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Author of HAVE SNAKES, NEED BIRDS (Koehler Books) and HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS (MilSpeak Books)

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You say “an MEU” I say “a MEU” we are not the same.

13.03.2026 22:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

FYI a MEU also contains at least a few hundred sailors (to get the marines there and to give them penicillin shots after any port visits, among other things).

13.03.2026 22:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I went to school with the guy, ditto.

13.03.2026 21:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh man those Progressive commercials are right we really do turn into our parents.

13.03.2026 21:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Do you want to know how dumb the people in charge are?

Do you want to know how dumb and gullible the people who are supposed to report on the people in charge are?

This handy dandy little image tell you exactly how dumb, gullible, belligerent, and all-around vile these people are.

13.03.2026 21:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Buddy, they don’t even let ME fuck the objectives.”

13.03.2026 19:35 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe we try a pivot to Luxembourg instead.

13.03.2026 19:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The absolute dumbest conversations just going on and on again.

The Navy screwed up. The Army screwed up.

13.03.2026 19:22 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What leadership?

13.03.2026 18:08 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Just a reminder that any boots on the ground have feet in them, connected (at the moment) to people.

13.03.2026 15:56 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

STFU bot

13.03.2026 15:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No no no they’re supposed to take the President figuratively, not littorally

13.03.2026 15:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Watching bodycam videos of cops does nothing so much as make me wonder how dumb the average cop is.

13.03.2026 15:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts
hot ashes for trees
hot air for a cool breeze
cold comfort for change?
did you exchange
your walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

13.03.2026 15:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The only thing worse than a cop or a tech bro is when they work together

13.03.2026 15:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“AI Software Tells Cops to Arrest the Wrong Guy” and you can imagine how the rest of the video goes.

13.03.2026 15:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No one asked for this, which is what tech bros specialize in

13.03.2026 14:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

“Written”

13.03.2026 14:15 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not so much thirsty as parched? Desperate like flop sweat in a suit.

13.03.2026 13:57 👍 44 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Huh, I thought that “Brita/Britta” was a name made up for a TV show, didn’t know people actually used it.

13.03.2026 13:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How much of Twitter is just guys coming over to Bluesky, saying something stupid, getting rightfully dragged, then going back to Twitter to whinge about people on Bluesky?

13.03.2026 13:52 👍 246 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0

They're like Don Quixote if he sucked ass in every way

13.03.2026 05:00 👍 460 🔁 21 💬 5 📌 1

Have all US aviation casualties of the last few years been self-inflicted?

KC-135? F/A-18s? F-15s?

13.03.2026 01:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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13.03.2026 01:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

But also just kind of horrors on repeat.

13.03.2026 00:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wrapped up the 1st tee ball practice of the season. I’ve never been a coach before. This was amazing. 9 kiddos running, batting, catching (kind of), hustling, and for the most part listening (these are 4 and 5 year old boys we’re talking about).

45 minutes and it was over. Practice again next week.

13.03.2026 00:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t you mean a 2” gun?

13.03.2026 00:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My one real Bahrain story is that the Navy exchange on base is the only place outside of the eastern US I’ve ever seen Yuengling on the shelves.

Can’t get it in Ohio for whatever reason but could get it in Bahrain.

12.03.2026 21:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh damn if Chris says it’s DOA then it’s definitely gonna pass.

12.03.2026 20:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who says they’re gonna get better?

12.03.2026 20:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0