Eric Brammer
@scuttlethefleet.bsky.social
#CommodoresAreCool • MilStudies MA in Strategic Leadership • wargaming • maritime history • Adaptation in the Cold War • Celtics 🍀
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Great thoughts and argument…Commodores and Battlecruisers will make everything right again. I am convinced of this.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Great thoughts and argument…Commodores and Battlecruisers will make everything right again. I am convinced of this.
The boy and I learning and playing @iantb.bsky.social new game, #ManeuverWarfare. A lot of fun and the domain and logistics rules are fantastic. @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The boy and I learning and playing @iantb.bsky.social new game, #ManeuverWarfare. A lot of fun and the domain and logistics rules are fantastic. @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
🤌🏼 New Hondurans dropping at Fleet HQ
July 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🤌🏼 New Hondurans dropping at Fleet HQ
My first miniatures ever as we venture into tabletop miniatures gaming. These are the Blackhorse Cavalry M113s for ‘Nam by Battlefront.
This Mortar team is #33 and #32 for Bird and McHale because they are gonna drop buckets all over the place 🍀
This Mortar team is #33 and #32 for Bird and McHale because they are gonna drop buckets all over the place 🍀
July 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My first miniatures ever as we venture into tabletop miniatures gaming. These are the Blackhorse Cavalry M113s for ‘Nam by Battlefront.
This Mortar team is #33 and #32 for Bird and McHale because they are gonna drop buckets all over the place 🍀
This Mortar team is #33 and #32 for Bird and McHale because they are gonna drop buckets all over the place 🍀
June 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Charlie Wilson’s War is a great Cold War film. The parallels with UKR are obvious but don’t gloss over the unique CW history and war in Afghanistan. The soft power, covert, and political nature of war during this period is instructive for today. Also, incredible cast just nailing lines.
7 🥃 ‘s
7 🥃 ‘s
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Charlie Wilson’s War is a great Cold War film. The parallels with UKR are obvious but don’t gloss over the unique CW history and war in Afghanistan. The soft power, covert, and political nature of war during this period is instructive for today. Also, incredible cast just nailing lines.
7 🥃 ‘s
7 🥃 ‘s
Thrilled to finally have my classes and thesis wrapped up as I graduate from American Military University with my MA, Military Studies - Strategic Leadership. One of the hardest mountains I have had to climb but damn, what a ride. 26 months, countless nights and weekends and here we are. 🍾
May 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Thrilled to finally have my classes and thesis wrapped up as I graduate from American Military University with my MA, Military Studies - Strategic Leadership. One of the hardest mountains I have had to climb but damn, what a ride. 26 months, countless nights and weekends and here we are. 🍾
VC victory in ‘69. US wiped out in the Highlands w/ ARVN forces in disarray in the Mekong/Saigon area. The US ‘surge’ of troops was the turning point for the people of South Vietnam and a horrible decision strategically. Typhoon Kate and the NVA/VC forces finished the job. KIA by the Trung bot.
May 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
VC victory in ‘69. US wiped out in the Highlands w/ ARVN forces in disarray in the Mekong/Saigon area. The US ‘surge’ of troops was the turning point for the people of South Vietnam and a horrible decision strategically. Typhoon Kate and the NVA/VC forces finished the job. KIA by the Trung bot.
Saigon fell to the VC and the popular uprising.
May 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Saigon fell to the VC and the popular uprising.
The Easter Offensive was brutal as the US could not reposition its forces. Both sides took massive losses but the NVA held on.
May 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Easter Offensive was brutal as the US could not reposition its forces. Both sides took massive losses but the NVA held on.
A storm is brewing…
May 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A storm is brewing…
The US surge secured key areas but the NVA is on the move and rumors of an Easter Offensive are getting loud.
May 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The US surge secured key areas but the NVA is on the move and rumors of an Easter Offensive are getting loud.
The VC blew up; literally. Tet exploded throughout SV after massive recruitment from the turn before. Fuled by popular unrest and the surge by US forces and it was a recipe for disaster. ARVN/US forces have a hill to climb.
May 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The VC blew up; literally. Tet exploded throughout SV after massive recruitment from the turn before. Fuled by popular unrest and the surge by US forces and it was a recipe for disaster. ARVN/US forces have a hill to climb.
