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Official account for The Bridge, an org focused on the development of people in #Strategy, #NationalSecurity, & #MilitaryAffairs. Publishing & funding leaders. thestrategybridge.org

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good series. Excellent article.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Clocked it.
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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 30/08/2026
Second week of strategy readings for BSAP complete...focus was on non-Western approaches to strategy: nathankfinney.com/reading-stra...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lots of compelling writing from Dr. Pauline Shanks-Kaurin on The Bridge. @queenofthinair.bsky.social’s work on military ethics is foundational reading for military professionals. thestrategybridge.org/search?q=Kau...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read @queenofthinair.bsky.social
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I enjoyed sitting down with @prbeckman.bsky.social for this conversation.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thanks for listening.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The AFPAK Hand program was a unique and at times controversial approach to the conflict in Afghanistan. Join podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a conversation with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social about the program, it’s goals, shortfalls, and outcomes. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The AFPAK Hand program was a unique and at times controversial approach to the conflict in Afghanistan. Join podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a conversation with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social about the program, it’s goals, shortfalls, and outcomes. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We hope you’ll listen and share your thoughts too.
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Brent Scales @boiler40.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Interview with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social on his time in the AFPAK Hands program. Unexpectedly, to me, the pod ends on a note of hope. @prbeckman.bsky.social via @thestrategybridge.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program with Tyrell Mayfield
Podcast Episode · The Strategy Bridge · August 11 · 37m
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
. @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social joins @prbeckman.bsky.social to talk about the AFPAK Hands Program, the Afghan war, culture & conflict, and his 2013 article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Society & Culture Podcast · The Strategy Bridge podcast features interviews on strategic affairs and diplomatic & military history.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
. @prbeckman.bsky.social asks great questions.
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That article made a lot of people really angry. Hopefully the podcast lands differently. Big thanks to @prbeckman.bsky.social for being such a gracious host and curator of the @thestrategybridge.bsky.social podcast.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a conversation with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program with Tyrell Mayfield
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Society & Culture Podcast · The Strategy Bridge podcast features interviews on strategic affairs and diplomatic & military history.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Society & Culture Podcast · The Strategy Bridge podcast features interviews on strategic affairs and diplomatic & military history.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New Podcast just dropped===> Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social for a conversation about the AFPAK Hands Program. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program with Tyrell Mayfield
Podcast Episode · The Strategy Bridge · August 11 · 37m
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Rocking boats in the best way since 2013 and beyond. @thestrategybridge.bsky.social
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social for a conversation about the AFPAK Hands Program. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For those interested, The Small Wars Journal is in good hands, and you can find @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social’s article in their archive here: archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/han...
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Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program | Small Wars Journal
If the DoD continues to ignore the management and leadership issues facing the APH program it can expect more of the same.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social for a conversation about the AFPAK Hands Program. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
That’s amazing, @doctrinatrix.bsky.social! If I may be so bold, here’s a link to her articles on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social. One could do far worse than to spend a few minutes with Nikki’s ideas on art, war, strategy, etc. thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge?a...
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🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2... I still stand by this a decade later.
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Strategy and Ethics: Why Strategists Need Philosophical Back-Up
The philosophical tradition in the West began with Socrates asking difficult, important, and sometimes annoying questions of those in power to explore ethical life and the nature of human society. He ...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We’re glad you wrote it and proud to have published it. Thank you @queenofthinair.bsky.social.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So do we. We’ll just drop this little table of contents for the rest of the miniseries your efforts gave us. And we’ll say, “Thank you.” thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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Philosophers, Moral Absolutism, and War Waging: Reflecting on #StrategyAndEthics
War is a human endeavor that requires ethical decisions at every level, crossing the ambiguous boundaries established between the decision to go to war, the strategy developed to prosecute the war, an...
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Well, @teaandtactics.bsky.social wrote the defining piece on lethality for @thestrategybridge.bsky.social, so I’d start there. thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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Lethality: An Inquiry
Left undefined, lethality risks the fate of many insufficiently elucidated but well-meaning concepts. It is imperative the concept is properly understood, otherwise the word will saturate PowerPoint s...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Flair recognized. Anybody else got a TSB tag?
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Facts.
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Spotted: @thestrategybridge.bsky.social SWAG==>
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
And since we’re talking Homer, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share this review from @thestrategybridge.bsky.social on Wilson’s “Odyssey” translation: thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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#Reviewing The Odyssey
Ultimately, Wilson’s pellucid clarity—whatever its sacrifices for a certain casualness of style—opens a fresh window onto the richly imagined world of The Odyssey . What we see is a poem of extreme c...
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Joe Byerly was a regular on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social… a pleasure to edit. thestrategybridge.org/search?q=Joe...
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Adding to this, here’s a short piece on Vereshchagin by @doctrinatrix.bsky.social from @thestrategybridge.bsky.social. thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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The Art of Protest: The Antiwar Art of Russian Battle Painter Vasily Vereshchagin
Looking at historic Russian anti-war art can provide an excellent start to examine today’s artists, and the works of Vasily Vereshchagin could be that point of departure. After all, if it is shocking ...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
There is a decade of work in these archives, and much of it is timeless (by design). This is why.
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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“Targeting Clausewitzian Judgments: Fusing Precision and Accuracy to Strategy and Tactics” It’s fun to remember, I already wrote the thing I would like to say! @thestrategybridge.bsky.social thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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Targeting Clausewitzian Judgments: Fusing Precision and Accuracy to Strategy and Tactics
Just as no war can take place without an enemy, there can be no war without targets. Considering the enemy, as a whole, a target, while true, borders on tautology. Instead, we subdivide the enemy into...
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Since it’s National Poetry Month, I’ll share this thing I did on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social with a friend and mentor and teacher. There is poetry in war. thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2...
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Reading the Poetry of War
Poetry is an intensely individual experience—for the poet and for the reader of poetry—and begs for diversity because of it. Soldiers experience war differently from civilians and leaders differently ...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
If you’re interested in questions of mobilization, civil-military relations, war as an extension of politics—and much more—this is the podcast for you. @prbeckman.bsky.social @nathankfinney.com
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North Carolina's Military Mobilization in the First World War with Nate Finney
Podcast Episode · The Strategy Bridge · March 22 · 41m
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Associational State involves the “delegation of authority that created these…Intermediary Institutions that allowed the creation of public policy prescriptions that balanced between…what the federal and state governments wanted to achieve with individual opportunity and freedom.”
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North Carolina's Military Mobilization in the First World War with Nate Finney
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
How did the US mobilize for WWI? Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @nathankfinney.com for a deep look at one facet of this fascinating question. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“Wilson…ultimately put through legislation that increased the size of the military, started to increase preparedness in order to take that issue off the table in the election of 1916.” A great discussion on the politics of mobilization with @nathankfinney.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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North Carolina's Military Mobilization in the First World War with Nate Finney
Podcast Episode · The Strategy Bridge · March 22 · 41m
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prbeckman @prbeckman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In the new Strategy Bridge Podcast episode, I talk with @nathankfinney.com about his book “Orchestrating Power” on the role of North Carolina’s Council of Defense during WWI mobilization. @thestrategybridge.bsky.social Listen here: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thest...
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Interested in how the US mobilized for World War I? Then @prbeckman.bsky.social, @nathankfinney.com, and The Strategy Bridge have a podcast for you! thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The thing we’ve all been waiting for? A new podcast episode! Don’t miss this discussion between @prbeckman.bsky.social and @nathankfinney.com on the National Guard in North Carolina during WWI. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This MAY have been one of the very first things I read on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social, back before I even knew it was a thing. This was part of how I got drawn in.
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