Reposted by Chris IngramBrad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Army is establishing a new command. FASCOM = Futures and Autonomous Systems Command. 5721955
Reposted by Chris IngramGerman Marshall Fund @gmfus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Military leaders must be able to offer professional military advice even if it conflicts with the partisan beliefs of the civilian leadership,” writes GMF’s Carrie A. Lee, evaluating lessons from Poland to inform US military personnel decisions. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/4hCsY5Jbit.lyHow to Politicize a Military 051
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Enjoyed the opportunity this week to connect with global leadership scholars at Troy University. 000
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Canada joining EU before the UK negotiates its way back in would be kinda hilarious. Curious to see how deep “associate” membership can become. 041
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I absolutely believe in the need to regulate college sports to build a fair model that retains the concept of “student-athletes”. I just have ZERO faith in some of the loudest politicians on the issue.static.klipy.comLee Corso: Not So Fast, My FriendALT: Lee Corso: Not So Fast, My Friend 010
Reposted by Chris IngramJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization. 2/ 121885384
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In the coming months we would begin to react as a nation and make policy decisions that reverberate in unanticipated ways to this day, but for a brief period in the following weeks the nation and the world came together in ways that seem unimaginable now. 130
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026On September 11, 2001 I was a young Congressional staff member on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee when we evacuated the Capitol. We would find out later it had been the target of the plane that passengers took down in a Pennsylvania field. 120
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reflecting on 25 years of second and third order effects. We knew the world changed that day; we are still discovering what that means. 1141
Reposted by Chris Ingram🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/t... #Profession #MilitaryEthics #OrgCultureshankskaurin.wordpress.comThe Unprincipled Principal Redux: It’s Much WorsePhoto by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com The Argument in December 2020 In the Fall of 2020, I was writing the above invited article f… 021
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You have a friend in Austin. And it is definitely a city worth visiting. 020
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 16/07/2026There are so many lessons from Ukraine that should inform decisions about the types of Soldiers needed in a future war. Or we could continue basing our “ideal” warfighter image on outdated perceptions. 061
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It was a good run. Hoping next year will be even better. 050
Reposted by Chris IngramBrian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Responding to Rickover’s critique that the officer-heavy faculty was academically weak, it set out to attract and retain prominent civilian scholars... and, ultimately, became an elite academic institution itself." Academic freedom in @usniproceedings.bsky.social : www.usni.org/magazines/pr...usni.orgAcademic Freedom Is a National Security ImperativeWhy should the military care about academic freedom? 215533
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Everything just got better. Cheers, kind people. 170
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Ouch! Your count made me do my own math. (Not counting study abroad, basic training, deployments, TDY for schools, etc.) Just counting boxing up everything I own and moving to a new home, I’m at 25 moves, so far. Lifetime average less than 2 years per home. And more expected before retirement.static.klipy.comLiz Lemon Moving OutAlt: Liz Lemon Moving Out 330
Reposted by Chris Ingramalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026if you are "using AI for writing," you are not writing. i do not know how to make this any simpler 251807364
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 30/05/2026🤫 shhh! Don’t let them know we still read in PME!!static.klipy.comGirl's Cozy Reading Nook in a BoxALT: Girl's Cozy Reading Nook in a Box 010
Reposted by Chris IngramLawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Superb essay by Frank Hoffman on the rise and fall of the end of major war thesis. 25814
Reposted by Chris IngramMilitary Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The MWG Awards submission window is open through 6/30! 2025’s Creative Writing Category: 🏆Winner: Fig Wasps by Robert Miner. www.militarywritersguild.org/fig-wasps 🌟Honorable Mention: Floaters by Pat Mulderrig www.militarywritersguild.org/floaters Apply: www.militarywritersguild.org/awards 012
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Remembering the ones who gave their lives in the hope of securing a better world for us all. 0132
Reposted by Chris Ingram🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 23/05/2026This. #MilitaryEthics 091
Reposted by Chris IngramMilitary Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Awards Program submission window open through 6/31! Apply: www.militarywritersguild.org/awards Check out last year’s Professional Category: Winner: Ryan Pallas www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/beyo... Hon. Mention: @nathankfinney.com www.fletchersecurity.org/reimagininga...militarystrategymagazine.comBeyond the Rifleman: A Case for Change Regarding the Management of Military Personnel - Military Strategy MagazineThe management of military personnel is frequently discounted in strategic discussions. This article uses the US Marine Corps as a case study to demonstrate how entrenched cultural practices can perpe... 023
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The real Thucydides Trap was the power we squandered along the way. 26010
Reposted by Chris IngramMilitary Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 18/05/2026🚨 The Professor Richard H. Kohn Fellowship: Fully funded opportunity for 3 military & veteran writers •One‑week intensive retreat for writers to turn operational experience into policy‑shaping work. • Focused writing time • Expert coaching • Peer review • Support publishing 142