It’s 1967 and the US command has to make a tough decision. Quang Nam and Da Nang are surrounded. But the US has options. Do they:
1. Surge and commit more troops for another two years to hold off the NVA and stop the invasion.
2. Pull out troops, establish a border and go for a political win
1. Surge and commit more troops for another two years to hold off the NVA and stop the invasion.
2. Pull out troops, establish a border and go for a political win
May 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It’s 1967 and the US command has to make a tough decision. Quang Nam and Da Nang are surrounded. But the US has options. Do they:
1. Surge and commit more troops for another two years to hold off the NVA and stop the invasion.
2. Pull out troops, establish a border and go for a political win
1. Surge and commit more troops for another two years to hold off the NVA and stop the invasion.
2. Pull out troops, establish a border and go for a political win
1961 Saigon - insurgency is popping up everywhere with the help of North Vietnamese forces. Time for the ARVN to get after it. @gmtgames.bsky.social Sovereign of Discord expansion for Fire in the Lake.
May 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
1961 Saigon - insurgency is popping up everywhere with the help of North Vietnamese forces. Time for the ARVN to get after it. @gmtgames.bsky.social Sovereign of Discord expansion for Fire in the Lake.
Enjoyed sharing LC: Baltic for the first time with some of my war gaming buddies. It took a rd or three but eventually the missiles were flying and a beachhead on Gotland was established. @sebastianbae.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Enjoyed sharing LC: Baltic for the first time with some of my war gaming buddies. It took a rd or three but eventually the missiles were flying and a beachhead on Gotland was established. @sebastianbae.bsky.social
We Are Coming, Nineveh by @nutspublishing.bsky.social is a wonderful game. Every game is different with plans going awry real fast. I had the Old City (Mosul) on lock before Daesh tunneled out with another unit reforming in my rear creating a giant breach in my perimeter.
April 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We Are Coming, Nineveh by @nutspublishing.bsky.social is a wonderful game. Every game is different with plans going awry real fast. I had the Old City (Mosul) on lock before Daesh tunneled out with another unit reforming in my rear creating a giant breach in my perimeter.
Full on air combat broke out on the Oresund Strait after a dramatic gun/missile exchange occurred in the Kattegat between a US JF and a Russian fleet supported by cyber/air cover. @sebastianbae.bsky.social LC: The Baltic is incredible. The Russian fleet died south of Copenhagen but it was tense.
April 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Full on air combat broke out on the Oresund Strait after a dramatic gun/missile exchange occurred in the Kattegat between a US JF and a Russian fleet supported by cyber/air cover. @sebastianbae.bsky.social LC: The Baltic is incredible. The Russian fleet died south of Copenhagen but it was tense.
Congrats @nktpnd.bsky.social 💪🏼I am looking forward to digging in
April 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Congrats @nktpnd.bsky.social 💪🏼I am looking forward to digging in
We picked up Shores of Tripoli years ago and it sparked regular gaming for the kids and I. Our AARs are about the history, ethics, tactics, & strategy of our games. Daughter is a UF grad and will be headed to Bush School TXA&M in ‘26 and son wants to be a Navy officer. Gaming helped those COAs 💪🏼
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We picked up Shores of Tripoli years ago and it sparked regular gaming for the kids and I. Our AARs are about the history, ethics, tactics, & strategy of our games. Daughter is a UF grad and will be headed to Bush School TXA&M in ‘26 and son wants to be a Navy officer. Gaming helped those COAs 💪🏼
“Dear god, it’s beautiful.” - Mugatu
LC: The Baltic looks great. Well done @sebastianbae.bsky.social I’m looking forward to playing and posting some AAR and pics. 🎲
LC: The Baltic looks great. Well done @sebastianbae.bsky.social I’m looking forward to playing and posting some AAR and pics. 🎲
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Dear god, it’s beautiful.” - Mugatu
LC: The Baltic looks great. Well done @sebastianbae.bsky.social I’m looking forward to playing and posting some AAR and pics. 🎲
LC: The Baltic looks great. Well done @sebastianbae.bsky.social I’m looking forward to playing and posting some AAR and pics. 🎲
I have my doubts on whether it matters much here in deep dark red NWFL but inactivity is unacceptable.
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I have my doubts on whether it matters much here in deep dark red NWFL but inactivity is unacceptable.
Enjoyed a trip to the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile, AL today with the boy. Learned a lot and another history trip in the books with my dude 🙌🏼⚓️ He wanted to see the SS United States. Also pretty cool to see the AUSTAL ships.
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Enjoyed a trip to the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile, AL today with the boy. Learned a lot and another history trip in the books with my dude 🙌🏼⚓️ He wanted to see the SS United States. Also pretty cool to see the AUSTAL ships.
Exploring U.S. Navy adaptation during the Cold War and catching up on Soviet Navy spending and fleet composition. I’m a blast at parties.
March 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Exploring U.S. Navy adaptation during the Cold War and catching up on Soviet Navy spending and fleet composition. I’m a blast at parties.