MTMcGurk
@mtmcgurk.bsky.social
IWI Fellow 2025. Views are my own and do not represent DoD or the Irregular Warfare Initiative.
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #writing #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky
It’s a great day to recruit!
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #writing #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky
It’s a great day to recruit!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Context: I was stationed at USEMB Beirut for ten months. Three of the Marine Security Guards asked me to be their re-enlisting officer. It’s always special, and it was more special because of the joint nature of it.
I cherish those memories.
I cherish those memories.
Happy Birthday Marines. This soldier appreciates you!
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Context: I was stationed at USEMB Beirut for ten months. Three of the Marine Security Guards asked me to be their re-enlisting officer. It’s always special, and it was more special because of the joint nature of it.
I cherish those memories.
I cherish those memories.
Happy Birthday Marines. This soldier appreciates you!
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Birthday Marines. This soldier appreciates you!
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Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Tommy Novak with 11:12 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Parker Wotherspoon.
Pittsburgh: 1
Los Angeles: 0
#LAKvsPIT #LetsGoPens #GoKingsGo
Scored by Tommy Novak with 11:12 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Parker Wotherspoon.
Pittsburgh: 1
Los Angeles: 0
#LAKvsPIT #LetsGoPens #GoKingsGo
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Tommy Novak with 11:12 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Parker Wotherspoon.
Pittsburgh: 1
Los Angeles: 0
#LAKvsPIT #LetsGoPens #GoKingsGo
Scored by Tommy Novak with 11:12 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Parker Wotherspoon.
Pittsburgh: 1
Los Angeles: 0
#LAKvsPIT #LetsGoPens #GoKingsGo
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Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Ben Kindel with 04:36 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak.
Florida: 1
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsFLA #TimeToHunt #LetsGoPens
Scored by Ben Kindel with 04:36 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak.
Florida: 1
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsFLA #TimeToHunt #LetsGoPens
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Ben Kindel with 04:36 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak.
Florida: 1
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsFLA #TimeToHunt #LetsGoPens
Scored by Ben Kindel with 04:36 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Tommy Novak.
Florida: 1
Pittsburgh: 3
#PITvsFLA #TimeToHunt #LetsGoPens
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A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
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Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
26/2025 Truth to Tell: Notes from my White House Education by Lanny J Davis.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
26/2025 Truth to Tell: Notes from my White House Education by Lanny J Davis.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
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Ok here's the thing about the carrier debate. Both sides are right and both sides are wrong (thread).
Ya’ll are going to make write a thread on carriers on a day off in my birthday weekend huh?
a horse in a field with the words y'all gon make me lose my mind
ALT: a horse in a field with the words y'all gon make me lose my mind
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November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ok here's the thing about the carrier debate. Both sides are right and both sides are wrong (thread).
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Early this week, I finished Christian Tripodi's "The Unknown Enemy".
It's a book that's been on the radar for some time and it was certainly worth the wait. Tripodi has skillfully critiqued the concept of 'political warfare' in counterinsurgency, utilising...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #COIN
It's a book that's been on the radar for some time and it was certainly worth the wait. Tripodi has skillfully critiqued the concept of 'political warfare' in counterinsurgency, utilising...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #COIN
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Early this week, I finished Christian Tripodi's "The Unknown Enemy".
It's a book that's been on the radar for some time and it was certainly worth the wait. Tripodi has skillfully critiqued the concept of 'political warfare' in counterinsurgency, utilising...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #COIN
It's a book that's been on the radar for some time and it was certainly worth the wait. Tripodi has skillfully critiqued the concept of 'political warfare' in counterinsurgency, utilising...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #COIN
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Y’all better watch this series this weekend.
Best historical drama since Chernobyl.
I’m actually upset it was only four episodes.
Best historical drama since Chernobyl.
I’m actually upset it was only four episodes.
Can’t wait to watch this later today. It’s about James Garfield and his assassination.
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Y’all better watch this series this weekend.
Best historical drama since Chernobyl.
I’m actually upset it was only four episodes.
Best historical drama since Chernobyl.
I’m actually upset it was only four episodes.
25/2025 How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
25/2025 How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
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Now No. 9 on Amazon's "Top 10 Hot New Releases" in the e-book poetry anthologies category!
