PowerPoint Ranger
@powerpointranger.bsky.social
Naval officer, forever staffer nerding out on geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific with a focus on the Korean Peninsula.
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Cyclist. Hiker. Cat dad. Detroit sports fan.
Thoughts my own, don’t represent DoD, etc.
powerpointranger.substack.com
Cyclist. Hiker. Cat dad. Detroit sports fan.
Thoughts my own, don’t represent DoD, etc.
Such a great recruiting tool - if you’re a non-white soldier, the racists in charge will bitch so much they remove a memorial bc you had the audacity to serve while black
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Such a great recruiting tool - if you’re a non-white soldier, the racists in charge will bitch so much they remove a memorial bc you had the audacity to serve while black
The Millennials shall inherit the earth
I have to admit that under the circumstances, “I did 15 months in Iraq while you motherfuckers were in middle school” is absolutely a bar
My friend who is an Iraq war veteran was out tonight walking his dog in DC and came up on this scene – with federal agents, including secret service, hassling a citizen and violating his rights while intimidating the public
August 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Millennials shall inherit the earth
Get your bag, 형님
May 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Get your bag, 형님
Spec Ops Bro takeover continues...because we know NSW would NEVER let this go the other way with a YN or LS as CMC or a SWO as a NSWG Commander.
Officers from Naval Special Warfare ranks would infuse the seagoing navy with the warrior ethos that has always characterized the SEAL and SWCC communities. usni.org/magazines/p...
Special Operators Must Lead Throughout the Navy | Proceedings - May 2025 Vol. 151/5/1,467
Officers from Naval Special Warfare ranks would infuse the seagoing navy with the warrior ethos that has always characterized the SEAL and SWCC communities.
www.usni.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Spec Ops Bro takeover continues...because we know NSW would NEVER let this go the other way with a YN or LS as CMC or a SWO as a NSWG Commander.
Crimes by fruit farmers are tried before a jury of their pears
Crimes by dockworkers are tried before a jury of their piers
Crimes by nannies are tried before a jury of au pairs
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Crimes by fruit farmers are tried before a jury of their pears
I came here to make a skeet about Trump watching The Rock and getting this idea, and holy shit, that may have (kind of) actually happened
I may have context for this! Last night WPBT in Palm Beach broadcast the 1979 Clint Eastwood film "Escape from Alcatraz."
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I came here to make a skeet about Trump watching The Rock and getting this idea, and holy shit, that may have (kind of) actually happened
Surefire way to create more wars for your warfighters is to discount half the population when trying to end wars
April 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Surefire way to create more wars for your warfighters is to discount half the population when trying to end wars
Really telling on himself by calling the death of a war criminal and authoritarian enabler “close to home”
Reporter: There was a car bomb in Moscow this morning that killed a Russian general. Do you have any reaction to that?
Trump: That's hitting close to home, right? That's a big one. I'll look at it.
Trump: That's hitting close to home, right? That's a big one. I'll look at it.
April 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Really telling on himself by calling the death of a war criminal and authoritarian enabler “close to home”
Yet another incredible self-own from the dipshits in charge. Can’t wait to see partners at a Naval Symposium in Shanghai because the admin thinks relationship building and thinking are woke
Navy Cancels 56-Year-Old International Seapower Symposium Due to ‘Unavailable Funding’ - USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/04/24/n...
news.usni.org/2025/04/24/n...
Navy Cancels 56-Year-Old International Seapower Symposium Due to ‘Unavailable Funding’ - USNI News
THE PENTAGON — The Navy is canceling its biennial International Seapower Symposium due to “unavailable funding,” the service confirmed to USNI News Thursday. The chief of naval operations has hosted t...
news.usni.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Yet another incredible self-own from the dipshits in charge. Can’t wait to see partners at a Naval Symposium in Shanghai because the admin thinks relationship building and thinking are woke
Environmental nonprofits, Americorps, USAID, Institute of Peace.
This is a war on the Good.
This is a war on the Good.
April 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Environmental nonprofits, Americorps, USAID, Institute of Peace.
This is a war on the Good.
This is a war on the Good.
The “tough on China” crowd really loves self-owns that cede space and territory to China with zero pressure
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft executive order that could be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The “tough on China” crowd really loves self-owns that cede space and territory to China with zero pressure
A dumpy fuck with a midlife crisis car blasting the 2000s' worst pop country and thinking its all cool? He fits in with the MAGA electorate just fine
April 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A dumpy fuck with a midlife crisis car blasting the 2000s' worst pop country and thinking its all cool? He fits in with the MAGA electorate just fine
What a snowflake
SCOOP: Trump won't attend 2025 White House Correspondents' Dinner www.axios.com/local/washin...
Scoop: Trump won't attend 2025 White House Correspondents' Dinner
The president didn't attend any of the dinners during his first term, either.
www.axios.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What a snowflake
I hope this throws Hegseth into a hissy fit. Not just a woman, but a woman of color - someone he wants to banish from the military - finished Best Ranger, something Hegseth could never do himself despite his alpha bro bluster
Female soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest
A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event over the weekend and came in 14th overall.
apnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I hope this throws Hegseth into a hissy fit. Not just a woman, but a woman of color - someone he wants to banish from the military - finished Best Ranger, something Hegseth could never do himself despite his alpha bro bluster
Also I love how she's flagging the shit out of the guy next to her. Too busy killing puppies to learn basic weapon safety I guess
April 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Also I love how she's flagging the shit out of the guy next to her. Too busy killing puppies to learn basic weapon safety I guess
Korean children breathing a little easier today
In other news, Jonny Kim has left Earth.
