Bradley Peniston

Executive editor of @DefenseOne. Been aboard more than 50 warships; wrote a couple of books about it.

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

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Thirty-eight years ago today, an Iranian mine tore a hole in the hull of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. The blast broke the frigate's keel, flooded its engineroom, and lit fires on several decks. Only the well-trained crew saved it.

[Thomas Novelly @TomNovelly]

NEW: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is spearheading a markup amendment to the Senate’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would create a “Cyber Force” as the next armed service branch.

The proposal would place it under the Army. The latest from @DefenseOne below 👇

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Unescorted access has never been an issue in any other administration including President Trump’s first term but now all of a sudden it’s a national security issue and the security of the Pentagon campus is apparently under threat.

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

@SteilacoomDrew I'll have to cue that one up; thanks!

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

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Thirty-eight years ago today, an Iranian mine tore a hole in the hull of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. The blast broke the frigate's keel, flooded its engineroom, and lit fires on several decks. Only the well-trained crew saved it.

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

@FormerDirtDart Indeed, the things that helped the Roberts to survive could, well, fill a book. Here's an excerpt:

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

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The Roberts' mining offers many lessons. Among them: A determined adversary finds cheap ways to hurt technologically advanced forces. The mine that nearly sank a U.S. Navy warship was based on a century-old design—and is scarcely less lethal today. https://t.co/pyVGpV5D91

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

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“The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait…” CNN reports. As in 1987: “The assumption that the Iranians ‘wouldn’t dare’ was shattered.”

[Thomas Novelly @TomNovelly]

Howdy, folks! I’m out in Colorado Springs this week for the @SpaceFoundation’s 41st Space Symposium. I’ll be covering national security, emerging tech, and so much more!

If you’re here, let’s chat! Email me at [email protected] or catch me on Signal at tomnovelly.01

[Phil Stewart @phildstewart]

The Pentagon Press Association, in its amicus brief to the court today, notes that thousands of workers without security clearances - from baristas to bakers - walk the unclassified hallways of the Pentagon. Why single out journalists who only walk in those unclassified spaces and move them out of the building?

[STL Joe 🌿🇺🇦💖🇺🇸🕊♿ @STLJOE2]

Via @wardcarroll.bsky.social April 2, 2023: The U.S. Navy's 1988 Savage 8-Hour War Against #Iran. Defense One Deputy Editor Brad Peniston @NavyBook joins Ward to discuss Operation Praying Mantis. https://t.co/oh76ezTRp1 #IranWar #IRGC #USNavy

[Frank Konkel @Frank_Konkel]

President Trump just directed the entire federal government to stop using @AnthropicAI. @USGSA and @FASCommissioner immediately canceled the company's OneGov deal & removed the company from its Multiple Award Schedule and USAI dot gov.

What's next? Expect a six-month phase-out period, according to the president, and a lot of jockeying in industry to fill the AI void Anthropic's apparent ban will open up.

https://t.co/yuiHameUy2 with @navybook

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

Last month: "Dozens of military lawyers have been temporarily assigned as federal prosecutors to support law-enforcement surges...a novel arrangement that is stretching an overworked JAG corps and drawing concern from legal experts.” https://t.co/h72cM80Qt7 by @TomNovelly
Now:

[Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9]

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/)

[Bradley Peniston @navybook]

@eodauthor Congrats! Will look forward to reading it. Who’s the publisher?