BJ Armstrong @WWATMD Twitter profile

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

9 months

Just a reminder … those of us in military receive hazard pay. In the military. But a k-12 teacher in America should consider being shot a normal part of their job. This is madness.

Celeste Headlee

@CelesteHeadlee

9 months

Virginia argues teacher is not entitled to extra compensation after being shot because the shooting was a "hazard of the job." The school board's attorney says it's an "unfortunate reality" that teaching is "not without its dangers."

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the quick ceremony at the Tripoli Monument at USNA yesterday, and The Alley afterward, to help me celebrate putting these on. A fourth stripe for a guy like me is pretty unreal.

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@WWATMD

2 years

That's an image.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Not only is Tucker Carlson flat out wrong, but his way of thinking is an actual risk to national security.

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@WWATMD

2 years

A reminder that Snake Island controls the approaches to Odessa … this is a maritime battle as part of the naval war, and UKR is conducting denial ops …

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker

@UAWeapons

2 years

#Ukraine : Ukrainian TB-2 drones continue to strike Russian forces on Snake Island. This time, an Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed, just as troops were disembarking.

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@WWATMD

8 months

One of the things I’ve delighted in when working in the papers of Adm William Sims is the frequency of wardroom poetry appearing in his letters and notes to friends and fellow officers. They’re often sarcastic and fun, and a great part of our naval history.

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@Acyn

8 months

Tuberville responds to the Navy Secretary by saying the Secretary has to get wokeness out of the Navy because “we’ve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers”

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@WWATMD

1 year

Exciting news for me here in Annapolis: I have been selected as a U.S. Naval Academy "Admiral Jay Johnson Professor of Leadership and Ethics" for 2023-2024. It is a real honor to be selected from the competitive process.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

One of the things a reader of my book (Small Boats and Daring Men) might take away is that irregular & raiding missions were a part of the “general purpose” Navy/Marine Corps for a long time. Making everything a “special” operation might falsely skew your force structure needs.

RealClearDefense

@RCDefense

4 years

Navy's Plan to Build More SEAL Platoons Stalled | @GinaAHarkins @Militarydotcom

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

Wendy Winters was a proud member of the @USNavy family with three daughters who served, including two @NavalAcademy alumni. Fair winds and following seas ma'am. Thanks for writing about us.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

I get a lot of grief for being a self promoter here because I share the things I’ve published and links to my books. I’m turning over a new leaf though, and will try to stop doing that. So I’ll only share this once. My book won the Lyman Award for best naval history of 2019.

OU Press

@OUPress

4 years

Congratulations to our authors, Benjamin Armstrong and Ryan Wadle, who were both honored in the 2019 Lyman Award Winners hosted by the North American Society for Oceanic History!

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

10 months

Wow, that's quite a headline ... "Understanding the steady and troubling decline in the average intelligence of Marine Corps officers" from @BrookingsInst

Understanding the steady and troubling decline in the average intelligence of Marine Corps officers...

After analyzing test scores of 46,000 officers who took the Marine Corps’ required General Classification Test (GCT), Michael Klein and Matthew Cancian find that the quality of officers in the...

www.brookings.edu

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

This. This. This. I remember once being at an event where a Navy 2-star said "I'm not a scotch drinking strategist who thinks big thoughts, I'm just an operator." I nearly walked out. If it were true, and he still made 2 stars, that is damning of the Navy's promotion system.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

9 months

I feel like this website is a direct challenge to this claim.

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@AdamMGrant

9 months

You can’t refute strong evidence with strong opinions.

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@WWATMD

5 months

It's monday morning, I have a fresh cup of coffee, and naval affairs is in the news ... (I should be grading, but instead I'm writing a thread to reflect on our contemporary naval affairs and the links between the past and present, with the hope that it informs some of us.)

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

7 years

Just don't. Don't. It doesn't matter to me what you think is "legal," don't do it. Let SAR crews do their jobs without worrying about this.

