Austin

Public servant and patriot 🇺🇸 New England diaspora 🦞 Outdoorsman 🏃🏻⛵️🎣🏂🏕️ Girl dad 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

[Austin @austingcommons]

I would challenge you to fit it on a 3 x 5 card. It needs to be simple, digestible, and repeatable. No one is reading the 5-page command philosophy full of Clausewitz quotes.

[96/4 lean beef meatball @combatmeatball]

Ok I need some mentorship from all the cool people out there: what should you put in your command philosophy? I need to actually start writing one.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

11. A sailboat at sunset by Anduin Rexhearth

[Austin @austingcommons]

@TroopsinContact “Your next point is on the hood of the truck. Have a good one.”

[Austin @austingcommons]

@Rothmus Buddy, how familiar are you with New England? It’s not just the campus of Middlebury College.

[Austin @austingcommons]

+1

[Austin @austingcommons]

@merii3 You’re on private, your audience is whatever you decide it is, Meredith.

[Austin @austingcommons]

@merii3

[Austin @austingcommons]

@claire_sf @wen44269930 @dieworkwear “It is mysterious, because the buttons are on the wrong side.”

[Austin @austingcommons]

@Asst_to_the_RM “Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”

- Samuel Johnson

[Annie Kowalewski｜梁安妮 @anniekowalewski]

Fourth, SEA countries *want* U.S. to remain present in the region. Every country we visited expressed a preference to work w/U.S. biz +USG. And every country pointed to U.S. military presence in the region as a stabilizer and "counterbalance" to PRC military adventurism.

[Austin @austingcommons]

@maisiecora

[Austin @austingcommons]

“…the operator using a drone is looking into a pair of goggles or at a control terminal. The operator lacks any wider situational awareness. It is inappropriate for them to be with the assault teams, and it is unwise for them to be left by themselves…”

[War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks]

The reality of most emerging technology is that it requires people, and if the number of soldiers is reduced in one area, they are often displaced to other parts of the battlefield. https://t.co/DTM9THEXu6

[Austin @austingcommons]

@Culture_Crit Go Tell It On The Mountain - James Baldwin (1953)

Deals in a fresh and novel way with complex relationships with religion, identity, family, and masculinity.

[Austin @austingcommons]

@MichaelShurkin I’m genuinely curious whether anyone has thoughtfully examined and written about the ethics of human migration writ large. I’d be interested to read it.

[Austin @austingcommons]

@StolenValor1 Perfect to wear on November 10th (which is almost Veterans Day)

[Austin @austingcommons]

@callsigncowgirl Completely new? That stuff looks filthy.

[Austin @austingcommons]

@forbesmm @merii3 I think the word “philosophy” has high-minded connotations that can make it seem pretentious at the company level and below.

“Standing commander’s intent” or something to that effect might be a better way to put it.

[Austin @austingcommons]

I would challenge you to fit it on a 3 x 5 card. It needs to be simple, digestible, and repeatable. No one is reading the 5-page command philosophy full of Clausewitz quotes.

[96/4 lean beef meatball @combatmeatball]

Ok I need some mentorship from all the cool people out there: what should you put in your command philosophy? I need to actually start writing one.

[Austin @austingcommons]

Save the detail for your initial and subsequent counselings with your 1SG, XO, and PLs/PSGs. That’s the place to take those simple thoughts from the 3x5 card and expand on them with detail that’s appropriate to the position.

[Austin @austingcommons]

Awesome and long overdue. Mech infantry is one of the most flexible and dangerous formations in the Army, and experts crewing the Brads will make it even better.

[ArmyTimes @ArmyTimes]

The new 19C field will be part of the armor job family. https://t.co/7KRDWg5joA