Brian Kerg
@briankerg.bsky.social
Writer | Atlantic Council Fellow | Irregular Warfare Initiative Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Naval Institute Editorial Board alumnus | Krulak Center alumnus | Pacific Forum alumnus | School of Advanced Warfighting alumnus | Views My Own
I've been attacked:
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I've been attacked:
This weekend's read is Dean Chen’s excellent "US-China Rivalry and Taiwan's Mainland Policy: Security, Nationalism, and the 1992 Consensus."
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This weekend's read is Dean Chen’s excellent "US-China Rivalry and Taiwan's Mainland Policy: Security, Nationalism, and the 1992 Consensus."
Victory in Los Angeles Day, 27 Oct 2025:
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Victory in Los Angeles Day, 27 Oct 2025:
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even Baseball may die.
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even Baseball may die.
A comprehensive strategy for maritime statecraft.
This is the strategy pursued by the prior SECNAV. For the first time, the authors offer an open discussion on its logic and path forward in @cimsec.bsky.social, authored by @hunterstires.bsky.social and Steve Brock:
cimsec.org/maritime-sta...
This is the strategy pursued by the prior SECNAV. For the first time, the authors offer an open discussion on its logic and path forward in @cimsec.bsky.social, authored by @hunterstires.bsky.social and Steve Brock:
cimsec.org/maritime-sta...
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A comprehensive strategy for maritime statecraft.
This is the strategy pursued by the prior SECNAV. For the first time, the authors offer an open discussion on its logic and path forward in @cimsec.bsky.social, authored by @hunterstires.bsky.social and Steve Brock:
cimsec.org/maritime-sta...
This is the strategy pursued by the prior SECNAV. For the first time, the authors offer an open discussion on its logic and path forward in @cimsec.bsky.social, authored by @hunterstires.bsky.social and Steve Brock:
cimsec.org/maritime-sta...
Since military tattoo discourse has become a thing, it's always good to go to the source.
BLUF: Marines don't get Nazi tattoos. If they do, they become - dare I say it - ex-Marines: www.marines.mil/portals/1/Do...
BLUF: Marines don't get Nazi tattoos. If they do, they become - dare I say it - ex-Marines: www.marines.mil/portals/1/Do...
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Since military tattoo discourse has become a thing, it's always good to go to the source.
BLUF: Marines don't get Nazi tattoos. If they do, they become - dare I say it - ex-Marines: www.marines.mil/portals/1/Do...
BLUF: Marines don't get Nazi tattoos. If they do, they become - dare I say it - ex-Marines: www.marines.mil/portals/1/Do...
Today I'm diving into Misato Matsuoka's excellent "Hegemony and the US-Japan Alliance."
This book's key research question is: Why and how has the US-Japan #alliance adapted in the post-Cold War period despite both domestic and international critiques of its original military rationale?
This book's key research question is: Why and how has the US-Japan #alliance adapted in the post-Cold War period despite both domestic and international critiques of its original military rationale?
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today I'm diving into Misato Matsuoka's excellent "Hegemony and the US-Japan Alliance."
This book's key research question is: Why and how has the US-Japan #alliance adapted in the post-Cold War period despite both domestic and international critiques of its original military rationale?
This book's key research question is: Why and how has the US-Japan #alliance adapted in the post-Cold War period despite both domestic and international critiques of its original military rationale?
I mean it's hard to compete with the Roar of the Corps. Especially if you're a Chicago Bears fan:
October 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I mean it's hard to compete with the Roar of the Corps. Especially if you're a Chicago Bears fan:
#BOOM! #RedLightning! The official write-up on #Thunderstruck, the inaugural service-wide Comms Super Squad Competition, is the number one story on the official #USMC home page. Super proud of my squadron for putting this thing together. Story link is in the comments:
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#BOOM! #RedLightning! The official write-up on #Thunderstruck, the inaugural service-wide Comms Super Squad Competition, is the number one story on the official #USMC home page. Super proud of my squadron for putting this thing together. Story link is in the comments:
Request for #AfghanEvac help.
One of my interpreters is in bureaucratic limbo with his SIV to enter the US. I'm running the traps on that.
Where he needs help: Organizations that fund the execution of leaving the country - medical exams, visas to get his family to Pakistan, etc.
Any ideas?
One of my interpreters is in bureaucratic limbo with his SIV to enter the US. I'm running the traps on that.
Where he needs help: Organizations that fund the execution of leaving the country - medical exams, visas to get his family to Pakistan, etc.
