Kick Grabaston

Thor. views my own

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@BDHerzinger If the Navy is rhetorical foundation of the joint force, where is its infrastructure? Its enabling capabilities? Its logistics? The Navy has willingly ceded MILCON, sustainment, and much of its enabling capabilities to the Army. Don’t be mad the Army recognizes it.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

For a service that prides itself so heavily on discipline, the Marine Corps seems to have a lot more serious disciplinary issues in Okinawa than the Air Force, Army, and Navy in Japan and South Korea.

[Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes]

WATCH: During a recent meeting with U.S. military and diplomatic officials following the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of killing a local woman, Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja delivered a formal protest letter and demanded revisions to the status of forces agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in Japan.

🎥: @KeishiRKoja

Read more here: https://t.co/3J3bp1773N

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

This is a sentiment that I certainly share with a key reservation: islands don’t move. Carriers do. The operational and tactical value of the carrier emerges from its ability to deliver air power from unexpected areas. There are only so many 5-10k ft runways in Micronesia.

[Decker Eveleth @dex_eve]

This is another area where comparisons to the Iran War fail: land runways can be easily repaired. An aircraft carrier cannot be easily repaired. A land runway can withstand missile strikes - but with an aircraft carrier you only need one successful hit and its out of action.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@WeaponScientist You know, at least he didn’t forget to mention the Nazis this time

[Air Force Football @AF_Football]

𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗞𝗬 🫡

Two B-2 Spirit aircraft assigned to @Whiteman_AFB fly over Falcon Stadium before kickoff.

#FlyFightWin

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@scipio1776 @WeaponScientist I had the exact opposite experience at USAFA. Civilian professors were largely more reasonable than their uniformed counterparts. I had great experiences with both, but the civilians are a large part of my formation as a young officer

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker And you probably went to Annapolis.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker Tell it to my fucking class ring

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker The single best teacher I ever had a service academy was a former TFO guy who made me read Marx and Mao. I am a better soldier and officer because of the fact that I was made uncomfortable by what I read.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker I really don’t see how. I want professors willing to call cadets out and challenge them. The whole concept of both classical and liberal education requires professors to challenge things that their students say. That requires academic freedom.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker Many professors are folks who spent time in military service or civil service themselves and are returning to educate our cadets because they care about their development. The vast majority are great Americans and we’re lucky to have them. We should want to keep them.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker If you think that it’s a destination for career academics, you’re wrong. In general, Service Academy civilians make less than what their counterparts make at the Ivies. They receive less support for what little research they do because of the lack of endowments.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ChrisChattin @dmbkparker It’s not traditional tenure style research though. How many tenured professors at other institutions are putting undergrads through research involving satellite communications? The Service Academies produce great product precisely because they give hands on experience beforehand

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@ZaraShepherd9 @WeaponScientist What makes a SOF veteran more qualified than me to teach?

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@cdrsalamander Sal, maybe if you didn’t go to a Service Academy, you shouldn’t really make strong statements on the topic. I’m not going to tell you how to drive a ship.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

Anyone who thinks this is a good idea didn’t go to a Service Academy.

[Mary Margaret Olohan @MaryMargOlohan]

SCOOP: @SecWar is ending the appointment of civilian employees to tenured positions at U.S. Military Service Academies.

The move is intended to refocus military academies on “warfighter education,” Hegseth said in a memo obtained by @realDailyWire.

https://t.co/tI4n94fjeE

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@6Voodoo @WeaponScientist I sure didn’t take AP Calc in High School. Where’s your class ring?

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@scipio1776 @WeaponScientist A significant portion, if not most, of NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and NIWC engineers are actually civilians.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@Fallujahrwds @WeaponScientist I would say about 60% of the civilian faculty at the Service Academies have experience in civil service or military service prior to making the transition to academia. We have exceptional military faculty, but the civilians are absolutely a value add that we can’t lose.

[Kick Grabaston @OSactual]

@PeteHaas49 @WeaponScientist They do, but most 300 and 400 level courses were taught by civilians in my experience.