The FAA ✈️

@FAANews

7 years

#Harvey Info: The #FAA does not want you to fly #drones in the aftermath of #Harvey . Allow 1st responders to work.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

There’s a real “we’re just gonna run the Customs House for a little while” vibe here.

Tanzania Digest

@TanzaniaDigest

2 years

China to take over Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport for default on debt repayment. China has rejected Uganda's request to re-negotiate toxic clauses in the $200m loan picked six years ago for the Airport expansion. The Airport is the only Intl Airport in the country.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Happy Juneteenth everyone. A great day to honor those who fought for freedom with the U.S. Navy, like Robert Smalls. (Maybe @NavalInstitute will move it in front of the paywall for a holiday like this?)

‘A Hero’ | Naval History Magazine - February 2021 Volume 35, Number 1

Robert Smalls was a slave—but he was a slave with navigational skills; therein lay his opportunity to risk all on a dash for freedom.

www.usni.org

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

Coming Spring 2019 from @OUPress . Looks like this is a real thing, thanks to @akane1066 and his whole team.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

8 months

@Ty_Seidule BGEN, the Mids were still talking about it by the time we made it to class on Tuesday morning. You shook them up and got them thinking and talking. Even beyond just their history classes!

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

Having had the pleasure of serving with Krusty, this is maddening. It strikes me as "vet-bro" gruntism: Those who refuse to understand what others in the military do in order to feel superior or make political smears.

Bluegrass Politics

@BGPolitics

6 years

These veterans are questioning Amy McGrath’s military record. Here’s what she did.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Yesterday our Provost announced the Promotion & Tenure results for this year. Our dept did great, with two new Full Professors. I was on the list as well, and have been selected for promotion to Associate Professor. It's wonderful to be recognized by my civilian colleagues.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

What happens when you have a pair of humanities nerds who decorate for Christmas? #BookTree #HolidayNerds

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

Well folks ... there it is ... "Small Boats and Daring Men" now available for pre-order from @OUPress (with a very kind recommendation from @jkuehn50 ):

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

New phrase making the rounds that bothers me as a naval professional: “ruthlessly focused on warfighting.” If that’s true, there’s a lot you’re going to miss. And when your adversary operates below the threshold of war, you’ll lose without ever fighting. #warispolitical

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

As a naval aviator, everything gets a nickname ... all SWOs wearing this are now "Fonzi."

U.S. Naval Institute

@NavalInstitute

4 years

Navy Message Authorizing SWO Leather Jacket - USNI News

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

Just one more ...”And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.” Attributed to Christopher Columbus by Marko Ramius, instead and invention of the Hunt for Red October screenwriters.

Alex von Tunzelmann

@alexvtunzelmann

4 years

Oh, I love this. To accompany “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Sometimes attributed to Plutarch; actually Hans Gruber in Die Hard.

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5 years

It actually exists. My infinite thanks to @akane1066 and @OUPress for creating such a great looking book. (All the mistakes inside it you can blame on me.) Think I need to go splice th main brace.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

6 years

Just discovered that it was Herman Wouk who delivered the very first lecture in Spruance Hall when it was built at @NavalWarCollege . Pulitzer prize winning novelist and guy who wrote that "the Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses to be run by idiots." Brilliant.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

@lawrencema1985c @RALee85 “Modern” is a relative term when it comes to Russian warships which are mostly still Soviet leftovers.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

Word over on LinkedIn is that USNI is adjusting their paywall policy to allow for 5 free Proceedings/Naval History articles per month for non-members. This is a great step in the right direction to making important naval content available for wider audiences. BZ to the team.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

This morning the work begins on a revised and expanded 2nd Edition of ‘21st Century Mahan.’ New preface, 3 new chapters, new conclusion. ~ 30% more Mahan! Hope to have it out for the 10th anniversary of the original release. Time to get some writing done …

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Today was the day … the history of the US Navy for 1200+ plebes at USNA, all at the same time. Quite a class to teach.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

As I surf the listings ... my mind is blown. All of Armed Forces Journal (Army Navy Journal) starting in 1863, the Army Navy Chronicle 1835-1844, RUSI Journal 1857-2013, tons of government/Congressional records, USNI Proceedings 1874-2015 ... it just keeps going. This is amazing.

