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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I’ll never not love this city.

Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Ten years ago today, Nicholle set her sights on me from across the room of a charity casino night, and my life has never been the same since. What a ride it’s been. I didn’t know what I was getting into back then, but I’m excited to see what our next decade together brings.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

From last night: a belated Happy Halloween from the Eire and Aigle, our home bar.

Photo of an antique, circular and gilded mirror with an eagle atop the frame, depicting in its reflection a gathering of people in a candlelit bar room/library, taking during a belated Halloween gathering.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Happy 250th Birthday, @usarmy. This young gun in the maroon served in WWII and cut the cake this evening at the USARPAC Birthday Ball.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

George is officially five years old. He’s such a handsome, good boy.

Photo of a Saint Bernard wearing a “Happy Birthday” bandana, sitting in front of a home bar with stools.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

He’s just a little guy. Happy Valentine’s Day, from George.

Close up photograph of a Saint Bernard named George, lying on a couch with his face nestled between his front paws.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Aloha from my favorite bar in Honolulu.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I think this might be the first non-desk/bar-side #latenightlibrary post, but I just happened to finish this and I think you should jump on it, too. Detailing the circumstances leading up to, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the American invasion of Panama…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Truly the dumbest timeline with the most obvious and pandering outcome. Also, for Christ’s sake don’t download RedNote, you morons.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

One step closer to cuddling, nearly five years in.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

George leading (me, at least) the way back during tonight’s hike.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Ygritte has reclaimed be spot on the old couch in the front room.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

They’re here! The first (to my knowledge) official history of NIS/NCIS. Between this and Mark Harmon/SA Leon Carroll’s new books, we’re getting to explore our history in a lot more depth, and I’m loving it.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I joined AFOSI and Security Forces personnel this morning for a memorial ruck in honor of the four AFOSI special agents and two SFS defenders who were killed when their joint patrol, Hustler 6, was attacked by a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2015.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The first #LateNightLibrary from Hawaii, with a paperback, no less? Well, I actually listened to the audiobook of this one, but…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We took George and Margo outside together tonight and George got a *little* excited, to Margo’s temporary inconvenience.

A compilation of three photos depicting a Ragdoll cat and a Saint Bernard dog on green grass. In the series of photos, the dog rolls on its back and accidentally knocks the cat over with one of his paws.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A “quick” little 10k to kick off Thanksgiving week, courtesy of the Marine Corps Base Hawai’i Kaneohe Bay Turkey Trot. (Disclaimer: I was not quick and the course was not a full 10k, per my watch)

A before and after photo of a man and woman posing in a selfie before and following a 10k race.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Before and after this afternoon’s effort - I swear it’d only been like, two and a half weeks since the last time I cut it.

Two photos conjoined, with the top half showing an overgrown lawn with grass two-to-three feet in height, and the bottom half showing the lawn lawn mowed and its overgrown grass mulched.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I’m sure I’ll see you again soon, Arlington.

An aerial view of northern Arlington, VA including Long Bridge Park, Pentagon City (now National Landing) and the Pentagon reservation.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

George seems to be doing well in boarding while we’re gone.

A photo of a Saint Bernard dog with a green in color stuffed turtle toy laying in front of the standing dog.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Thanks - it’s nice to just not be hot all the time, for once in a while.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Walking the Freedom Trail today, and climbed the Bunker Hill Memorial at the far end of it. Sheesh, I underestimated that - but what great views.

Photo collage depicting the 1st and 294th steps in the Bunker Hill Memorial, as well as a photo looking (approximately) eastward from the top of the monument over Boston, MA.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Visited the only still-serving US Navy vessel to have sunk an enemy warship today, and I’ll need to go back with cash to buy swag from the crew’s MWR table.

