A final thought on the 251st birthday of the U.S. Army.
Your ancestors fought entropy so you could be here reading this. That is the story of every American alive today.
Some crossed oceans, survived wars, built homes, endured hardship, and carried burdens nobody remembers. Generation after generation fought the darkness long enough to hand a future to people they would never meet.
You are the result.
The Army has always understood this better than most institutions.
A young Soldier standing watch tonight is connected to men who stood watch before him in Normandy, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and places now forgotten by history. Different uniforms and weapons. The same burden.
That connection is the soul of the Army.
The modern world struggles with this because it wants everything reduced to systems, processes, metrics, and charts. It can explain how an institution functions. It cannot explain why people sacrifice for it.
The soul of the Army lives in that answer.
And any nation foolish enough to lose it will eventually discover that process can manage an organization, but only spirit can sustain one.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐คโ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅโ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐?โฃ
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As one of the few senior officers still active on X, Iโve been attacked, downgraded, and hit with whisper campaigns meant to soften what Iโve seen and said from the front seat of command.โฃ
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I do it because I care. Deeply. Because Iโm committed to authenticity and relentless about truth. Not for clicks or applause, but for one purpose: to build the lethality and warfighting edge our Army will need if the balloon goes up. And more importantly, to strengthen deterrenceโso we never have to fight. โฃ
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Peace comes through real, credible strength. Not dog-and-pony shows.โฃ
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Iโve been โinformedโ my authenticity upsets people. Damn right it does. Thatโs the job. Our profession demands abrasiveness when softness gets Soldiers killed.โฃ
Iโve written the professional articles, recorded the podcasts, spoken at the symposiums. Observations from 55 NTC rotations, Blackhorse command, and hard lessons from the modern battlefield. They get filed away like every other rotational AARโonly for us to repeat the same mistakes and ignore the same gaps.โฃ
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๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐. โฃ
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Thatโs why I stay in the fight here.โฃ
Our Army deserves leaders who prioritize winning over comfort. Iโm all in on that mission.โฃ
#Blackhorse #Lethality #MissionCommand
If you care about Americaโs military, follow this guy. I am long retired from active duty, this gentleman is still serving. Bravery is not just in combatโsometimes bravery comes with just speaking out for what is right. This is what this amazing Army colonel does.
Hillary Clinton turns off her comments but I will tag her here so we can all tell her what we think.
@HillaryClinton has no room to talk about someone else disrespecting the White House after all the shenanigans Bill Clinton pulled while he was President.
Hillary should STFU.
Conservative activist William Small calls out Democrats for prioritizing LGBTQ+ initiatives at the Philadelphia City Council Meeting
โThis is the foundation of America, and we got the circus going on. We got city council members making legislation for illegal immigrants. We had the pride flag being raised, but this is America. The only flag that should be raised in Philadelphia is the United States flag. We got men wearing dresses, what is going on?โ
โThe trans agenda has no place inside of the City Council chambers. That chamber is to discuss bills and resolutions and priorities of the city of Philadelphia, not honoring men because they prioritize having sex with other men. That is not what our founding fathers built the city of Philadelphia for.โ
Residents have every right to be outraged
- People are fleeing, there is population decline
- Record poverty, over 300,000+ people
- Homeless has increased by 10% in one year
๐ฅ BRANDON GILL JUST WENT NUCLEAR ON ILHAN OMAR
Freshman congressman Brandon Gill meets Ilhan Omar on the House Budget Committee.
She storms up to him, screaming curse words and vulgarities because he tweeted that America would be better off if Ilhan Omar were deported. (LOVE IT)
Gill just stands there, takes it all in, and the only thing running through his head is.....man....
โDo you kiss your brother with that mouth?โ ๐๐๐
This Is the Energy
โ No fake smiles.
โ No โrespect the institution.โ
โ Straight savage truth to the face of the Squadโs favorite jihadi sympathizer.
Ilhan Omar can scream all she wants.
The American people are done pretending these clowns are normal.
Brandon Gill is only getting started. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฅ
My word. People still continue to vote for this absolute buffoon.
AOC is just jealous that Elon Musk has become the greatest entrepreneur in American history.
Letโs be real.
This one takes the cake.
British police arrest a white female MANNEQUIN after the Pakistani community reportedly complained about the mannequinโs revealing clothing๐คฃ
Black people turn airplane into a zoo in a matter of seconds!
Pattern recognition isnโt racism, itโs survival.
It doesnโt matter where, if itโs public, theyโre gonna make a scene and air their drama out.
The fatigue is real!
Happy Birthday to the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. A relentless patriot who fights every day for the country he loves, the people he serves, and the American Dream. ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ
You guys need to see this!
Black father abandoned his crying, four-year-old son trying to flea law-enforcement!
Not only does he endanger the child during the chase, but he then straight up leaves him behind.
As a father, this boils my blood!!
Props to the hero police!