Netherlands lost a great warrior-scholar this past week. Ivor Wiltenburg (Dutch Army Lt Col) and I had become best friends over the last 5 years. He was a tremendous advocate for doing NATO military assistance better. He is greatly missed by me and his family & friends ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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The new issue of Military Strategy Magazine is now live. Six new articles. Six different strategic problems we need to consider. Always free to read ๐Ÿ‘‰ msml.ink/4jwHui0
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Sure gonna be commissioning a lot of Anti-Woke Warfighters, though not sure this necessarily translates into actual military effectiveness and lethality.
.@SECWAR โ€œTo meet this critical need, we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher-ed institutions, including Louisiana State University (LSU), Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College. These schools have stepped forward to answer the call to duty and establish new โ€œCorps of Cadetsโ€ in partnership with the War Department. So, todayโ€”at my directionโ€”we formally establish a program to assist these universities and colleges. Itโ€™s called Americaโ€™s Corps of Cadets. This flagship effort is central to our goal of increasing the number of patriotic leaders of character commissioning into the Joint Force.โ€
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And this is literally why the Steelers stopped having an offense over 12 years ago ๐Ÿ˜‚
MIKE TOMLIN BREAKING DOWN HIS MINECRAFT BUILDINGS IS THE BEST VIDEO YOU WILL EVER WATCH.
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I hope this means that combat experienced Officers can goto Grad School for 5-7 years so that they can develop the skills to teach advanced STEM courses at all the Service Academies ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿซก๐Ÿซก
BREAKING: Hegseth Ends Civilian Tenure For Military Academies In Bid To Boost Warfighters Overย Academics dailywire.com/news/hegseth-eโ€ฆ
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Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, ๐Ÿ“ธ via @cjzero
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One of the best ones of these ever.
Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, ๐Ÿ“ธ via @cjzero
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GIVEAWAY (FINAL DAY!) โ€” We are excited to partner with RPM to give away 8 of their UNRELEASED 'ultra spin' pickleball paddles. ๐Ÿ‰ EACH WINNER will get to choose the PADDLE OF THEIR CHOICE! ๐ŸŽ HOW TO ENTER: 1. LIKE this post ๐Ÿ‘ 2. FOLLOW ๐Ÿ‘Š @TheKitchenPB @RPMPickleball 3. SUBSCRIBE to our FREE newsletter (HERE: bit.ly/RPMJadeGiveaway) & RECEIVE up to 500 additional bonus entries ๐Ÿ‘Œ 4. Comment "JADE" when finished below ๐Ÿ‘‡ Giveaway ends on 9/23! ๐Ÿฅณ Check out RPM's paddles: bit.ly/RPMPaddles ๐Ÿ‘€
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1/4 Aerial drones have revolutionized land warfare. Underwater drones are poised to do the same at sea. Our roadmap for US undersea leadership, with @MBazilian and @JaharaMatisek in @smallwars: smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09โ€ฆ
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"To field subsea mass at scale, the Pentagon must transition from rigid, domain-siloed structures toward a capability-centric, commercial-first approach that leverages the innovation cycles of nontraditional tech sector suppliers." Excellent article by @MBazilian @JaharaMatisek smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09โ€ฆ
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Glad they are transparent! Now perhaps @sumlenny wants to explain his role in all this? ๐Ÿค” @JaharaMatisek @francisjfarrell @fabrice_deprez @KyivIndependent @ScheckNYTimes @markmackinnon @tak_ya_anna
Dear friends, We have received your inquiries about our cooperation with Richard Woodruff @frontlinekit. Transparency is one of our core values, so we want to speak to you directly about our work with him. What did we purchase from ะ’ะพะฒะบัƒะปะฐะบะฐ ะ‘ะŸะ›ะ (now RUF Industries)? 1. In February 2025, we purchased 100 FPVs for the 2nd Special Purpose Battalion of the Azov Brigade, at a total cost of $35,086. Five drones were additionally provided by Richard. 2. In Septemberโ€“October 2025, we purchased 140 FPVs for the 25th Airborne "Sicheslav" Brigade, at a total cost of $61,422. 3. In December, 120 FPVs for the 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems "ACHILLES", valued at $91,167. 4. For our ongoing "Power Up the Legends" project, we purchased 8 Starlink-flyers for $15,466. These are currently in production and will be delivered once ready. 5. We also purchased 16 FPVs for various brigades outside of specific projects, totalling $13,067. Procurements we make with your donations, including the ones mentioned above, are covered by signed contracts that set delivery deadlines, terms, each party's obligations, product specifications, quality warranties, and penalties for non-performance. We're accountable for the money you give us, so every agreement is reviewed and approved by our lawyers. Everything he has received so far has arrived on schedule, and we have had no quality issues. How we work Our sequence is always the same: a request from the military, then fundraising, then procurement, then delivery and reporting. Each of the purchases above began with a specific request from the unit itself. Drones were priced below market value, with full documentation, and delivered with all required paperwork. The brigades gave positive feedback on quality โ€” that feedback from pilots on the ground is why the collaboration continued. As a foundation, we work with companies registered as LLCs. We purchase equipment from many different manufacturers that operate this way. It's the standard legal structure for production. Our Transparency Dzyga's Paw publishes every donation and every expense โ€” including each parcel delivered, delivery costs, and the operational costs required to keep this system running. You can review all of it here: dzygaspaw.com/transparency We understand the questions the community is raising, and we think they're legitimate. Every charity fund should be able to answer questions about its spending and reporting. That scrutiny is how trust gets built and maintained. The war hasn't stopped, and supporting the Ukrainian Army remains critical. Donate to charities you trust. Support volunteers and soldiers you know personally. If you have further questions, we're here to answer them.
