Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 3hSomething I’ve noticed over the years is the Mil Influencer types always seem to flame out and leave the service, usually before they hit the decade mark and the decision to make it a career. Some folks just aren’t built for the grind of middle management. All the likes in the world can’t teach it 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 6hAm I crazy to think it was a silver lining for Hawkins to hit a 40 yard FG? 100
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026CI/CT Special Agents knowing there is going to be an uptick of homegrown violent extremism after a public execution of a homegrown violent extremism.static.klipy.comMan Smoking Cigarette, Hand on ForeheadALT: Man Smoking Cigarette, Hand on Forehead 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I offered to give a mini-lecture on the history of voting rights and the US military as part of the War Department directed Voting Stand Down but it appears we are instead going to collectively point finger guns at each other and ask “you good to vote, yeah?” Oh well. Can’t say I didn’t try. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Quarter zip under sports coat / suit jacket is a horrible look. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It would seem my tax dollars go primarily to golf outings (not mine obviously), political ads during football games, and missile interceptors to keep my friend Ryan alive. Life is funny huh. 160
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You tell your kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because you're worried about energy costs. I tell my kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because I want to be comfortable wearing my sweater. We are not the same. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s not even October and I’m already hearing about jingle bells and how Batman smells. Ladies and gentlemen we lost the war on Christmas. 001
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How I look at my sweatpant collection now that the nights are cooler.static.klipy.comSpice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink SuitALT: Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit 030
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In the war of musical gingers I will wear the fur coat. 011
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Opening up the checkbook for yet another uniform related expenditure….static.klipy.comCJ: Ah Shit, Here We Go AgainALT: CJ: Ah Shit, Here We Go Again 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My friend’s description of a OWUAS barrage did not sound like small potatoes. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I was messaging a colleague who is in the CENTCOM AOR dealing with this on a regular basis and it sucks much worse than what I dealt with in Afghanistan. 011
Reposted by Ben Lymanderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1272207233993
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Distance running is a great support but the problem with it is that my kids ansolutely do not care that I PR’d the marathon this morning and would like to spend the rest of the day with my feet up and my eyes closed. 100
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Bro I am a middle aged dad and instead of a nice relaxing PBS doc I'm catching up on Economist articles and only making myself more stressed 140
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Damn dude you just laying out the whole strategy right there. 040
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Me at the waterpark on my government-issued, socialist-inspired random paid Friday off two weeks ago: "Doesn't anyone WORK anymore?!?!" 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Not even an O-5 but of all the things I complain about the money sure isn't it. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Is there anything more satisfying than when you finally figure out the song whose melody has been stuck in your head? 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As these stories come out I realize more and more that I was apparently wildin’ out while teaching there just a couple years ago. I played the DJT WWE clip in my Am History class and said “if you can explain how the long arc of US politics led to this I’ll give you an A++ on the final” 🤣 0100
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every time I kill a cricket that has invaded my home I think of the movie A Bug's Life and my actions feel righteous. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Today at my daughter’s 5th grade orientation I learned that it will be vitally important for me to charge her Chromebook nightly because I sure and shit know she won’t remember. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Not entirely true I saw some nice young Guardsmen giving directions to a couple of tourists just the other week! 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Crunchy peanut butter is the superior peanut butter. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If CENTCOM had unlimited munitions stores there probably wouldn’t be a positive ID requirement for any target in Iran. There basically isn’t a leash. 010
Reposted by Ben LymanJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Watching the CENTCOM Commander write WSJ Op Eds about how amazing the war is going and how the morale has never been higher as we drag on into the 6th month of the 3-day special military operation to denuclearize Iran 321072152
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Dude the Whoop removable charger is super convenient when you have it and worse than satan when you’ve lost it. 110
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Safe and Beautiful National Guardsmen walking the mall in this heat look more depressed than 10th Mountaineers in the middle of a Drum winter. 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It would appear the JRTC Podcast has been removed from YouTube just as my episode was coming up in the queue. This is an incredible disappointment and a disservice to everyone who wanted to see what a worn out BCT S2 looks like on camera only six hours after SOBE. 020
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not sure I’ve ever needed anything more than I need CFB season to start. 000
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Oooo that sounds so sloppy I can’t wait (actually I’ll wait until football season when I re-subscribe to Paramount so I can watch the Giants get trounced by some AFC team with DUI Tony on the commentary) 010
Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026When I said I wanted to have a French Sunday I meant a relaxing and refreshing day at home NOT my kids building barricades and declaring an end to the (in their minds) tyrannical rule of their parental oppressors. 000