Jason Dempsey
@jkdemp.bsky.social
Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee.
Fuck off @politico.com ‘fetch’ ain’t gonna happen.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fuck off @politico.com ‘fetch’ ain’t gonna happen.
Worth a visit - the former student body president (featured in the news broadcasts of events) is still giving talks.
October 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Worth a visit - the former student body president (featured in the news broadcasts of events) is still giving talks.
Nice! On the Hyperion series as a mental break and finishing up this:
September 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Nice! On the Hyperion series as a mental break and finishing up this:
Is this lethality?*
*someone please make a meme for me.
*someone please make a meme for me.
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Is this lethality?*
*someone please make a meme for me.
*someone please make a meme for me.
This letter cancelling the award ceremony for Tom Hanks, with its nod to 'lethality' and no mention of Hanks himself, is a perfect example of quibbling. It should be used in classes on the West Point Honor Code as an example of using a bunch of words that aren't lies, but still avoiding the truth.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This letter cancelling the award ceremony for Tom Hanks, with its nod to 'lethality' and no mention of Hanks himself, is a perfect example of quibbling. It should be used in classes on the West Point Honor Code as an example of using a bunch of words that aren't lies, but still avoiding the truth.
Huh, sounds pretty dumb when applied to crime, but I'm sure it makes more sense in counterinsurgency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Huh, sounds pretty dumb when applied to crime, but I'm sure it makes more sense in counterinsurgency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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March 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Took this picture in May, 2013. Would love to know if the space next to the old Soviet vehicles has since been filled with inoperable American vehicles left behind.
February 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Took this picture in May, 2013. Would love to know if the space next to the old Soviet vehicles has since been filled with inoperable American vehicles left behind.
Great to sit with @gregjaffe.bsky.social of WaPo and Kate Kuzminski to discuss military recruiting challenges.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Great to sit with @gregjaffe.bsky.social of WaPo and Kate Kuzminski to discuss military recruiting challenges.
For your weekend listening - just what kind of weirdos will be running the military in 20 years if we don't adapt to accommodate modern families and careers? Kellie Artis and Col Miriam Krieger approach the question here: warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
October 25, 2024 at 12:06 PM
For your weekend listening - just what kind of weirdos will be running the military in 20 years if we don't adapt to accommodate modern families and careers? Kellie Artis and Col Miriam Krieger approach the question here: warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
History Rhymes: harpers.org/archive/1941...
July 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
History Rhymes: harpers.org/archive/1941...
Makes sense. Works for identifying human boys as well. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
April 25, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Makes sense. Works for identifying human boys as well. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Amazing and much-needed.
March 16, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Amazing and much-needed.
February 14, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Washington Post goes Full Comey:
February 9, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Washington Post goes Full Comey:
Looking forward to a great discussion this afternoon with NYT Pulitzer Prize winner, Azmat Khan National Book Award winner, Phil Klay, and veteran and author Adrian Bonenberge .
Register for the livestream here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/sh...
Register for the livestream here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/sh...
November 2, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Looking forward to a great discussion this afternoon with NYT Pulitzer Prize winner, Azmat Khan National Book Award winner, Phil Klay, and veteran and author Adrian Bonenberge .
Register for the livestream here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/sh...
Register for the livestream here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/sh...