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AI will make some states far richer without making them meaningfully stronger. Wealth becomes military power only if an economy can convert it, and convertibility is what intangible AI growth cannot build. By Jahara Matisek @JaharaMatisek eagleintelreports.com/the-aiโ€ฆ
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GIVEAWAY โ€” We are excited to partner with RPM to give away 8 of their UNRELEASED 'ultra spin' pickleball paddles. ๐Ÿ‰ EACH WINNER will get to choose the PADDLE OF THEIR CHOICE! ๐ŸŽ HOW TO ENTER: 1. LIKE this post ๐Ÿ‘ 2. FOLLOW ๐Ÿ‘Š @TheKitchenPB @RPMPickleball 3. SUBSCRIBE to our FREE newsletter (HERE: bit.ly/RPMJadeGiveaway) & RECEIVE up to 500 additional bonus entries ๐Ÿ‘Œ 4. Comment "JADE" when finished below ๐Ÿ‘‡ Giveaway ends on 9/23! ๐Ÿฅณ Check out RPM's paddles: bit.ly/RPMPaddles ๐Ÿ‘€
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"The Sonderstab Ukraine โ€” special staff for Ukraine โ€” is the engine behind Germanyโ€™s โ‚ฌ11.5bn-a-year military support for Kyiv. Unlike the sprawling bureaucracy behind procurement for the German armed forces, this small, low-profile unit prides itself on striking deals to buy weapons for Ukraine in as little as two weeks." Great story and reporting from @laurapitel about the unusually lean and nimble German "guerrilla unit" created to help arm Ukraine. ft.com/content/aa94565e-6dabโ€ฆ
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RT @DebakD: How and why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? I am delighted that my book, Delivering the Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Dโ€ฆ
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Best article title of this century. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
Happy Birthday Valery Gerasimov, Itโ€™s a Wonder You Still Have a Job mwi.westpoint.edu/happy-birtโ€ฆ
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"Ongoing CENTCOM demands consume crews, maintainers, radars, dwell time, andโ€”criticallyโ€”training opportunities at a prodigious rate. The old cycle of deploy, reset, train has gone from three steps to one: deploy." mwi.westpoint.edu/army-air-dโ€ฆ
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Polyanskiy's diplomatic cover was as the deputy permanent representative to the UN. Now he's in Vienna. His former side piece in New York, the Czech national Lenka White, recently attended Errol Musk's 80th birthday party. Small world. youtu.be/XzV4XYX-PBE?is=gKhdโ€ฆ
Now that former Russian propagandists like Vanessa Beeley and Eva Bartlett have been abandoned, the Kremlin is cultivating a new generation of bullshitters. Elizabeth Lane's real name is Iza Bendianishvili, and she was born in the Soviet Union. Glenn Diesen is a member of Putin's Valdai Club and one of the main channels for laundering Russian propaganda to Western audiences. Ethan Levins is an up-and-coming "star" whose engagement and following are heavily boosted by Russia's numerous bot farms. He's constantly traveling around the world, producing propaganda on you-know-who's dime. And then there's Dima, an SVR officer cultivating pro-Kremlin voices in the US under diplomatic cover.
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