Much to the relief of sons everywhere who endure the "why can't you be a Navy SEAL Doctor Naval Aviator Astronaut like Mrs Kim's nice little boy?" comment from their mothers.
(To infinity and beyond, Jonny!!)
Much to the relief of sons everywhere who endure the "why can't you be a Navy SEAL Doctor Naval Aviator Astronaut like Mrs Kim's nice little boy?" comment from their mothers.
(To infinity and beyond, Jonny!!)
April 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Korean children breathing a little easier today
Yet another incredibly skilled flag officer forced out for the crime of not being a white man.
They won’t stop until DoD is stocked with incompetent, white yes men.
They won’t stop until DoD is stocked with incompetent, white yes men.
Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee, has been fired.
US admiral at NATO fired as military shake-ups continue
Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee, has been fired, according to two Navy officials.
www.stripes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Yet another incredibly skilled flag officer forced out for the crime of not being a white man.
They won’t stop until DoD is stocked with incompetent, white yes men.
They won’t stop until DoD is stocked with incompetent, white yes men.
Strapping in for recession #3 of my adult life
Elder millennials watching traders freak out about a global economic collapse that will wreck tens of millions of lives and livelihoods, possibly irreparably
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Strapping in for recession #3 of my adult life
The way this administration wants to rewrite history as if only straight white men fought and won our wars never stops making my blood boil
Our forefathers volunteered to fight for America - some from concentration camps - were awarded 9,486 Purple Hearts and 21 Medals of Honor in 2 years of combat, and became the most decorated unit of its kind in U.S. military history. We will not erase our history.
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www.army.mil/article-amp/...
April 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The way this administration wants to rewrite history as if only straight white men fought and won our wars never stops making my blood boil
JFC we’re really trying to make ourselves a non-competitor in the Indo-Pacific huh? Using cutting edge tech to blow up militant camps when we have fleets of drones and Hellfires for exactly that
@osinttechnical.bsky.social
Defense officials appear to confirm that the US is now using JASSM stealth air-launched cruise missiles and B-2 stealth bombers to strike #Houthi targets in #Yemen..
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Defense officials appear to confirm that the US is now using JASSM stealth air-launched cruise missiles and B-2 stealth bombers to strike #Houthi targets in #Yemen..
x.com/osinttechnic...
April 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
JFC we’re really trying to make ourselves a non-competitor in the Indo-Pacific huh? Using cutting edge tech to blow up militant camps when we have fleets of drones and Hellfires for exactly that
I love how this dipshit thinks everyone in uniform is a Trump-fucking MAGA cultist like him, and like he won't get liberal types in uniform teaching Cadets and Mids
"We need more uniformed members going back into West Point, the Air Force Academy… instead of just more civilian professors that came from the same left-wing, woke universities that they left, and then try to push that into service academies," Hegseth said.
gazette.com/military/air...
gazette.com/military/air...
Air Force Academy superintendent proposes cutting civilian staff
The Air Force Academy superintendent is proposing to cut civilian faculty positions without hiring uniformed instructors to replace them — a change that could eliminate some majors.
gazette.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I love how this dipshit thinks everyone in uniform is a Trump-fucking MAGA cultist like him, and like he won't get liberal types in uniform teaching Cadets and Mids
Hey Korea, pass some of that rule of law this way will ya
Yun: Impeaching me will inevitably damage Korean governance!
ConCourt: THE BENEFITS OF IMPEACHING YOUR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ASS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS FROM KEEPING YOU AS PRESIDENT
ConCourt: THE BENEFITS OF IMPEACHING YOUR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ASS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS FROM KEEPING YOU AS PRESIDENT
April 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Hey Korea, pass some of that rule of law this way will ya
If the side effects of this shit are a car-free society with no more fast fashion - we can call Trump an environmentalist. He'd love it
Hear me out: this tariff game has the potential of accelerating a postcar future in the United States.
Average car 42k.
All cars below 30k are imports.
Already saw a decline in younger folks getting DLs.
E and Cargo bike options ever increasing.
Smart local policy makers should take advantage
Average car 42k.
All cars below 30k are imports.
Already saw a decline in younger folks getting DLs.
E and Cargo bike options ever increasing.
Smart local policy makers should take advantage
April 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If the side effects of this shit are a car-free society with no more fast fashion - we can call Trump an environmentalist. He'd love it
When you just want to start a trade war but fall ass backwards into a diplomatic incident too
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
When you just want to start a trade war but fall ass backwards into a diplomatic incident too
I would love if someone punched this asshole in the dick next time he mouths off like a fake tough guy
This is Senator Jim Banks from Indiana. No need to tell you he’s a Republican—it’s clear by the cruel disdain he shows his own constituent who was laid off.
Note: he waits until the door’s about to close before telling him he deserved it & calling him a “clown.”
He’s not just cruel—he’s a coward.
Note: he waits until the door’s about to close before telling him he deserved it & calling him a “clown.”
He’s not just cruel—he’s a coward.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I would love if someone punched this asshole in the dick next time he mouths off like a fake tough guy