Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in DC. Six years in Japan, two years in China. @FutureNavyComm + @YCAPSJapan. Johns Hopkins SAIS/HNC. 中文/日本語 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇹🇼
Washington, DC
Joined October 2016
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This video celebrating the 251st birthday of the Marine Corps is great. I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to work with the Marine Corps for the last year+, and learn from some inspirational leaders. The Marine Corps has got culture right. youtube.com/watch?v=8UxJ1RuJ…
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In this ad for the Navy, besides the atrocious use of AI, there are many technical inaccuracies. It’s embarrassing. youtu.be/nx4R-Hk4yqE?is=_Se9…
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Congratulations to my friend, @RyanHClaffey, on his excellent new documentary short, Digital Lifelines! It explores a critically under-appreciated issue: threats to subsea cables in the Indo-Pacific. youtu.be/8Mu1MvmpyUI?si=OBQi…
Pleased to announce that my article “The Future of the ARG/MEU” was published in the November 2026 edition of the U.S. Naval Institute’s magazine, Proceedings!
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I learned what it means to be human, in no small part, from Patrick Stewart. RIP.
"So, five-card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit."
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1) Dictator is apt and doesn’t deserve quotation marks; 2) Mao is responsible for the democide of tens of millions of Chinese people; 3) land reform itself was incredibly violent; 4) Chinese people do not uniformly “revere” Mao; 5) the cult of Mao only exists because of the CCP.
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Metaphor alert!
Scoop | Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.
Photos obtained by The @washingtonpost show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt.
By @AlexHortonTX @DanLamothe
Gift link wapo.st/3WF2YQo
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🌎 Applications are OPEN for @FP4America’s NextGen Initiative!
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Excited to join @MilWritersGuild as a member! Looking forward to engaging with this unique community of writers and readers as I expand my published output.
Read The Military Writers Guild's October newsletter on Substack at the link below! This month features new MWG members, MWG member works, updates, and more!
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I’ll be there! Tune in for what will be an interesting discussion with the VCNO and ACMC on the future of the U.S. Navy!
Tomorrow, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. EDT, we will hear testimony from senior @USNavy & @USMC leaders on strengthening America’s maritime sea power.
🎥 Watch live: youtube.com/@FutureNavy #FutureNavy
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Superb article on a criminally under-appreciated aspect of the naval tradition.
"The most effective naval strategists think globally and geographically, using maps to express maritime strategy."
Latest with @USNIProceedings below. Thanks to many friends from @NavalWarCollege and @SAISStrat who helped refine the arguments.
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No surprise, one of the most clear-eyed takes on the Trump-Xi summit comes from Kurt Campbell: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/news…
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It can't possibly be a coincidence that North Korea's destroyer Choe Hyon has the same hull number as the USS Arleigh Burke. usni.org/magazines/proceedin…
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I’m a sucker for trends: “create an image of what the world would look like if I were in charge, based on my tweets.” LOL at the gratuitous inclusion of pride flags.
🤖 Made with AI
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Excited to announce that I have been selected to serve as a detailee to the @FutureNavyComm! I’m looking forward to supporting the eight members of the commission and contributing both my experience at HQMC and my expertise in Navy force structure and shipbuilding to their work.