"More than 60 prize-winning works of 21st century war poetry, fiction & non-fiction! From the lit-journal 'Line of Advance' & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards!"
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"More than 60 prize-winning works of 21st century war poetry, fiction & non-fiction! From the lit-journal 'Line of Advance' & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards!"
More info: amzn.to/4gh34n7
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now No. 9 on Amazon's "Top 10 Hot New Releases" in the e-book poetry anthologies category!
"More than 60 prize-winning works of 21st century war poetry, fiction & non-fiction! From the lit-journal 'Line of Advance' & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards!"
More info: amzn.to/4gh34n7
"More than 60 prize-winning works of 21st century war poetry, fiction & non-fiction! From the lit-journal 'Line of Advance' & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards!"
More info: amzn.to/4gh34n7
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Worth your time to hear David Glantz talk about military history for four hours.
Worth your time to hear David Glantz talk about military history for four hours.
#19--David Glantz
Podcast Episode · Controversy & Clarity · 11/30/2023 · 4h 3m
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November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Worth your time to hear David Glantz talk about military history for four hours.
Worth your time to hear David Glantz talk about military history for four hours.
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I recently sent the one-volume Eisenhower biography by Ambrose to a colleague.
On to the Carlo D’Este biography.
I recently sent the one-volume Eisenhower biography by Ambrose to a colleague.
On to the Carlo D’Este biography.
Channelling Ike
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November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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I recently sent the one-volume Eisenhower biography by Ambrose to a colleague.
On to the Carlo D’Este biography.
I recently sent the one-volume Eisenhower biography by Ambrose to a colleague.
On to the Carlo D’Este biography.
Zettelkasten Method. Mind blown. 🤯
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Zettelkasten Method. Mind blown. 🤯
Christmas came early.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Christmas came early.
Once they approve, ten days to print. Just in time for Christmas!
Sending the poetry book manuscript forward tonight. We’ll see what comes back for the publication date.
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Once they approve, ten days to print. Just in time for Christmas!
The older I get the more I see the appeal of a plain jane burger.
a group of people are sitting at a table in a room with a city tv logo on the bottom of the screen .
Alt: a group of people are sitting at a table in a room with a city tv logo on the bottom of the screen .
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November 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The older I get the more I see the appeal of a plain jane burger.
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That's an interesting observation, and a clever way of phrasing. We all 'know' what ordinary means. But of course for a general, it's probably a meaningless standard. Was Montgomery an 'ordinary' army commander? Divisional? Army Group? Let's assume the latter - is that a meaningful statement? 🧵
That. That’s a thing of beauty right there. 🥲
Reminds me of when Terry Copp pointed out in a talk he gave at the Laurier Centre that Montgomery was “really a very ordinary general” but with great publicity on his side. My friends had to practically sit on me to keep me from standing up and cheering.
Reminds me of when Terry Copp pointed out in a talk he gave at the Laurier Centre that Montgomery was “really a very ordinary general” but with great publicity on his side. My friends had to practically sit on me to keep me from standing up and cheering.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
That's an interesting observation, and a clever way of phrasing. We all 'know' what ordinary means. But of course for a general, it's probably a meaningless standard. Was Montgomery an 'ordinary' army commander? Divisional? Army Group? Let's assume the latter - is that a meaningful statement? 🧵
Tied a Windsor knot and checking the size because I can’t tie one without hearing @dieworkwear.bsky.social say “meatball!”
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November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tied a Windsor knot and checking the size because I can’t tie one without hearing @dieworkwear.bsky.social say “meatball!”
IYKYK
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Document formatting…
a man in a red shirt is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man in a red shirt is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed .
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November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Document formatting…
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I keep seeing all these folks complain about SNAPand benefits for the needy and I’m shaking my damn head.
Folks, our capacity for love and compassion cannot be dictated someone else’s ability to love us back. That’s it. That’s all I got.
Folks, our capacity for love and compassion cannot be dictated someone else’s ability to love us back. That’s it. That’s all I got.
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I keep seeing all these folks complain about SNAPand benefits for the needy and I’m shaking my damn head.
Folks, our capacity for love and compassion cannot be dictated someone else’s ability to love us back. That’s it. That’s all I got.
Folks, our capacity for love and compassion cannot be dictated someone else’s ability to love us back. That’s it. That’s all I got.