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Important stuff here from @pattynieberg.bsky.social and Jeff Schogol in light of the recent Venezuela news.
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Since Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is re-fighting the Battle of Wounded Knee over on X, I thought that I would re-up my article for The Intercept from last Thanksgiving

Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
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September 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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The elusive ship built to carry U.S. special operators is apparently in the Caribbean trib.al/5VyDwPW
The elusive ship built to carry U.S. special operators is apparently in the Caribbean
The ship is built to carry up to 159 special operations forces plus its crew of 50 for up to 45 days at sea.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@mags.colvett.online thank you for sharing my billboard story!!
September 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Did you see the WaPo story on people playing the Imperial March at National Guard troops in DC? Well read @pattynieberg.bsky.social's story from earlier this week on all of the ways DC is trolling the guardsmen. @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/culture/nati...
Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation
National Guard troops sent to Washington, D.C., are faced with locals who are using social media as a form of protest.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My latest for @taskandpurpose.com. It will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out in the broader conversation around the DC mission.
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National Guard medics in DC are carrying overdose reversal drug Narcan
National Guard medics assigned to the Washington D.C. mission are carrying naloxone, or Narcan, a nasal spray used to reverse drug overdoses.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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While CBP is wearing meta smart glasses, as @404media.co reported, US troops sent to the southern border are sporting the heads up display goggles that are still in testing. In fact there's a lot of military tech testing going on. From @pattynieberg.bsky.social taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier...
Soldiers using IVAS headsets, Dronebusters at the US-Mexico border
Soldiers are using U.S.-Mexico border deployments as a chance to try out new technology, including a reworked version of IVAS headsets.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A good explainer on the National Guard in DC (and potentially elsewhere) from @pattynieberg.bsky.social and Jeff Schogol @taskandpurpose.com
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What National Guard troops legally can and can’t do in Washington, DC
National Guard troops called to Washington, D.C., face complex legal rules. Those same rules would be even more vague in other cities.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Granny’s delight…

That’s what they called it.
December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM