Jared Samuelson

Operation Albion!

City-class ironclad

Now to see if there's a shipyard in Bahrain that can build these:

Spiritual successor to Predator

Check out the Combat Systems certificate here:

Certificates - NPS Online - Naval Postgraduate School share.google/1Ho7IbamAmMO...

@cathrynpearce.bsky.social research methods new slide?

"specious"

Bad argument unless you're changing 'must be the case' to 'it is possible...,' though I would at least want some evidence before advancing the possibility.

I wrote about enslaved people in Hamburg, flight attempts, and the city's free-soil law of 1837. It's an open-access publication: 🗃️

The image of the cover of the book Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton, published 2023.

A historical narrative on the connected history of piracy and slave trade:

Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023)

#maritimehistory #booksky

@danmcfadden.bsky.social

Could I send you a dm, please?

Pool? Golf cart. T-ball? Cart. BBQ fest? GC. Pastry and coffee run? You know it.

There are more than a few in my neighborhood and I get wistful every time I schlep the bag of gear over to teeball.

Miniature railways save lives, pass it on

Inconvenient Wars Stories of Wars, Technology, and Personalities

I am proud to announce that my first ever independent blog is now live. Inconvenient War Studies has a post and an about page. Please visit, read, and leave a comment for me!

My first post is an overview of the US led coalition in Vietnam.

inconvenientwarstudies.net

Masterpiece.

One other error at the paper I worked for: there was initially no subscription required for online content. You would get everything in the paper for free online and everyone became used to that. When they did start charging (it's still cheap: $59 for a year), people were unwilling to pay.

CIMSEC seeks a web administrator. Volunteer position. Email content@cimsec.org

@cimsec.bsky.social, an all-volunteer organization, is looking for a website admin. If you're interested in supporting one of the best maritime security organizations, going, please see the attached for contact information!

The strength and conditioning program is calling out for an investigative deep dive.

When it came to the women in history we couldn’t be contained in the 150 person limit when I did it, so we had a part 2 for those wanting to network to the max

Maybe Lincoln Riley finally hires a special teams coach...

Old salty sea captain

Naval Academy football coach

I'm respectfully requesting USNA attire their coach appropriately next season.

Ryan Wadle and I wanted to understand if it has historically been true that there is no “war” at the war college. That certainly has not been my experience at Air Command & Staff College so we looked at Air War College…

Millenium Challenge 2002: Being There | Preble Hall | Episode 151 What was it like to work through Millenium Challenge, a major war game exercise in 2002? This episode's guest, Bill Rearick, discusses what it was like behind the scenes.

Here's a nice summary:

Preble Hall | Millenium Challenge 2002: Being There share.google/OU3baRqonkIH...

In the last two days, I've had coworkers guess my age as 37 and 34. I'm quite a bit older than that, so I'm entering 2026 on the highest of highs.

I see something like 9 different 'maritime' museums in or near NYC. One of those might be an option.

Most Anticipated Tabletop Games 2026: The Ultimate List YouTube video by Legendary Tactics

Thanks for the love - Happy New Year @legendarytactics.bsky.social !
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If you haven’t read @cimsec.bsky.social’s annual Fiction Week yet, take some down time for these insightful & haunting takes on future war. “Decapitation” in particular warns how, even after years of drone warfare, we’re unprepared to be on the receiving end:

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