Nick Chalko

Marine, Husband, Father, Programmer

[John Ringo SF Author @Jringo1508]

This is obviously AI and his wife is covering up his murder.

He has six fingers when he lifts the cup. Blatant AI!

[Winsome Earle-Sears @winwithwinsome]

No shade, just facts!

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

They Only Love Us When We’re Dead

Let me explain why @PeteHegseth’s struggle cuts deep for so many of us.

He jokes about receiving 100% negative media coverage as @SecDef. Classic infantry humor. But behind the laugh is something serious, something warriors like me feel deep in our bones.

I didn’t know who he was until @realDonaldTrump announced him. I was bitter. Burned out. After years of watching the Army rot under leaders who didn’t believe in warfighters, I was ready to walk away. Then I saw his interview with @ShawnRyan762, and for the first time in years, I heard my own voice coming from someone else.

He was raw, honest, full of fire and frustration, saying what so many of us have felt and lived. I listened to The War on Warriors during my PCS from California to Texas and thought: maybe, just maybe, the tide is turning. But then came the media.

They didn’t see a man reborn from war, they saw tabloid bait. They didn’t see someone rise from the wreckage of combat, they saw a drunk, a womanizer, a threat to their fragile narratives. They ignored the mission, the movement, the message. They attacked the man. Because that’s what they always do.

And for the first time, I asked myself: is that how America sees me?

Because I drank too much. I chased women. I did reckless things to feel alive after brushing shoulders with death. Like many infantrymen, I struggled when I came home. Not because I was broken, but because I was human.

The media never tells that story. They only love us when we fight their wars, come home silent, and k*ll ourselves. That’s the Soldier they’re comfortable with. The one who disappears. But rise from that? Try to lead again? Speak your mind? Now you’re dangerous.

So no, I’m not asking the media to be nicer to him. I’m asking the American people to see through them. To understand what it means to walk through fire, stumble, and still choose to serve again, reborn. Because when you malign warriors for surviving the wars you forgot, don’t be surprised when we stop trusting you.

They went from “thank you for your service” to “how dare you not be perfect.” From hero to headline. They used our war, our pain, our sacrifice, and turned their backs the moment we showed our scars. That’s not criticism. That’s betrayal.

If the media actually cared about warfighters, they’d shine a light on our real battles: the suicide crisis, mold ridden barracks, a broken VA, commanders who punish truth tellers, and an IG system built to bury the truth. But they don’t. Instead, they spend their time tearing down Pete Hegseth for anything they can spin, forcing him to pause the mission just to swat away their lies. That’s not journalism. That’s sabotage. And we see it for exactly what it is.

And it proves what so many of us have known for years: they don’t hate Pete because he failed us, they hate him because he won’t fail warriors.

They don’t care about warfighters. They care about the narrative. And for the first time in years, the narrative is scared. We aren't backing down.

[Sarah A. Hoyt @SarahAHoyt]

@CtDrakupo I understand Elon is my brother in Heinlein. As is @JeffGreason and many, many others.
Our paths are different, but it was Robert A. Heinlein that launched us upon them.

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@JosephFordCotto Yes

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@ndx @DataRepublican

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@esrtweet @SCHIZO_FREQ But are you normal?

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

Help me create a world without type 1 diabetes. https://t.co/jBwHFNVKE1

[Bell Labs @BellLabs]

BASIC computer language is 53 years old today. Retweet if BASIC was your first computer language? #ThisDayinSTEM https://t.co/POiuR7KOX2

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

"Green Card Holder Re-Enters US From Afghanistan In Plot to Blow Up NYC Subway System" https://t.co/Yy7Urz6eqk #politics #feedly

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@IMAO_ I agree let's call it pro child murder and Anti child murder.

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

This is a driving safety alert for the auburn grass valley area.

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

Fair winds and following seas @POTUS44

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@realDonaldTrump congratulations. Let's get to work. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain l

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@Encrestix Is this the James Kordahl that Used to be at 23d Marines. If so email me.

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

in other words if you have been paying attention you know it is time to prepare for a serious outbreak. http://t.co/NGF2svwKW4

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

#consolatatedcommunications is slightly better this morning 10M down and 4M up http://t.co/1GJx7w4HaO #speedtest

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

Check out my @Ookla Speedtest result! What's your speed? http://t.co/2cejBg9yeH #speedtest
#consolidatedcommunications 1.9Mbs

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

#consolidatedcommunications just dropped to 1.9MB mps almost unusable.

[Nick Chalko @chalko]

@kchalko we are going to miss you two tomorrow.