Joshua Benton

@jbenton

2 years

Fellow history diggers, let me tell you about a newish and pretty awesome resource for research you might not know about: Serials in Microfilm at @internetarchive . Basically, they're scanning a gazillion rolls of microfilm into OCR'd digital.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

5 years

Leadership question: Do senior military leaders (GOFOs) have a responsibility to speak out in support of an officer who they assigned to that job, in the White House, if he has complied with the law and his oath? Or does that appear “political”?

Kelly O'Donnell

@KellyO

5 years

NEW: President Trump threatens to expose information about Lt. Col. Vindman. Watch.

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@WWATMD

3 years

I’ll say it again for the folks in the back row who weren’t listening ... the Navy did not abandon the Marines at Guadalcanal. More sailors died defending Guadalcanal than Marines. I’m here for this kind of content:

The Operations Room - Battle Map Animations

@The_Ops_Room

3 years

NEW - The Operations Room has teamed up with @Drachinifel to bring you the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. A fierce and chaotic night battle between the US and Japanese Navies will have a decisive impact on the ferocious jungle fighting on the island itself.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

This is the key demographics issue with recruitment, not the myth about poverty or social class driving recruit motives (repeatedly shown to be false). Is this the rise of a military caste? Does it matter?

NYT At War

@NYTimesAtWar

4 years

In 2019, 79 percent of Army recruits reported having a family member who served. For nearly 30 percent, it was a parent — a striking point in a nation where less than 1 percent of the population serves in the military.

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@WWATMD

2 years

Folks … I’m a big Army Navy game fan and a Navy partisan … but it’s football, not combat. Let’s treat this like the great sports rivalry it is, not a personal existential competition.

1st Special Forces Command

@1st_SF_Command

2 years

This is what we'd wear if we were going to get shot out of a cannon at the circus...not going to combat 🤷‍♂️ 🤡 #BEATnavy

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@WWATMD

6 years

Hint: They can't tell you. Most of the operational archives are still marked classified, there's no money or manpower for declassification even if it is the law, and you aren't allowed to access them for research.

U.S. Naval History

@USNHistory

6 years

Ever wonder what materials are in the #USNavy Archives or what an archivist does? Join us at 10:00 ET today to #AskAnArchivist !

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@WWATMD

5 years

So ... you ever taught a class to 1200 students? Wow. Just did American #Naval #History in 80 minutes for the @NavalAcademy Class of '23. All of them. At the same time. #AmNavHist

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

2 years

Ice cream socials are no laughing matter aboard ship.

Kurt the Warship Chef

@kurtarnold_kurt

2 years

Have you watched The World According to Jeff Goldblum? I just watched the Ice Cream Episode.found it fitting that Sundaes at Sea in the Navy is a tried and true tradition going back to WWII. Thanks @jeffgoldblum #SundaesAtSea

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@WWATMD

3 years

This is amazing and brilliant …

Wake Up, Sailors, Scurvy Is a Hoax

I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones, but there’s one thing I know for su...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

One of the great lessons of history is that you always get the war you expect and exclusively focus on.

Peter Dutton

@peter_dutton

3 years

Navy secretary nominee pledges to be 'exclusively focused on the China threat'

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Rant: Academic publishers who already charge stupid prices for their books (which means only libraries will buy and very few will read) ... and who now refuse to actually send a reviewer a copy of the book and instead offer a digital way to review ... are THE WORST.

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@WWATMD

5 years

Lol. Just hear from a shipmate that navy "recruiters" are no longer to be called "recruiters" ... they are now "talent managers." Oh, team...just relabeling things with the biz-world buzzword of the moment doesn't make you innovative or new.

