Aldersgate71

Military historian, professional educator.

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@ChestyPullerGst @Angry_Staffer It normally runs, on average since 1990, between 2 years and 5 years. The nomination has to come within five years of the act, unless waived by special act of Congress. Somehow this one went through in a little under two months.

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@johnrich Ummm. Check that ego. The United States won the War of 1812? You might want to actually read a book. And we beat the Spanish why exactly? Avenge the USS Maine. Yeah. Look that one up too. You left out Mexico. We “whipped” them…why? Maybe so we could steal half their country.

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@DaelzGG @TheCinesthetic One of them got a broken ankle and couldn’t.

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@GrimmsTeaTime @Ronxyz00 This is exactly what the Founders did NOT want. There is a reason we didn’t build a palace in the first place.

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@RadioFreeTom He can talk all he wants about moving subs. Maybe they moved. Maybe they didn’t. No one sees them, so who cares (in a deterrent sense)? Someone needs to brief Hegseth or Trump about signaling using carrier groups.

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@SashoTodorov1 It was also not an “obscure textbook maneuver” as Shelby Foote tried to sell. A battalion right wheel is about as basic as it gets.

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@MericaCulture That was not “an obscure textbook maneuver.” A battalion wheeling to the right is basic. Did he time it right? Sure. But, Foote oversold the maneuver.

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@Acyn Is this number in the room with you right now, sir?

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@RichardPCondon Internet winner.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

Most people think they’re just decorative guards in funny uniforms.

But the truth?

They’re trained killers who’d take a bullet for the Pope—without blinking.

Let me show you what 99% of people miss about the Swiss Guard.
🧵👇

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@surgeonshall Didn’t he kill three men in one surgery, though?

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@notcapnamerica Same here in SC.

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@JLVsTW1 @KamalaDreams Do the Amish use cell phones? Charged?

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@mrswombat15 @time_loves @zaptrapped @KamalaDreams @njburm Do the Amish use cell phones?

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1917, a U.S. Army gun battery on the Western Front fires the first American artillery shells of the First World War. It's a token gesture; the bulk of the United States' contingent to France won't be ready for major action until mid-1918.

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@JimLaPorta You are very good.

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@CwNewbie11 Check him out. Really quite good.

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@MavsLaker @CwNewbie11 Several books about major eastern theater campaigns. Uses first hand accounts and puts them together in a great narrative. Check out “Bloody Roads South.” It was his first.