recover a lot of their wounded and often do it very quickly (20% of WIA in Korea are good to go within 3 days of being wounded). FPV drones shutting down casevac and forcing a lot more permanent injuries through prolonging the window where the soldier doesn't get care is huge.
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Attack of the Drones: US Marines are learning to integrate drones for the ground fight news.usni.org/2025/06/25/a...
Attack of the Drones - USNI News
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – By year’s end, the Marine Corps will be fielding thousands of small aerial drones across its operational forces. Marine Corps training schools are now familiarizing Marines an...
news.usni.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Attack of the Drones: US Marines are learning to integrate drones for the ground fight news.usni.org/2025/06/25/a...
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Few things have shaped US foreign policy since 2010 like fear of the Russian S-series ADA systems. Syria, Iran, Ukraine. Knowing the CCP, the most likely reaction is “we’re not like those brutes” and then quietly checking to see if anything is sus.
Ngl if I were the PLA watching a high end Air Force slice through what was supposed to be a decent IADS like Swiss cheese, I’d be quite alarmed
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Few things have shaped US foreign policy since 2010 like fear of the Russian S-series ADA systems. Syria, Iran, Ukraine. Knowing the CCP, the most likely reaction is “we’re not like those brutes” and then quietly checking to see if anything is sus.
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God help these boys. Life is hard enough. It’s harder when your parents are stupid.
Just today, I’ve talked to two teenage boys and five different parents who all said the same thing: Young men are TERRIFIED right now.
You want their vote? Be the one to stand up for their lives because God knows warmongers won’t.
You want their vote? Be the one to stand up for their lives because God knows warmongers won’t.
June 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
God help these boys. Life is hard enough. It’s harder when your parents are stupid.
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CENTCOM’s big bad wolf that they said all resources must be expanded upon is actually a paper tiger with decent asymmetric capabilities that spent the last two years getting exploded by various radio shack components. Thanks for proving INDOPACOM should actually have the resources.
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
CENTCOM’s big bad wolf that they said all resources must be expanded upon is actually a paper tiger with decent asymmetric capabilities that spent the last two years getting exploded by various radio shack components. Thanks for proving INDOPACOM should actually have the resources.
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Good article and not just because I was bribed with a shoutout
The attritionist mania must be tempered. Maybe you can’t win a war in a single battle, but there are many times when you can lose one. War’s hard enough that avoiding catastrophe in battle takes serious effort.
The attritionist mania must be tempered. Maybe you can’t win a war in a single battle, but there are many times when you can lose one. War’s hard enough that avoiding catastrophe in battle takes serious effort.
Does battle matter? tactical brilliance? Or is war simply a contest of the last man standing? “The Allure of Battle” offers a tour de force through history arguing that battle rarely decides the outcomes of conflict. But is this true? Do economics, more stuff, and attrition always win? My latest⬇️
The Allure of “The Allure of Battle”
The Limits of Attrition and the Necessity of Tactical Brilliance
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Good article and not just because I was bribed with a shoutout
The attritionist mania must be tempered. Maybe you can’t win a war in a single battle, but there are many times when you can lose one. War’s hard enough that avoiding catastrophe in battle takes serious effort.
The attritionist mania must be tempered. Maybe you can’t win a war in a single battle, but there are many times when you can lose one. War’s hard enough that avoiding catastrophe in battle takes serious effort.