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1 year

Smalls is one of my favorite naval heroes of the American Civil War. I wrote about him for NH magazine a couple years ago:

‘A Hero’ | Naval History Magazine - February 2021 Volume 35, Number 1

Robert Smalls was a slave—but he was a slave with navigational skills; therein lay his opportunity to risk all on a dash for freedom.

www.usni.org

Civil War On This Day

@CivilWarOTD

1 year

Robert Smalls died #OTD in 1915 at the age of 75. Born into slavery in Beaufort, SC, during the #CivilWar , Smalls commandeered the confederate transport Planter in May 1862, sailing it from Charleston Harbor and turning it over to the U.S., freeing himself and the crew.🧵

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@WWATMD

2 years

This thread and story on why funding the IRS is good for average Americans is pretty stunning. More $ and more IRS employees are needed just to make the current system work.

Catherine Rampell

@crampell

2 years

🧵Dems are about to give $80b to IRS. Mostly for enforcement, as you've prob heard—but some of the $$ will also go toward upgrading the agency's IT. Which is desperately needed. How can you tell? Let me take you on a tour, starting with the IRS cafeteria

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2 years

#NeverForget

Auschwitz Memorial

@AuschwitzMuseum

2 years

Before the 77th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz we bring together the most important facts about the last stage of the operation of this German Nazi camp. See the rest of this [THREAD] below. 1/11

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1 year

Credit to Space Force for using their statutory birthday ... rather than, say "Benjamin Franklin first helped organize the measurement of the Transit of Venus in 1761, so happy 261st Birthday to Space Force!"

U.S. Navy

@USNavy

1 year

Happy birthday, #Guardians ! 🌌 🎂 Today is @SpaceForceDoD 's 3rd Birthday! #SemperSupra

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@WWATMD

2 years

It’s been a little bit coming … but I am delighted to share the special delivery today! Order your copy from @USNIBooks @Amazon or your favorite book seller.

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@WWATMD

3 years

Yes, you read that right ... Commanding Officer LIEUTENANT Reynolds. Coasties get this kind of thing right. I still think the USN should build Sentinels and paint them gray and put a couple missiles on them.

Chris Cavas

@CavasShips

3 years

Commanding officer LT Reginald Reynolds salutes US #Coast Guard vice commandant Linda Fagan as USCGC GLEN HARRIS WPC1144 is commissioned 6 Aug at Beaufort NC. The 44th Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter will be based at Manama, Bahrain

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@WWATMD

2 years

Invited to introduce the Plebe Regiment to the rough outlines of American Naval History tonight in Alumni Hall. Lecturing to 1200 is a kick in the pants. Fun night though. #history #leadership #usna26

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

4 years

Every history teacher and professor right now ...

Bryan Danielson

@bryandanielson

4 years

*OPINION* We should invest in programs that teach people how to identify misinformation and how to properly research whether something is true. Many people, myself included, would benefit. Without such programs, young people may struggle to determine truth their entire lives.

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@WWATMD

4 years

Thank you, French Navy ...

Library of Congress

@librarycongress

4 years

Today in History: British Gen. Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, 1781 #otd #tih

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@WWATMD

3 years

I disagree with this notion. I realize it seems “innovative” and “asymmetric” and (insert exciting jargon here). However, I disagree with a couple things here.

War on the Rocks

@WarOnTheRocks

3 years

With the U.S. Navy stretched thin, could privateers be the answer?

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@WWATMD

3 years

Coming Soon (Fall 2021), from @USNIBooks ...

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2 years

Hard no.

Exclusive: Hunt For Red October Remake In Development

Through our trusted and proven sources, we can report that a remake for The Hunt for Red October is currently in development.

www.giantfreakinrobot.com

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@WWATMD

1 year

Just a small example of why service official historians are awesome (and the USN needs more of them). You know some USAF GS historian out at Langley AFB raised their hands and said “um, so you know what we should really do is …”

Andrew deGrandpré

@adegrandpre

1 year

The F-22 pilot who shot down the balloon used the call sign Frank 01, a nod to World War I ace Frank Luke Jr., known as “the Arizona Balloon Buster” for destroying German observation balloons & enemy planes. Via @AlexHortonTX , w/ a h/t to @thewarzonewire

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@WWATMD

2 years

Shall we celebrate? Submitted the manuscript for the Second Edition of 21ST CENTURY MAHAN today. Went from 60k words to 90k, with a significant increase in my comments and analysis in addition to even more Mahan. Everything just got better!

