Will Yale
@wayale.bsky.social
Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in DC. Six years in Japan, two years in China. Episcopalian, Niebuhrian, Communitarian, Social Democrat. Johns Hopkins SAIS/Hopkins-Nanjing Center alum. 中文/日本語 🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates the consecration of Samuel Seabury as its first bishop in 1784. Seabury was consecrated in Aberdeen by Scottish bishops and, upon his return to the U.S., was recognized as Bishop of Connecticut. prayer.forwardmovement.org/calendar/sam...
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates the consecration of Samuel Seabury as its first bishop in 1784. Seabury was consecrated in Aberdeen by Scottish bishops and, upon his return to the U.S., was recognized as Bishop of Connecticut. prayer.forwardmovement.org/calendar/sam...
Shen Yun was handing out flyers for their upcoming performances in DC in the Pentagon food court today. Who gave them permission?!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Shen Yun was handing out flyers for their upcoming performances in DC in the Pentagon food court today. Who gave them permission?!
“the highest and best use of [the] military.”
Japan to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Japan to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“the highest and best use of [the] military.”
Well, I guess this means I have to watch it now. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Trump’s Pentagon Slams Netflix’s Gay Military Drama ‘Boots’ as ‘Woke Garbage’: ‘The U.S. Military Is Getting Back to Restoring the Warrior Ethos’
The Pentagon called Netflix's gay military drama 'Boots' 'woke garbage.'
variety.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Well, I guess this means I have to watch it now. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
April 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
Jesus reigns in heaven, not on earth (he rejected earthly kingship). Christians bear witness to their faith by emulating Jesus’ example of sacrificial love, not by imposing theocracy.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Jesus reigns in heaven, not on earth (he rejected earthly kingship). Christians bear witness to their faith by emulating Jesus’ example of sacrificial love, not by imposing theocracy.
Fun fact: there is at least one place in the Pentagon where you can find Mark Milley’s portrait hanging: the dry cleaners!
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fun fact: there is at least one place in the Pentagon where you can find Mark Milley’s portrait hanging: the dry cleaners!
Wow, the ecclesiastical endorser of military chaplains for the ACNA (their equivalent to the Episcopal Church’s Armed Forces and Federal Ministries) appears to be imploding. ministrywatch.com/military-cha...
Military Chaplains Attempt to Leave ACNA En Masse - MinistryWatch
A conflict between a bishop and his boss has created chaos for Anglican military chaplains.
ministrywatch.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Wow, the ecclesiastical endorser of military chaplains for the ACNA (their equivalent to the Episcopal Church’s Armed Forces and Federal Ministries) appears to be imploding. ministrywatch.com/military-cha...
This is hilarious! www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
September 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is hilarious! www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
n.pr
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
The name “Department of Defense” was codified in the 1949 amendment to the 1947 National Security Act and can only be changed by an act of Congress. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/286...
National Security Act Amendments of 1949, 10 August 1949
nsarchive.gwu.edu
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The name “Department of Defense” was codified in the 1949 amendment to the 1947 National Security Act and can only be changed by an act of Congress. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/286...
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I love the photo — it’s 1943, FDR in Morocco enroute to the Casablanca conference, being saluted by soldiers whose shadow you see, generals (including Patton and Devers) arrayed saluting both the president and soldiers, FDR’s hat and hand over his heart.
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I love the photo — it’s 1943, FDR in Morocco enroute to the Casablanca conference, being saluted by soldiers whose shadow you see, generals (including Patton and Devers) arrayed saluting both the president and soldiers, FDR’s hat and hand over his heart.
LOL “Jones said the information Wei sold consisted of ‘outdated maintenance manuals to a broken and obsolete steam powered ship.’” www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-nav...
U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling secrets to China
Jinchao Wei, who was an active-duty sailor stationed in San Diego, was found guilty of charges he sold military secrets to China.
www.cbsnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
LOL “Jones said the information Wei sold consisted of ‘outdated maintenance manuals to a broken and obsolete steam powered ship.’” www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-nav...
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Nice church
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Nice church
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Fonops in the tidal basin with the blue paddle boats
>presence patrols at the Washington Monument
GWOT will simply never end
GWOT will simply never end
August 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fonops in the tidal basin with the blue paddle boats
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MAKE MORE UNION PROPAGANDA
August 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
MAKE MORE UNION PROPAGANDA
It is long past the time we should have retired the term “warfighter,” and its related term “warrior.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
July 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It is long past the time we should have retired the term “warfighter,” and its related term “warrior.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Yeah you wouldn't want a logistics guy without any combat experience becoming commander in chief of the on of the largest multinational military forces in the world he'd probably mess it up
All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH.
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Top Generals Nominated for New Positions Must Now Meet With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yeah you wouldn't want a logistics guy without any combat experience becoming commander in chief of the on of the largest multinational military forces in the world he'd probably mess it up
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And also probably the most successful, influential American general of the 20th century never saw combat
July 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And also probably the most successful, influential American general of the 20th century never saw combat
They found the one JAG in the fleet who qualified OOD on a carrier and made her the literal poster child for the entire JAG Corps, lol.
July 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
They found the one JAG in the fleet who qualified OOD on a carrier and made her the literal poster child for the entire JAG Corps, lol.
You can pry em dashes from my cold, dead hands.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You can pry em dashes from my cold, dead hands.
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Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs found nowhere else.
They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.
They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.
Bloodbath in Indiana higher ed as public colleges and universities ordered to eliminate 20% of all degree programs, apparently based purely on student demand (=enrollments) and not any rational calculation of need or value.
www.ipm.org/news-section...
www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs found nowhere else.
They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.
They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.