One of the cool things about being back at USNA is teaching Marine Corps History again. Here's my HH-385 book list.

Always a pleasure 🙏 Roll Tide!

Leveraged the wonderful Sondra Duplantis at the US Naval Academy Museum today to bring naval history in the age of sail to life for my HH104 Students.

Can someone tell me what the hell is going on here?

Looks like a piece of me went to Mobile after all 😄

#SMH2025

2025 off to a good start! Two positive reviews of my book "The Globe and Anchor Men" in the latest JMH issue.

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It's this Oxford Don's birthday. Born 3 January 1892, Professor JRR Tolkien spent his life crafting one of the most popular mythologies of the 20th century: the Silmarillion, the Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. He passed away on 2 September 1973

Nosferatu rocked. Bill Skarsgard is the new king of horror.

Comfort and joy. Merry Christmas everyone.

Over a century ago the military used highly gendered appeals to recruit. The differences between the services' appeals were subtle but important, with the variations reflecting not only key cultural elements of each branch, but American views on what it meant to be a man.

I started reading this series at 38 and finished it yesterday. Took mental notes on how she provided enough detail to spark your imagination without bogging the narrative down. I agree with Stephen King when he called these books "a lot of fun. Pure story."

Did yall know the U.S. Army revamped its recruiting strategy in 1919? You wanna know how they did it? Here's a hint, they learned a lot from the Marines. I wrote on this in my book, The Globe and Anchor Men. Check it out below.
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Guest lecturer today at @usnahistory for a class on a history of culture in warfare. Spoke to mids about the US Military's failed efforts to raise an effective Afghan Army. Had to stop by the chapel just to see it again.This place never ceases to amaze me.