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@WWATMD

2 years

The @NavalAcademy History Department is hiring 3 TT professors this coming year, in multiple specialties. Come work at a great institution with a great mission and a collegial team in Sampson Hall! (Short thread). #tenuretrack #twitterstorians #PhDposition

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@WWATMD

2 years

Doing an MA in 10 months. Folks, if you think we’re going to find a magic syllabus that gives officers everything they need to learn about war, national strategy, and military policy in 10 months, you’re wasting your time.

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@WWATMD

5 months

Historically speaking, the U.S. Navy has been central to the protection of trade and the smooth functioning of the international maritime commerical network for centuries. In truth, this mission is the very reason for the founding of the Dept of the Navy in 1798.

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@WWATMD

7 years

Way to go HSC-22 Sea Knights! #SoOthersMayLive

U.S. Navy

@USNavy

7 years

NEW PHOTO: #USSWasp rescues two civilians from downed civilian aircraft in Caribbean.

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@WWATMD

3 years

Wow … DoD manages to insult me BOTH as a naval officer AND as a historian. Fact check: the Continental Navy was a commissioned, government naval force. It was NOT just a bunch of privateers.

Department of Defense 🇺🇸

@DeptofDefense

3 years

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could attack British commerce and offset British sea power. Happy 245th birthday @USNavy !

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The U.S. Navy has not lost "command of the sea," because that is something you gain in war. In peace the USN defends "freedom of the seas," for protection of the commons and the good of all. -- No, I haven't read this but the title already bugs me. Maybe over the weekend.

Texas NatSec Review

@TXNatSecReview

3 years

"Because of China’s development of capabilities in a new domain that touches every walk of life, the effectiveness of a U.S. fleet based primarily upon force structure seems diminished, if not altogether gone."

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@PhilKlay @GuernicaMag This is a beautiful piece of writing that really digs us deeper into the complexities of war. I’m a bit dismayed that a leading literary group thinks this is not worth reading and sharing.

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@WWATMD

3 years

Here is my contribution to @NavalInstitute ’s American Sea Power Project. A bit surprising to be asked to contribute among such luminaries as @KoriSchake , Lambert, Paine and others. I’m certainly an odd man out. But I enjoyed working with Proceedings again.

American Naval Dominance Is Not a Birthright | Proceedings - September 2021 Vol. 147/9/1,423

The strength of the nation’s Navy is dependent on its relationship with the American people.

www.usni.org

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1 year

What I find interesting is that USN will spend $10k giving essay prizes to 5000 K-12/Undergrad students but only if they write about STEM topics. Wouldn't it be great to have young Americans excited about the foreign policy, strategy, history of the Navy?

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6 years

#unpopularopinions -- Vicksburg is a campaign more than a battle so it is harder to live tweet during the holiday, but it was strategically more important than Gettysburg. @pptsapper

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@WWATMD

2 years

OMG ... My book is on @KoriSchake 's zoom background bookshelf! My book is on @KoriSchake 's zoom background bookshelf. (Bottom left, 9th in from the left.) Get your copy of "Small Boats and Daring Men" today!

Room Rater

@ratemyskyperoom

2 years

Well composed book setup. Blue glass flower. Love the statuette. Created equal. 10/10 @KoriSchake

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3 years

#OTD 1847 - The Landing at Vera Cruz began. It was the most significant joint operation of the pre-Civil War U.S. military, and introduced key amphibious concepts that it would take another century to understand in their full.