Any ideas?
October 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Request for #AfghanEvac help.
One of my interpreters is in bureaucratic limbo with his SIV to enter the US. I'm running the traps on that.
Where he needs help: Organizations that fund the execution of leaving the country - medical exams, visas to get his family to Pakistan, etc.
Any ideas?
One of my interpreters is in bureaucratic limbo with his SIV to enter the US. I'm running the traps on that.
Where he needs help: Organizations that fund the execution of leaving the country - medical exams, visas to get his family to Pakistan, etc.
Any ideas?
Spending my Saturday with @heguisen.bsky.social excellent #GhostNation. The author demonstrates that #Taiwan is an independent and #sovereign nation, the product of an intergenerational anti-colonial #struggle, and its continued self-rule is vital to the #US and the world. #PME #ReadFightWin
October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Spending my Saturday with @heguisen.bsky.social excellent #GhostNation. The author demonstrates that #Taiwan is an independent and #sovereign nation, the product of an intergenerational anti-colonial #struggle, and its continued self-rule is vital to the #US and the world. #PME #ReadFightWin
I'd like this author to meet some Marines:
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'd like this author to meet some Marines:
Taking a look at "The #Derecognition of States," by Gëzim Visoka. Visoka demonstrates that derecognition is, quite simply, bad for everyone. It undermines international norms, deepens conflicts, and fosters global disorder. #PME #ReadFightWin
September 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Taking a look at "The #Derecognition of States," by Gëzim Visoka. Visoka demonstrates that derecognition is, quite simply, bad for everyone. It undermines international norms, deepens conflicts, and fosters global disorder. #PME #ReadFightWin
What am I thinking, needs more #lethality, let's bump it up a notch:
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
What am I thinking, needs more #lethality, let's bump it up a notch:
Bro who needs plate carriers when you could have force pro like this? BOMB SUITS FOR ALL!!!
September 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Bro who needs plate carriers when you could have force pro like this? BOMB SUITS FOR ALL!!!
Enjoying a Saturday with this banger. Lots of goodness, but really handing it to the #BoilingMoat for outlining the strategic logic of the defense of #Taiwan pursuant to #US interests. Useful for reframing the appeasement nonsense that appeared in the WSJ the other day.
September 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Enjoying a Saturday with this banger. Lots of goodness, but really handing it to the #BoilingMoat for outlining the strategic logic of the defense of #Taiwan pursuant to #US interests. Useful for reframing the appeasement nonsense that appeared in the WSJ the other day.
I had a great time discussing the role of #OperationalPlanners and the Marine Corps University's School of Advanced Warfighting on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social podcast with @prbeckman.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/5fYA...
open.spotify.com/episode/5fYA...
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I had a great time discussing the role of #OperationalPlanners and the Marine Corps University's School of Advanced Warfighting on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social podcast with @prbeckman.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/5fYA...
open.spotify.com/episode/5fYA...
A modern reboot of "Once an Eagle," where Courtney Massengale is a terminally online edge-lord:
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A modern reboot of "Once an Eagle," where Courtney Massengale is a terminally online edge-lord:
There's no bling quite like a piece of copper sheathing from the USS #Constitution. I snagged one by placing in this year's CNO Naval History Essay contest. The article is forthcoming in @usniproceedings.bsky.social. It, and those from the rest of the winners, will be worth your time! #WriteFightWin
September 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There's no bling quite like a piece of copper sheathing from the USS #Constitution. I snagged one by placing in this year's CNO Naval History Essay contest. The article is forthcoming in @usniproceedings.bsky.social. It, and those from the rest of the winners, will be worth your time! #WriteFightWin
Instead of an instructional booklet, it will come with a copy of 'War is a Racket' by the OG, Smedley Butler:
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Instead of an instructional booklet, it will come with a copy of 'War is a Racket' by the OG, Smedley Butler:
Banana Gear Solid.
Experience the Banana Wars by dropping bodies in defense of US fruit corporations!
Guys we need this game to exist yesterday.
Experience the Banana Wars by dropping bodies in defense of US fruit corporations!
Guys we need this game to exist yesterday.
July 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Banana Gear Solid.
Experience the Banana Wars by dropping bodies in defense of US fruit corporations!
Guys we need this game to exist yesterday.
Experience the Banana Wars by dropping bodies in defense of US fruit corporations!
Guys we need this game to exist yesterday.
Counter UAS solved. 🫠
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Counter UAS solved. 🫠
