There are so many lessons from Ukraine that should inform decisions about the types of Soldiers needed in a future war. Or we could continue basing our “ideal” warfighter image on outdated perceptions.

It was a good run. Hoping next year will be even better.

"Responding to Rickover’s critique that the officer-heavy faculty was academically weak, it set out to attract and retain prominent civilian scholars... and, ultimately, became an elite academic institution itself." Academic freedom in @usniproceedings.bsky.social : www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative

Why should the military care about academic freedom?

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Everything just got better. Cheers, kind people.

if you are "using AI for writing," you are not writing. i do not know how to make this any simpler

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2mo ago

If using AI for writing means you never have to stop, backtrack, or start over, you’re missing the most important part of the process, writes Eve Fairbanks:

Superb essay by Frank Hoffman on the rise and fall of the end of major war thesis.

Mick Ryan@warinthefuture.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New essay: our darker angels have returned. This essay written by Dr Frank Hoffman for Futura Doctrina examines the analytical failure behind the 'end of war' thesis & argues that prudent foresight, not optimistic extrapolation, is what security policy demands. mickryan.substack.com/p/our-darker...

The MWG Awards submission window is open through 6/30! 2025’s Creative Writing Category: 🏆Winner: Fig Wasps by Robert Miner. www.militarywritersguild.org/fig-wasps 🌟Honorable Mention: Floaters by Pat Mulderrig www.militarywritersguild.org/floaters Apply: www.militarywritersguild.org/awards

Remembering the ones who gave their lives in the hope of securing a better world for us all.

This. #MilitaryEthics

Cathrine Schmid@schmidcathrine.us · 2mo ago

The first soldier recruited by the first professional military, and every single one since, was given one fucking promise: We will give you an honorable death. Your funeral will be taken care of. You will be remembered. Thats the difference between a Soldier and a "warrior".

Awards Program submission window open through 6/31! Apply: www.militarywritersguild.org/awards Check out last year’s Professional Category: Winner: Ryan Pallas www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/beyo... Hon. Mention: @nathankfinney.com www.fletchersecurity.org/reimagininga...

Beyond the Rifleman: A Case for Change Regarding the Management of Military Personnel - Military Strategy Magazine

The management of military personnel is frequently discounted in strategic discussions. This article uses the US Marine Corps as a case study to demonstrate how entrenched cultural practices can perpe...

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The real Thucydides Trap was the power we squandered along the way.

🚨 The Professor Richard H. Kohn Fellowship: Fully funded opportunity for 3 military & veteran writers •One‑week intensive retreat for writers to turn operational experience into policy‑shaping work. • Focused writing time • Expert coaching • Peer review • Support publishing

shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/i... The Inroduction continues with the backstreet for #RethinkingMilitaryHonor #honor #Profession #MilitaryEthics #ethics

Introduction: Why Honor?

Photo by Bruce Squiers on Pexels.com Why Honor?  Before moving forward, I want to engage the why of thinking about military honor; it is important to situate this both in the context of recent…

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Not to put this one person on blast - a lot of folks say this - but you can't actually "just end the war." Iran has to agree to end the war. You can unilaterally stop bombing - we did! - and the war might not end. Iran is going to demand *payment* to end the war, in the form of concessions.

Steve Pittelli, MD@stevepittelli.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You could also just end the war.

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Military Writers Guild@milwritersguild.bsky.social · 3mo ago

MWG Members: Apply to the Military Writers Guild Writing Fellowships by Sunday, May 31, 2026! Learn more and apply at: www.militarywritersguild.org/fellowships

Great writing fellowship (funded) opportunity for MWG members!

Kermit The Frog Typing

ALT: Kermit The Frog Typing

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Military Writers Guild@milwritersguild.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EXTENDED DEADLINES FOR MWG FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS PROGRAM APPLICATIONS: Fellowships: 31 May 2026 www.militarywritersguild.org/fellowships Open to Current MWG members only. Awards Program: 30 June 2026 www.militarywritersguild.org/awards Multiple categories, open to members and non-members.

🚨 Now out in @bjpols.bsky.social w @busbyj2.bsky.social @jordantama.bsky.social @ckafura.bsky.social: Do American foreign policy elites know what the public wants? Partnering with @global-affairs.bsky.social, we show that elites systematically misread the room 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

One of the perks of work travel is the occasional chance to be a tourist in a city I once called home and where I still believe we can find a path up this hill.

This is such an interesting set of reflections on how to write history about history people already think they know.

Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Seeing Is Not Knowing: What GLORY Gets Right, and What It Can't #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Welcome to the new Military Writer's Guild members! Go to the Substack link below to learn more about the Spring 2026 cohort of new members. milwritersguild.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the New MWG Members!

Spring 2026 Cohort

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I was 100ft from a shooting a few weeks ago (walking my dog) and my daughter experienced a mass shooting at her workplace that killed 23 people and injured 22 more. Gun violence is a policy choice.

molly conger@socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 3mo ago

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/m... And yes. Which is why you need more of this.

Moral Deliberation: A Cyclical Process of Reflection

While this post is longer than my usual posts, I think it is important to go into more detail on this ethical practice, since it is one that subsequent posts will use as foundational. What is Moral…

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“in combat, the application of land power leads to killing but should never involve murder.” Military Review article proposing an ethical decision making model for the Army: www.armyupress.army.mil/journals/mil...

Hey guys it's totally fine that top military & health leaders are anti-vaxx, right? No historically examples we should pay attention to or anything? Cool cool cool

The Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military base

Approximately 43,000 service members were killed by the influenza virus that was first identified at an Army base in Haskell County, Kansas.

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I read some decidedly nerdy stuff on #strategy. But this article on what chess ♟️ can teach us about the war in Iran takes the check. They had me at “Nash Equilibrium”. sentinelgeopolitics.substack.com/p/epic-fury-...

Epic Fury and the limits of decapitation

What Chess teaches us about the 2026 US Israel - Iran conflict

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Great article for those who think about #wargaming, and especially those who think #AI is the answer. AI is an answer, but maybe not to the problem you’re trying to solve. @warontherocks.bsky.social

Ankit Panda@nktpnd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In a new essay for @warontherocks.bsky.social, Andrew Reddie and I look at recent coverage of nuclear wargaming involving LLMs. We assess 1) what wargaming is best used for, 2) why LLMs are trigger-happy, and 3) how AI can fit into the wargaming stack. warontherocks.com/im-sorry-dav...

Still time for MWG Members to apply for these outstanding FUNDED #writing fellowships. Not a member of @milwritersguild.bsky.social? Check out the website. Join us!

Military Writers Guild@milwritersguild.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New Writing Fellowships! The Forge Individual Writing Fellowship and The Professor Richard H. Kohn Cohort Writing Fellowship: www.militarywritersguild.org/fellowships. **These fellowships are only open to current MWG members. Please only apply if you’re a member.**

Boycotting H-E-B… In Texas… Sure. Some Texans may hate woke, but they love fresh tortillas more.

a cartoon of a man holding a plate of food with the words let me know how that turns out below him

ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a plate of food with the words let me know how that turns out below him

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gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 4mo ago

as part of the freakout on the right about the supposed "Islamification of Texas" giant aggregator accounts on X are pushing to boycott HEB because it sells Halal meat (and has for at least 4 years) www.chron.com/texas/articl...

"An administration that is so obsessed with what it considers the protection of Western civilization should pay some attention to the just war theory that has become a key accomplishment of that civilization."

The Iran War Is Not a Just War

Operation Epic Fury fails almost all the tests of righteous warfare.

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