Lou West

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[Lou West @TheLouWest]

“Reforming the Joint Requirements Process to Accelerate Fielding of Warfighting Capabilities” 20AUG2025: Credit where credit is due, @SecDef and @DepSecDef!

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

Wake me when JCIDS and the POM cycle are fixed.

[JustJamie @OYourNameHereO]

When you think you’re the coolest guy in the parking lot and then this BASSET pulls in…😂😂😂

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

What the hell? She still hasn’t been scrapped? I was on the John A.Moore (FFG-19) when we escorted the hull, being towed by USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169), from San Diego to Puget Sound in ‘96 or ‘97.

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

Navy Finally Seeking To Dispose Of USS Long Beach, The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Cruiser

Tearing apart a nuclear-powered warship is a whole lot more costly and time-consuming than a conventionally-powered one.

https://t.co/dMGsTSSXak

[Gen. Steven Nordhaus @ChiefNGB]

In Normandy’s deadly hedgerows, New Jersey National Guard Sgt. Curtis G. Culin welded scrap steel into the “Rhino” hedge-cutter. This simple idea allowed Sherman tanks to blast straight through the thick bocage instead of stalling on top, an innovative fix that helped break the stalemate and speed the Allied advance into France.

That same spirit of Citizen-Soldier and -Airman innovation lives on in our National Guard today.

[Secretary of the Army @SecArmy]

Today I visited White Sands Missile Range to see firsthand the technologies reshaping modern warfare. The scale of their airspace allows the @USArmy to test UAS and counter-UAS capabilities at scale, making this one of the most important proving grounds in the world.

[John Schindler @20committee]

When Cuba's Red regime falls one of these days, I hope the DI's files aren't all shredded first, since those spy revelations will produce a lot of painful reckonings for the "progressive" Left in the US and across the West. Including some still-sitting US politicians.

[Calvin Applebottom II @_MaroonKoolAid]

Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron fighting for the last Plan B for the Freshman zeta in the CVS aisle

[cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander]

Battleships that glow, DDG(X) in shadow, SSGN rebirth...plenty to chew on.

https://t.co/ahQ8Qd0J8j

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

New Navy Shipbuilding Plan https://t.co/EofzEy7SQA

[Mississippi State Men's Tennis @HailStateMT]

TOP DAWGS

YOUR DAWGS ARE ELITE‼️

[Secretary of the Army @SecArmy]

Super proud of our @7thID Soldiers training in the Philippines. For the first time, the U.S. military fired assets operated on the southernmost island in Palawan, extending our reach across the Balabac Strait towards the South China Sea. This is how the @USArmy strengthens regional deterrence and builds global readiness.

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

Didn’t get it.

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

Going back to Pensacola where it pretty much all started? I don’t know, but I applied for the position.

Fingers crossed! 🤞

[Redstone Arsenal @TeamRedstone]

A new 28,000-square-foot Military Systems Electromagnetic Test Support Facility (MSETS) is being built at Redstone Test Center, set to become the Army’s largest electromagnetic testing site and completed by 2028.

https://t.co/tAAoq3jKtV

[Redstone Arsenal @TeamRedstone]

The Space and Missile Defense Command is accelerating how quickly new technology reaches Soldiers by using a “transformation in contact” approach that cuts development timelines from years to about one year.

https://t.co/ri1xFoqJz0

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

I did an OV-1 a decade ago when I was at the @MCoEFortBenning CDID for a C-130 underwing pod-launched (or alternatively, just rolled off the ramp) UAS and everyone thought I was crazy.

[Redstone Arsenal @TeamRedstone]

The Army marked a major modernization milestone on Feb. 26 with the successful launch of an A700 Unmanned Aircraft System from an AH-64E Apache helicopter, demonstrating how rapidly new technologies can be integrated into existing aviation platforms.

https://t.co/lB0sOGNztS

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

@brianhadad This team needs a shade tree/fish sandwich speech.

[Redstone Arsenal @TeamRedstone]

Fresh off a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui visited Marshall Space Flight Center to thank the Huntsville teams
https://t.co/YhPz1a1DTT

[Mississippi State @msstate]

Former Diamond Dawg baseball pitcher and MSU alumnus Matthew Ramsey is the NASA mission manager for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed moon mission under Artemis.

“For me, it’s all about the crew and ensuring their safety as they venture to the Moon and come home,” said Ramsey, a Hernando native. Ramsey pitched for the MSU baseball team before earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from Mississippi’s leading research university.

[Lou West @TheLouWest]

@USCTO47 @BrendanCarrFCC @FCC Getting @FAANews to play ball at experimentation sites would work wonders.

[Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan @SecNavPhelan]

Congratulations on an outstanding season @NavyAthletics Midshipmen. Back-to-back Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, a comeback win over Army, Liberty Bowl champions, and 11 wins—built on toughness, discipline, and teamwork. You are not just student-athletes: you are future warfighters. Proud of you. Go Navy Beat Army!