Reposted by Chris Ingram🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 15/05/2026shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/i... The Inroduction continues with the backstreet for #RethinkingMilitaryHonor #honor #Profession #MilitaryEthics #ethicsshankskaurin.wordpress.comIntroduction: Why Honor?Photo by Bruce Squiers on Pexels.com Why Honor? Before moving forward, I want to engage the why of thinking about military honor; it is important to situate this both in the context of recent… 1106
Reposted by Chris Ingram"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Not to put this one person on blast - a lot of folks say this - but you can't actually "just end the war." Iran has to agree to end the war. You can unilaterally stop bombing - we did! - and the war might not end. Iran is going to demand *payment* to end the war, in the form of concessions. 2998099
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Don’t miss this great opportunity for a funded writing fellowship if you are a Member of @milwritersguild.bsky.social! (And if you are a military writer who is not a member yet, don’t miss the next opportunity to join us!!) 044
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Great writing fellowship (funded) opportunity for MWG members!static.klipy.comKermit The Frog TypingALT: Kermit The Frog Typing 021
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Likewise. Although the physical “where” is up in the air… 120
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 06/05/2026You too, huh?static.klipy.comOffice Chaos FireALT: Office Chaos Fire 110
Reposted by Chris IngramJoshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🚨 Now out in @bjpols.bsky.social w @busbyj2.bsky.social @jordantama.bsky.social @ckafura.bsky.social: Do American foreign policy elites know what the public wants? Partnering with @global-affairs.bsky.social, we show that elites systematically misread the room 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 27728
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 02/05/2026One of the perks of work travel is the occasional chance to be a tourist in a city I once called home and where I still believe we can find a path up this hill. 060
Reposted by Chris IngramKori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This is such an interesting set of reflections on how to write history about history people already think they know. 1325
Reposted by Chris IngramMilitary Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Welcome to the new Military Writer's Guild members! Go to the Substack link below to learn more about the Spring 2026 cohort of new members. milwritersguild.substack.com/p/welcome-to...milwritersguild.substack.comWelcome to the New MWG Members!Spring 2026 Cohort 023
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 26/04/2026May not be a coincidence that both shootings I referenced were in different parts of…….yup, Texas! 110
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I was 100ft from a shooting a few weeks ago (walking my dog) and my daughter experienced a mass shooting at her workplace that killed 23 people and injured 22 more. Gun violence is a policy choice. 1161
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I wish it weren’t so…media.tenor.coma screenshot from schitt 's creek shows two women talkingALT: a screenshot from schitt 's creek shows two women talking 100
Reposted by Chris Ingram🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 25/04/2026shankskaurin.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/m... And yes. Which is why you need more of this.shankskaurin.wordpress.comMoral Deliberation: A Cyclical Process of ReflectionWhile this post is longer than my usual posts, I think it is important to go into more detail on this ethical practice, since it is one that subsequent posts will use as foundational. What is Moral… 121
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 25/04/2026To paraphrase the diva @queenofthinair.bsky.social; every day is ethics day. Also, it seems, not considering ethics in every decision is, well, a decision. 152
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 24/04/2026“in combat, the application of land power leads to killing but should never involve murder.” Military Review article proposing an ethical decision making model for the Army: www.armyupress.army.mil/journals/mil...armyupress.army.mil 1102
Reposted by Chris IngramKayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Hey guys it's totally fine that top military & health leaders are anti-vaxx, right? No historically examples we should pay attention to or anything? Cool cool coolbuff.lyThe Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military baseApproximately 43,000 service members were killed by the influenza virus that was first identified at an Army base in Haskell County, Kansas. 1144
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Everything is unprecedented when you ignore the past.media.tenor.coma man in a cowboy hat has the words i never saw this coming on his faceALT: a man in a cowboy hat has the words i never saw this coming on his face 100
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 22/04/2026To appeal to all the boomers who moved there to cosplay Yellowstone?media.tenor.coma man wearing a cowboy hat and a suit says it will never look like our land againALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat and a suit says it will never look like our land again 110
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I read some decidedly nerdy stuff on #strategy. But this article on what chess ♟️ can teach us about the war in Iran takes the check. They had me at “Nash Equilibrium”. sentinelgeopolitics.substack.com/p/epic-fury-...sentinelgeopolitics.substack.comEpic Fury and the limits of decapitationWhat Chess teaches us about the 2026 US Israel - Iran conflict 050
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Great article for those who think about #wargaming, and especially those who think #AI is the answer. AI is an answer, but maybe not to the problem you’re trying to solve. @warontherocks.bsky.social 151
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Still time for MWG Members to apply for these outstanding FUNDED #writing fellowships. Not a member of @milwritersguild.bsky.social? Check out the website. Join us! 030
Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Boycotting H-E-B… In Texas… Sure. Some Texans may hate woke, but they love fresh tortillas more.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a man holding a plate of food with the words let me know how that turns out below himALT: a cartoon of a man holding a plate of food with the words let me know how that turns out below him 050