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"Armstrong succeeds in achieving his goal of making Mahan's ideas accessible and relevant ... Instead of a fossilized relic, 21st Century Mahan reveals its protagonist as a perceptive, flexible, innovative thinker." - @USNavyHistory

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1 year

Well, shipmates … it’s contract signing day. Forthcoming fm @corbett_for & @routledgebooks "Focus" *short* monograph on the interwar #USNavy #MarineCorps . Thanks to @tjamison_tommy @jpclark97 for looking at early drafts & @SharikaCrawfo17 for listening to me ramble on about it.

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@WWATMD

5 years

Officially Under Contract for book #4 . Thanks to @USNIBooks for the opportunity for my co-author and I to move ahead with our book. Working-titled “Developing the Naval Mind,” it is a guide to personal & group intellectual development for the fleet & fleet marine force.

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2 years

That's the key bet. In Operation Earnest Will (1980s reflagging of Kuwaiti tankers often used as the precedent for this), it was a bad bet. The Iranians kept shooting at & trying to sink reflagged ships with mines. The result was a 2 day naval war between the USN and IRN/IRGC.

Andrea Mitchell

@mitchellreports

2 years

On reflagging ships to escort grain out of Ukrainian ports, @stavridisj : "The point is that I think it's highly unlikely the Russian Black Sea fleet would attack a warship that's protecting a grain ship coming out of Odesa. That's the heart of the idea." #AMRstaff

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3 years

Fair winds, shipmates. This is a conscious choice to burn the candle at both ends during peacetime. We do this at great peril to our national security and with no real sense of strategy. But, it’s what our leaders have decided.

Sam LaGrone

@samlagrone

3 years

TR begins second 2020 deployment. Sailors have been aboard or isolated from their families since mid-November.

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4 years

So, my grades are in and "A History of Naval Thought," the summer school class I led, is now complete. It was an interesting class ... and depending on how I consider such things it may be the best class I've taught in my handful of years in the department.

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@WWATMD

4 years

Did a little office redecorating last weekend. Rearranged and hung some artwork collected from a deployment.

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@WWATMD

4 years

We need more of this ... smaller ships ... small boats ... daring sailors and marines ...

USNI News

@USNINews

4 years

Navy Researching New Class of Medium Amphibious Ship, New Logistics Ships - USNI News

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@WWATMD

5 years

Today is the "official" release date of my new book "Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy from @OUPress . Looks like Amazon may have begun to start shipping...

Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy...

Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy (Volume 66) (Campaigns and Commanders Series)

www.amazon.com

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@WWATMD

5 years

This is absolutely insane. DLI is a fundamental pillar in military and naval education, and cutting/gutting it is so stupid.

Ankit Panda

@nktpnd

5 years

“About 700 foreign-language students were preparing for their immersion courses when their funding was abruptly pulled this year”

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@WWATMD

5 months

I know Navy leaders today hold our service up as "warfighters" and focus more on the massive, ocean spanning combat operations of WWII in the Pacific for our identity. But in the 19c the Navy was ALL ABOUT the protection of trade and supporting American prosperity.

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@WWATMD

1 year

@MAGTravF @SebastianBae So we want someone who … checks notes … makes unsubstantiated and unprovable claims, violates the safety rules of exercises to try and prove a point, who is insubordinate to civilian leadership, gets court martialed and …well… shoots their spouse?

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@WWATMD

3 years

#ICYMI : Do you like Hamilton? Then you'll love navies, and what he had to say about them ...

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@WWATMD

6 years

This is absolutely brilliant. Read the thread. History is alive, and Kim shows us how. Forget credentials and degrees, forget that she teaches math ... she shows that we can all be historians.

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@WWATMD

5 years

It strikes me that this might be a truism of the United States and all the wars it has been involved with...

The Strategy Bridge

@Strategy_Bridge

5 years

It is a truism that the United States was unprepared for the scale and scope of the Civil War. #TheBridgeWrites

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@WWATMD

4 years

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the problem with how us uniforms see “education” in one single tweet. We don’t have a clue what education is and always fall back on training.