Selfie-style photo of a man in a green Patagonia fleece jacket standing in front of the USS Constitution in Boston, MA.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

From this weekend’s quick visit to Los Angeles - Nicholle and I checked out the Jim Henson Studio for “Puppet Up!”, got to hear from Brian Henson himself, visited the Funko Hollywood store, had some “Sinfully good” pizza, and enjoyed a couple drinks at the Frolic Room.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

So, we won a prize at the Trunk or Treat tonight for “Funniest Trunk” thanks to our incredibly handsome Magnum PI, George.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Conspiracy Theory (but the fun kind): Ángel Hernández is actually *not* a bad umpire. Instead, he’s an early investor in the robot umpire enterprise, and is trying to hasten its adoption in the #MLB to make the most profit. #baseball #umpire

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

I’ve officially won the mantle at my parents’ house. Victory is mine.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Happy Saint Pat’s. Don’t be dumb.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Today (Wednesday, March 13th), this handsome pup turns four. George was born on Friday the 13th, March 2020. He is well and truly the COVID puppy to end all COVID puppies, arriving just before the lockdowns and tragedy, to bring a whole host of light to our own home.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

There’s *slightly* different weather here in Cleveland for Christmas than last year.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

From infantry training in Louisiana to much more training for the O.S.S., to work with the British, and the mix of the mundane and sometimes moronic world of intelligence operations, this book apparently garnered a cult following in intelligence circles following its publication.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Time for another edition of #LateNightLibrary, with this 1957 copy of “You’re Stepping On My Cloak And Dagger” by Roger Hall, a U.S. Army member of the O.S.S.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

After tonight’s evening at the Spy Museum, it seems only appropriate for another edition of #LateNightLibrary, this time featuring “Spy” by David Wise. Originally published in 2002, this remains one of if not the authoritative tellings of the espionage case of FBI Special Agent Robert Hanssen…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet the Man de La Mancha himself, Don Quixote!

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Hello from the Maryland Renaissance Faire!

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Late night library, Friday edition! Alright here’s a change of pace - I haven’t read a single page of this book yet. It arrived in the mail yesterday, and I can’t wait to read it. So what’s my tidbit? Well, here’s something interesting for those outside the profession:

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Anyways, this little volume has pretty good rundowns on a variety of cases, highlighting various tradecraft employed and how many bad guys got caught.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I fell asleep before posting this, so… whoops. Not every spy book need be fancy! I bought this one solely because it made me laugh - the concept of “Counterintelligence for Dummies” makes me imagine Kim Philly reeeeally having to spell it out for James Angleton over their fourth martini at lunch.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I might not have been able to attend a Christmas Ale First Pour event this year; but I was able to continue celebrating Great Lake Brewing Company’s 35th anniversary *and* Margo’s birthday tonight. Sláinte and lá breithe shona duit!

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Interesting tidbit for those playing along at home, the first star on the wall memorializes Douglas Seymour Mackiernan, killed by Tibetan border guards as he escaped the Communist overtaking of China - almost singularly because the couriers sent by the Dalai Lama were late by two days.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Another edition of Late Night Library… Tonight’s is a pseudo-double feature, though it’s two different editions of the same book, detailing some of the stories of the men and women that have died in the service of the CIA, and are now memorialized at the CIA Headquarters with stars on a wall…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

The thing that makes this copy special is the handwritten inscription, if you can read it.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

From the library… Alright, I know I’m jumping to the end a bit here, but this is one of my favorite books - “The Mitrokhin Archives”, named after one of its authors, Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin….

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Afterward, he returned to duty until the end of the Civil War. He again volunteered to serve and was promoted to Colonel during the Spanish American War, though his unit did not arrive in time to see any fighting. He is buried in Albany, New York.

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Escaping captivity multiple times only to be recaptured, Glazier was believed to be a spy and was to be shot, before he escaped yet again. Assisted by sympathetic enslaved people, he reached Union held territory in Savannah, Georgia just before Christmas in 1864…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Glazier himself was a school teacher before enlisting in E Co, Harris Light Cavalry in August 1861 at 19 years old. In March 1862 he, now a Lieutenant, was captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Manassas. He was held in Richmond through May 1864, and subsequently moved to Columbia, SC…

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Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Tonight’s selection from the library… “The Capture, the Prison Pen, and the Escape; Giving a Complete History of Prison Life in the South” by Captain Willard W. Glazier, this edition published in 1870 in New York…

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