Reposted by JD SimkinsPaul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is the most articulate and impactful piece I've read regarding the Pentagon's planned livestreamed execution of Nidel Hasan. Please read it. 21290134
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UAE turns to Russian shadow airline for missions in Africa. Linus Höller with an investigative report for us @defensenews.bsky.socialdefensenews.comUAE turns to Russian shadow airline for missions in Africa: InvestigationThe company behind these planes, Aviacon Zitotrans, has been sanctioned by the United States, Canada and Ukraine for its support in Russia’s war effort. 041
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ukraine’s former defense minister launches ‘Manhattan Project’ for killer robotsdefensenews.comUkraine’s former defense minister launches ‘Manhattan Project’ for killer robotsMykhailo Fedorov told Defense News he wants humanoid-like robots on the battlefield within six months and an assault without infantry within a year. 011
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a knife hand away from being the perfect photo 070
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Unless you say you’re suicidal, you have to wait weeks for an appointment with the military mental health providers,” one Lincoln sailor said. Long deployments overwhelm a strained Navy mental health system, personnel say www.militarytimes.com/news/your-na...militarytimes.comLong deployments overwhelm a strained Navy mental health system, personnel sayNavy therapists and sailors cited long wait times and inadequate services as hurdles to getting mental health help aboard deployed ships. 044
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026ICE detained an Army sergeant’s wife. His family is still waiting for answers.militarytimes.comICE detained an Army sergeant’s wife. His family is still waiting for answers.On July 11, ICE detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo as her family drove home from the grocery store. Last week, she was almost deported to Honduras. 0107
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 16/08/2026They haven't allowed embeds at all. We've tried many times. The one time they did, they — rather ironically, considering all the criticisms — brought on CNN, which later reported a sailor had in fact gone in the water for about an hour. 011
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Good lord, this again? Just a full — *checks notes — DECADE of this complaint about EMALS www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...navytimes.comNavy should return to 'goddamned steam' on carrier, Trump saysPresident Trump says the Navy should abandon longstanding plans for electro-magnetic catapults for carrier aviation and return to the traditional steam-powered launch and recovery system. 040
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Active-duty sailor in an op-ed for Military Times: "The lesson I take from [talking to sailors who have endured extended deployments] is not that the Navy should stop deploying. It is that endurance cannot be the only plan."militarytimes.comIf long deployments are the future, endurance can’t be the Navy’s only planOpinion: "If we expect the ship to endure, we have to maintain it. If we expect the crew to endure, we have to sustain them," an active-duty sailor argues. 41210
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The Navy has denied our reporting. Not in response to our queries, but in a statement the service provided to @taskandpurpose.com - here: taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-us... Shortly after that story went up, text messages emerged from sailors detailing additional morale issues: x.com/AaronParnas/... 21610
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We also had instances in Iraq of individuals doing entirely reckless things that, in their state of mind in that moment, had very different motives than what might be perceived from the outside looking in 0221
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Many responses are asking why going overboard in the headline was not worded as a suicide attempt instead. Quite frankly, because despite what the result might likely be in your clear frame of thought, the intent amidst clouded judgment isn't always the case For instance: bsky.app/profile/m5xj... 1363
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Here ⬇️militarytimes.com230 troops discharged for refusing COVID-19 vaccine have rejoined, Pentagon saysRoughly 2.7% of the thousands who left the service over the vaccine mandate have rejoined and another 7% have expressed interest in returning. 000
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Air Force updated its COVID-19 reinstatement process this week and will now employ case managers to speed up troops' return This, meanwhile, comes on the heels of a recent report that showed less than 3% of service members eligible to return after being separated have actually opted to.militarytimes.comAir Force expedites COVID reinstatement process for separated airmen, guardiansThe Air Force changed its COVID-19 reinstatement process to remove delays for service members seeking to return after vaccine-related separation. 121
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Taking editorial liberties to word something in a way that is both 1) from an ethical reporting standpoint, wrong, and 2) not how the families of those impacted told us is not something we're going to do 4330
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Going to word it according to what the family members themselves told us. Going overboard from a carrier is not passive. People know what that means. It's not something you have to say. 7420
Reposted by JD SimkinsGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Air Force One catering truck scandal is deeper and darker than the media is portraying it — it’s a Russian nesting doll of corruption and national security threats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...doomsdayscenario.coThe Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" ScandalDonald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption 821831788