Dr. Jacqueline Whitt

@notabattlechick

4 years

Being accused of "professional malpractice" for daring suggest War College students should read and discuss books not explicitly about war and fighting is. . . cool. #PME

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@WWATMD

5 years

Now its time to move on to Jason Smith's "To Master the Boundless Sea" which has me totally hooked from just the introduction. His assertion that the sea is an actor in naval history just feels true to anyone who has spent time deployed on a warship.

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@WWATMD

2 years

@whatismoo @BA_Friedman Small boats and daring men and women.

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@WWATMD

7 years

This thread is a wonderful look at what historians do, starting with an itch at the back of the neck that says "I wonder if there's more..."

Jason Fagone

@jfagone

7 years

I want to tell you a story. For 3 years I’ve been researching Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a puzzle-solving heroine of the world wars. 1/

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@WWATMD

5 months

Walk in to any big box retailer in the U.S. and you're walking into a commerical enterprise reliant on containerized cargo making it across oceans, into American ports, onto your shelves. Do you want those goods? Do you want them at a low price? Then you want security at sea.

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@WWATMD

3 years

The History Department at the US Naval Academy is seeking applicants to fill a tenure-track position in U.S. history at the asst prof level.

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@WWATMD

3 months

It’s not just good for Ukraine, it’s good for American workers …

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧

@ColbyBadhwar

3 months

US aid to Ukraine is $33.6 billion in investments into the US Defense Industrial Base. The US Department of Defense has released a new map identifying where the the funds appropriated by the 4 prior Ukraine Supplementals have been obligated so far. There is still another $14.5

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@WWATMD

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@DYCinWDC @PKouretsos @USNatArchives 1 clean gallon jug 3 quarts Bourbon 1/4 of a fifth of gold label rum Add sugar cautiously until you can just detect the presence. Fill jug with tap water. Desirable, not necessary: drop two whole vanilla beans into the jug to stay for many refills of the jug. They last for years.

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@WWATMD

4 years

Hi, I’m a naval history professor. You may know me from ... oh, never mind, you don’t know me or pay attention to naval history professors.

Kathleen J. McInnis 🌻

@kjmcinnis1

4 years

Hi, I’m a national security policy wonk. You may know me from my smash hits “strategic complexity,” “we need a grand strategy”... ...my god, even joking about my job makes ppls eyes glaze over & it’s too boring to continue the joke

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@WWATMD

8 months

Tonight’s @NavalAcademy Forrestal Lecture with @Ty_Seidule was brilliant as expected. Maybe we’ll see a bounce in the number of history majors this year. Thanks for coming to talk with the Brigade, Ty!

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@WWATMD

4 years

This strikes me as the kind of quote that historians will put in dozens of books about this era of American history.

Peter W. Singer

@peterwsinger

4 years

“I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here.” Words that will follow @LindseyGrahamSC for the rest of history.

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@WWATMD

5 years

I've always thought that if I had been of an earlier generation, I would have like to have flown a boat.

U.S. Naval Institute

@NavalInstitute

5 years

#OTD in 1983, the era of U.S. seaplanes ended when @USCG retired the last operational HU-16E Albatross. The last U.S. Navy seaplane was the P5M Marlin which was retired in November 1967.

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BJ Armstrong

@WWATMD

3 years

Shipmates, I am really pleased to announce that "Small Boats & Daring Men," my book on Early American naval history, is now available as an audiobook on Amazon and via Audible!!! Check it out at the link.

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@WWATMD

5 years

If one more STEM person explains that the reason they do/should have more access to grant money is that they work with "data" -- as apposed to us lowly humanities scholars who apparently exclusively write fan fiction -- I'm going to throw something.

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@WWATMD

3 years

Read this. Read this now. If you have to wait to do it over lunch, that's ok. But read it today.

What Is a Navy For? | Proceedings - April 2021 Vol. 147/4/1,418

Strategic purpose is not the same thing as operational necessities.

www.usni.org

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