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John T Kuehn

@trost1864.bsky.social
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Christian Retired US naval flight officer, husband,father, grandfather, military & naval historian.

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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 19h
QOD “Questions, I never did like questions they need answers you see.” Bernard Cornwell from Vagabond
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I for one am proud of the job @USNavy sailors are doing in all these maritime wars since 2023.
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U.S. Central Command (mirror) @centcom.houndfetch.cc · 06/10/2026
🚫 CLAIM: Iranian state media has been pushing false reports that a U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter crashed in the Red Sea after declaring an emergency last night. ✅ FACT: Reports of a downed U.S. Navy helicopter in the Red Sea are not true. All U.S. military aircraft and personnel across the Middle...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AOD MSM=Military Strategy Magazine, where this excellent article appeared: www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/trop...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
QOD "which was best? typically centers on the relative merits of Japan's Yamato versus America's Iowa, while on the sidelines Bismarck's benighted acolytes howl her rather dubious merits to the moon." Jon Parshall, fm 1942
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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What the Ship: Hormuz Attacks Escalate as Container Lines Return to Suez
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AOD JAWS= The Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS) educates approximately 45 U.S. military officers and international fellows selected by their service in the grade of O-5 and O-6, as well as U.S. interagency civilians of equivalent experience and position each year.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
QOD “Grace to you and peace from God our Father.” Colossians 1:2
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
QOD "Sedan [1871] was a kesselschlacht that worked." Geoffrey Wawro
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 03/10/2026
Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to Return to Port After Growler Mishap — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/10/03/c...
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Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to Return to Port After Growler Mishap - USNI News
Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after a Sept. 28 incident that injured four sailors and resulted in the loss of a EA-18G Growler, USNI Ne...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Marxist is someone who believes all history is predetermined by iron laws of economic theory and class warfare. A Communist is someone who believes that all property should belong to the state. A Socialist is a communist who ends up in a Gulag, eventually.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A sobering read. Puts our pull-out from Iraq in a very negative light. www.thefp.com/p/iran-war-t...
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Where Does the Iran War Go Next?
Tehran is losing against the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz. Its answer may come from Iraq, writes Michael Doran.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ship Talk: SS Richard Montgomery, the Doomsday Wreck and Why They Are Finally Dismantling the Masts ⚓The Grounding (August 1944) ⚓The Abandoned Salvage ⚓The Precedent of SS Kielce ⚓The Worst-Case Scenario ⚓Current Operations Video: youtu.be/Hb2dm4oPLGI
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Ship Talk: SS Richard Montgomery, the Doomsday Wreck and Why They Are Finally Dismantling the Masts
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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Fullbore Friday
...when in doubt, ram...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Hormuz Is a Risky Job gcaptain.com/no-lights-no...
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No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Hormuz Is a Risky Job
The tanker captain summoned his years of experience when he saw the blast in front of him. He veered his 300-meter-long ship around the vessel ahead and could see a fire had started. He called the US ...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
QOD "Sedan [1871] was a kesselschlacht that worked." Geoffrey Wawro
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm broadly in agreement that the US military needs to accelerate adoption of unmanned systems, but creating an operational command to be a force provider won't do it. Just like Replicator picking systems while ignoring DOTMLPF development didn't do it.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AOD DASO=Decision Advantage Staff Officer. Not sure what this is. we are supposed to receive Army training on it soon
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Army Training, Sir! Shouting Drill
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
QOD "simply put, when rivals go to war, they tend to go to war with each other.” from: www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/outp...
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Generals and Napoleon @andnapoleon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 New episode🚨 - Napoleon's 1809 Regensburg campaign! Special guest Jack Gill will explore how Napoleon rapidly concentrated his army, defeated the Austrians at Abensberg, Landshut, Eckmühl, and Regensburg, & forced Archduke Charles to retreat across the Danube. open.spotify.com/episode/5IOC...
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U.S. Central Command (mirror) @centcom.houndfetch.cc · 28/09/2026
🚫 CLAIM: A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said today that Iran has full control over the Strait of Hormuz through Iran’s “navy.” This is FALSE. ✅ FACT: Iran has no navy because American forces sank it. And Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz as evidenced by the...
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U.S. Central Command (mirror) @centcom.houndfetch.cc · 30/09/2026
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in the Arabian Sea supporting enforcement of the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of Sept. 30, CENTCOM forces have redirected 125 commercial vessels to ensure strict compliance.
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Innovation and pioneering new technology and ideas are not the only ways to generate advantage in modern war. Sometimes, the emulation of innovations from elsewhere is just as important. mickryan.substack.com/p/building-a...
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Building an Edge in Modern War With Fast Following
Innovation and pioneering new technology and ideas are not the only ways to generate advantage in modern war. Sometimes, the emulation of innovations from elsewhere is just as important.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US needs to lean on Delcy, with some hints about JSOC, to let Machado back inside Venezuela, her home. www.thefp.com/p/trumps-bro...
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Trump’s Broken Promises in Venezuela. Don’t Let AI Make You Dumber. Plus. . .