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Mold, asbestos and crumbling walls are only some of the issues plaguing the U.S. military’s Pacific bases, according to a Pentagon watchdog. The findings came during an audit of Pacific Command infrastructure, during which IG investigators visited 11 PACOM bases in May 2025militarytimes.comAsbestos, mold and crumbling walls: The US military’s Pacific bases are falling apartMold, asbestos and crumbling walls are only some of the issues plaguing the U.S. military's Pacific bases, a government watchdog found. 1105
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Families of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln spoke to Military Times about multiple incidents in which sailors have attempted to go overboard amid the ship's extended deployment in support of combat operations in the Middle Eastmilitarytimes.comMultiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families sayMultiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month. 38404173
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Onboard view of the USS Peleliu getting pummeled by US missiles during the Navy's latest SINKEX event 0105
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Saw someone mention that the White House now looks like a shitty Thai restaurant and that's all I see now 031
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Imagine getting access to the Pentagon as a press member just to ask military chiefs for a response about a social media AI video of Jesus throwing Trump into hell 000
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 07/04/2026All those conversations about refusing illegal orders seem more relevant by the day. 000
Reposted by JD SimkinsGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026We need especially right now to remember the model of integrity and vision for public service by the Greatest Generation and leaders like Robert Mueller — I tried to distill some of the core leadership lessons that Mueller always talked about: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-leade...doomsdayscenario.coFive Leadership Lessons from Robert MuellerHis critical refrain — “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. And if you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” — matters especially now. 419674
Reposted by JD SimkinsAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵 8279593839
Reposted by JD SimkinsBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The fact that all these people are civilians is comical. 911231
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Totally normal handling of a rifle. Not stupid at all 121
Reposted by JD SimkinsGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026One thing I’m thinking about today is the hollowness of all the “Don’t Tread on Me” extremists, who turn out to be just far-right extremists. Dems should retake the Gadsden flag. Is there a good blue maker of Gadsden flags that doesn’t support far-right causes? 70909142
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026"Don’t create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act." Didn't think we'd ever see this quote from Jim Mattis applied to operations in our own country. DHS is spawning an army of pissed off citizens 000
Reposted by JD SimkinsBrian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens. 640197
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Been wild to see how fast everyone went from thumping their chest about Second Amendment rights to OKing the murder of a citizen exercising his Second Amendment rights 010
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The Pentagon is putting out press releases about basic information like it's "Sin City" neo-noir 010
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 18/01/2026*Stares into mirror in bathroom "Jonathan Ross. Jonathan Ross. Jonathan ... Ro—" 030
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"Which Way Western Man?" is a book by white supremacist William Gayley Simpson. It was published in the 1970s by an imprint affiliated with the neo-Nazi group National Alliance. I'm sure this language is coincidental 000
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 14/01/2026The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comOglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detentionThe president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th... 010
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Forget the absurdity of subjecting oneself to that for a second — that X/Twitter has that much dominion over your life that you envision yourself as some righteous crusader in the face of evil (when it's just becoming like other social media platforms that already exist)... 000
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026"If I stop showing up at Klan rallies, the Klan wins, so I'm staying." 110
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Getting hit with a snowball and returning fire with a tear gas cannister at point blank range sums this entire organization up 1629
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Remains insane to me that in Iraq — in an active war — when encountering a potential hostile vehicle, we're told to wave/yell, use lights, fire warning shots at tires-engine-windshield last resort. But in Minnesota you just shoot into the driver window of a mom with your partner in the field of fire 319454
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 26/12/2025When you have to discuss US strikes on terror networks in Nigeria at 1500 but must shred at 1530 000
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 24/12/2025People really watched tape of Josh Johnson playing in Washington in 2018 and said, "Let's run that back in 2025." Would rather watch Josh Harris play QB. Pain 110
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 23/12/2025An ode to James Ranson, who, in just seven episodes, churned out one of the most relatable on-screen depictions of life as a junior enlisted Marine www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...militarytimes.comOde to James Ransone’s memorable portrayal of a junior enlisted MarineIn just seven episodes, James Ransone churned out one of the most relatable on-screen depictions of life as a junior enlisted Marine. 455