Author of award winning You Know When the Men Are Gone & The Confusion of Languages. Hosts frontier Army history channel https://xitter.gq/t.co/jbd4XyaGRU
Nicosia, Cyprus
Joined October 2009
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Siobhan Fallon retweeted
A grotesque thing to say, ignorant of the actual attitudes of troops and a display of the way Americans increasingly offload guilt for our collective political failures onto the class of people who have chosen to bear the most direct physical and mental costs of those failures.
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
I say this as warmly as possible, since I admire you, but there are a couple reasons it’s grotesque, and it would be grotesque even if 100% of the people who attempted suicide turned out to be Trump voters (and what do you think the odds are of that?)
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
A Pennsylvania farmer has rejected a $15 million offer from data center developers, choosing instead to permanently protect his family's land.
Mervin Raudabaugh has lived and worked his farmland in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for more than 51 years. He milked cows there for decades, and the property holds deep personal meaning—his mother passed away in his arms inside the family barn.
To developers eyeing the land for a high-tech data center, it represented prime real estate near major infrastructure corridors. To Raudabaugh, every acre is an irreplaceable piece of family history.
Last month, he made a decision that surprised the local market: rather than accept the $15 million+ offer, he sold the development rights to his 261-acre property for about $2 million through a conservation easement held by the Lancaster Farmland Trust (with funding and support from Silver Spring Township's preservation program).
This legal agreement permanently restricts the land to agricultural use only—no data centers, no industrial development. The easement binds future owners as well, ensuring the farmland remains green forever.
The developers' pressure was intense; township officials reported aggressive approaches that led Raudabaugh's attorney to consider seeking a court injunction against harassment.
Silver Spring Township has long prioritized preservation. Since a 2013 voter-approved referendum dedicating a portion of earned income tax to farmland, open space, and forest protection (costing the average household roughly $120 per year), the community has preserved 21 properties totaling hundreds of acres.
Raudabaugh can still sell the land someday, but only as farmland—likely fetching far less than the data center deal would have paid. In total, his compensation will be a fraction of the $15 million on the table.
In an era when farmland is increasingly swallowed by digital infrastructure to power AI and cloud computing, his choice stands out as a deliberate stand for heritage, legacy, and community over maximum profit.
For Raudabaugh, the quiet certainty that his family barn and fields will endure outweighs any fortune a tech giant could provide—a powerful reminder that some values transcend dollars.
["Man turns down $15M to prevent farmland from becoming data center." WFLA, 2026]
One of my most viewed YouTube videos: The Officers Who Died with Custer & the Young Widows They Left Behind... 🇺🇸
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Siobhan Fallon retweeted
When George Custer died at Little Bighorn in 1876, his wife Libby was 34.
She had followed him everywhere. Lived in tents on the open plains. Slept in forts on the edge of nowhere. Then in one afternoon he was gone, and she was a widow with almost no money and a husband whose name was already being dragged through the mud.
Most women in 1876 would have remarried. She had offers. She turned every one down.
Instead she picked up a pen. Three books. Lecture tours. She built his legend with her own hands.
And she defended him so fiercely that the officers who blamed Custer for the disaster just kept quiet. They were not afraid of the Army. They were afraid of her.
So they waited. Year after year, for the widow to finally pass so they could talk without her tearing them apart in print.
She made them wait almost 57 years.
Libby Custer died in 1933, four days short of 91, having outlived nearly every man who ever doubted her husband.
She is buried right next to him at West Point.
That is what loyalty looks like.
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
Dear Charles, since you are talking about double standards, let me remind you that Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, and still occupies European territory, 🇨🇾🇪🇺
.@vonderleyen: Türkiye is:
- a core #NATO ally,
- a key migration partner,
- an energy corridor,
- a major defence actor on Europe’s flank,
- and a serious regional power.
Europe doesn’t get stronger by applying double standards or simplifying reality.
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
Congratulations to the first Cypriot ever selected for admission to both @NavalAcademy & @WestPoint_USMA. A remarkable achievement reflecting the strength & depth of the 🇺🇸🇨🇾 bilateral defense relationship & the promise of Cyprus’s next generation.
I have just been informed by the Ambassador of the United States to Cyprus @USAmbCy that, for the first time, a Cypriot candidate has been accepted to the US Naval Academy, @NavalAcademy
This is both a symbolic and a substantive milestone. It reflects the growing depth of relations between the Republic of Cyprus and the United States and underscores our shared commitment to strengthening cooperation in security and defence — not only at the institutional level, but also through the development of the next generation of leaders.
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When passions collide-- cats...
and Custer 😻🤣
Seventh Cavalry widows one moment, "please adopt this kitten" the next, no wonder I can't get any work done 🤦♀️
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Six days until the 149th anniversary of #BattleoftheLittleBighorn ! Here's the intro of my YouTube vid about 3 civilian scouts who died on June 25, 1876: a black man, a white man, & a half-Sioux. They were the best but that did not keep them alive... link in bio #custerslaststand
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Siobhan Fallon retweeted
This parade is comprised of our sons, daughters, mothers and fathers—the very best of us.
Regardless of your politics, it’s appropriate to celebrate the 250 years of sacrifice, dedication and service. 🇺🇸
Watch the #Army250 birthday parade!
xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzYrov…
Happy 250th Birthday, US ARMY!
Remember the men & women marching in DC are actual soldiers who serve our country.
Many of them left to fight our nation’s wars.
These are the men & women who came back.
Many did not.
Please let our soldiers proudly honor this historic day.
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
Congratulations to @NationalGuardCY graduates for completing training with @USNationalGuard partners, enhancing humanitarian assistance & emergency response capabilities in line with International Mine Action Standards. 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇾 Προχωράμε μαζί!
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
An historic visit from Republic of Cyprus Chief of the National Guard Lt Gen Tsitsikostas to the United States!
A very successful visit by @chod_cy Lt Gen Tsitsikostas with high-level Pentagon meetings (@thejointstaff Vice Chairman Admiral Grady, @USNationalGuard Chief General Nordhaus & @DefenseDsca Director Mike Miller) demonstrating the continuous upgrading of 🇨🇾-🇺🇸 defense relations
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides has announced that he is appointing a new "Special Representative" of his government for religious freedoms to focus on protecting Christians and other religious minorities throughout the Middle East, according to Breitbart News.
WOW! Thank you!! 📚 💕🙏
"You Know When the Men Are Gone" by @SiobhanMFallon made it to our list of the best #iraqwar books of all time!
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Siobhan Fallon retweeted
I used to think @PillarCatholic was less interested in headlines, and more in ethical reporting.
I suppose we’ll see how this plays out…but I’ve already requested a FOIA report (which should have been their next step, prior to reporting).
People have a RIGHT to their good names.
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
Opinion by Jeff Bezos: Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. The credibility gap can be bridged by independence. wapo.st/4hk99iJ
Siobhan Fallon retweeted
Honored to participate in this discussion today.
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Siobhan Fallon retweeted
View of Nicosia, of the last divided and occupied capital of the #EU, from the rooftop of the new Nicosia Town Hall.
Θέα της Λευκωσίας, της τελευταίας διαιρεμένης και υπό κατοχή πρωτεύουσας της #ΕΕ, από την οροφή του νέου Δημαρχείου Λευκωσίας.
#MED9 #MED9EUFFAIRS #Cyprus #Nicosia
@benjaminhaddad @FernandoSMEU @NicolaEMVerola
@AndrejaMetelko @chriscutajar @ines_cldomingos
@markostucin @CYpresidency @CyprusMFA
@CyprusinEU @NicosiaMunicipa