Suzy Weiss on why Sydney Sweeney would make a great Jew. Joe Nocera says the Senate has betrayed college athletes. And more.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Operation Vivaldi continues to role... www.patreon.com/MeanwhileinU...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've been busy. This just out today @GeneralsofworldwarII location podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
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Pearl Harbor Explained: How Japan Shocked America (with John Kuehn) | Ep 34
Podcast Episode · Generals of WWII: The Art of Command · 30 September · 56min
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
QOD “War is simply a political movement, though violent and exceptional in character.” A.T. Mahan, 1896, he did not read _On War_ until sometime around 1910.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AOD LAF=Lebanese Armed Forces. The force that is supposed to, in theory, disarm Hezbollah. pronounced "laugh" @fdd.bsky.social
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Democracy at work www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over
A Staten Island judge sided with a group of homeowners who had sued the city over its introduction of the tax, dealing a blow to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poland had some wise words, for Russia. They can puff out their chests all they like, they can keep killing... But this Polish Foreign Minister is 💯 correct. They will never win.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚓️It’s publication day!📕 Feeling deeply humbled that my research appears in Ed Marolda’s edited volume with John Hattendorf, Richard Mobley, and Norman Friedman—scholars whose work shaped my understanding of Navy history and strategy. Grateful for the chance to contribute to a field built by giants.
Book cover for COLD WAR STORM: the u.S. NAVY AT TGE FALL OF VIETNAM AND THE LOOMING SOVIET THREAT. The background features a dramatic, dark toned scene with USS Kirk (DE 1087) under heavy clouds. The overall design uses red tones to convey urgency and the geopolitical stakes.
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Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
thehill.com/policy/defen... Not against this, strictly speaking, but can we have someone who is actually smart do it. Also let’s be real: this is Pete Hegseth, most of that 20 percent will be black and/or female.
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, a Pentago…
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥🛩️‼️ UPDATE: The Russian aircraft that crashed in Amur Oblast has now been identified as a Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier. Russian reports now cite the failure of three engines during takeoff as the cause. Six crew members reportedly died, while one survivor was hospitalized.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Total nonsense, for the most part. What are European navies doing in the Strait of Hormuz? Avoiding it, that is what. This is simply nonsense. I do applaud them trying to help the Saudis in the Bab el Mandeb, but will they?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All:    My latest offering on an operational maritime strategy in the Pacific as published today in Military Strategy Magazine. www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/trop...
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Tropical Bastions: It’s Time for a Pacific Bastion Strategy in the First Island Chain - Military Strategy Magazine
This article proposes an operational approach to the use of naval forces in the first island chain of the Pacific vis-à-vis the threat of the People’s Liberation Army Navy of China and its attempts to...
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AOD SUCAP=surface combat air patrol, these are aircraft armed with bombs for rapid response to emerging surface threats on both land and sea--i.e. IRGC thugs attacking neutral shipping
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
QOD "The UK has not exactly been a profile in courage" Jonathan Shanzer September 28 @fddsrtrcrds.bsky.social in reference to the UK's less than stellar support for neutral shipping protection in both the Bab el Mandeb & Strait of Hormuz
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
QOD “A man is what he has passionate about.” Brandon Sanderson from hero of ages
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What most Americans do not realize is that the jump in gas/diesel prices (in my area) by 80 cents per gallon has little to do with the war with Iran, and everything to do with the long simmering war between Yemen's Houthis & Saudi Arabia AND the Russo-Ukraine War.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After they are used to train otheres, they will no doubt end up dead or in one of the Kim Family Regimes many Gulag camps. Socialism with the face of a beast. warontherocks.com/north-koreas...
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North Korea’s Irregular Warfare After Ukraine
Pyongyang has a long history of conducting irregular warfare and asymmetric operations: Look no further than the 1968 Blue House raid or the 1996
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AOD FEWSG=Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group. Back in the day (1980s) these guys, with two squadrons and loads of other assets made sure battle groups and ARGs trained in an intensive EW environment.How do they do this, if at all, in @usnavy.bsky.social today??
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
QOD "During Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine’s 3d Army Corps used heavy Gryphon bomber drones to carry ground-based kamikaze robots more than 10 kilometers behind Russian positions.The operation demonstrated a method of delivering unmanned ground systems at that distance." www.patreon.com/MeanwhileinU...
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TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 September 24, 2026 | Meanwhile in Ukraine
TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 September 24, 2026 by Meanwhile in Ukraine on Patreon. Join Meanwhile in Ukraine's community for exclusive content and updates.
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a misleading headline. It’s eight across the entire CSG (four to seven ships depending on the time, and over 7,000 service members). Not eight on the USS Lincoln itself. Hattip: @seeadler.bsky.social
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
QOD “Have we emphasized readiness at the cost of constrained innovation?” Lt.Gen Michael Elviss, British Army Commander, NATO Rapid Reaction Force
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AOD. CAMUMC=Combined arms maneuver under modern conditions. A British observer’s characterization of warfare in Ukraine today
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U.S. Central Command (mirror) @centcom.houndfetch.cc · 23/09/2026
As of Sept. 23, CENTCOM forces have redirected 115 commercial vessels to maintain strict enforcement of America's 🇺🇸 steel wall blockade.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A worthwhile update cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/ukraines-v...
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