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Chris Ingram

@chrisgingram.bsky.social

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Strategist || Military Writers Guild Board Member || #MilSky Admin || Intersection of Foreign Policy, Conflict, Economics, Politics, History, and Writing || Non-partisan, but not amoral || Opinions my own.

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Nov 11

Welcome new followers!

I’m not certain what you were looking for, but I hope you stick around so we can build a community of positive discourse.

My background/interests range widely: economics, politics, military strategy, writing, history, art, hiking, and cocktails. 🧵

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 1d

Walking into Day 22 of Government Civilian Appreciation Month at the headquarters …

michael scott from the office says `` all i can do right now is put on a brave face '' .

ALT: michael scott from the office says `` all i can do right now is put on a brave face '' .

media.tenor.com

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Ok…I’m stealing this thread and sharing (with attribution) with every student and advisor where I teach.

Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com · 1d

How to write a thesis statement in just 7 easy steps?

The SECRET to a strong dissertation.

Don't announce instead of argue.
Don't observe instead of claim.
Don't ramble instead of focus.

A thesis statement is the central claim of an article.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 2d

See Putin as "a dictator who’s bet everything on a failed invasion, a country losing its sphere of influence, and an economy that’s rapidly cooling. A realistic view of his power would strip Putin of his biggest leverage: the perception of his invincibility.” Smart piece by Andrew Ryvkin.

Putin Is Not Winning

Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 3d

Ironically, at the same time, the Army is considering a major reduction in the number of functional area opportunities to retain these talented officers. 🤔

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Vlad K. @porcupunk.bsky.social · 7d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 8d

Given our location, I’d guess with a strong Texan drawl. 🤠

Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 9d

Army Times article on the creation of U.S. Army Transformation & Training Command (T2COM) in Austin, TX, and the legacies of TRADOC & AFC which it replaces.

www.armytimes.com/land/2025/10...

Inside the US Army’s new modernization mega-command

The service has folded two four-star commands into one, as leaders hope for an Austin-style innovation jolt.

www.armytimes.com

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 10d

The other technology/history discussion I enjoy is the difference between developing a new technology and developing the tactics to employ that technology. One does not always follow, and often it is a later adopter who leverages a new technology to greater effect.

Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 10d

Others allude to this, but there is a trade-off between costly exquisite technologies and the ability to produce at scale for mass.

Beyond AI (and the secondary disruptive effects we have yet to understand) , I’m concerned about what quantum computing unleashes.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 19d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 20d

Not sure where the name originated, but emphasis on transformation which, to your point, requires integration at all levels. The new structure reflects that core function.

Background is two “V”s (Vision to Victory), broken to indicate doing things differently. Colors are black/gold/white (Army)

Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21d

So it begins.

U.S. Army Futures Command and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command have cased their colors. Born from both, with an even larger mission, is U.S. Army Transformation & Training Command (T2COM); responsible for Force Design, Force Generation, and Force Development.

US Army Transformation and Training Command patch.

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · 21d

Same. It has taken effort to recondition myself to listen without that bias.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 25d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 28d

I tend to think that we think of deterrence in too limited a way. We ignore entanglement, norms, awareness of non-bilateral relationships, restraints, all manner of behavioral psychology factors, etc.

I think many scholars and diplomats think about this…but no one who learned it in PME. 😉

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Sep 21

“Letter from the Birmingham jail” is one of the best strategic documents ever written.

a man with a beard and the words " a fine strategy " behind him

ALT: a man with a beard and the words " a fine strategy " behind him

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Sep 19

A profession; if we can keep it.

Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · Sep 19

Military officers should have civ-mil relations embedded as a core part of their PME directly at commissioning, not once they reach field grade

Maybe then it might sink in

Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Sep 19

The weekend begins.

Mar-Tea-Ni
Rosemary and black tea-infused gin, lemon juice, honey, mint leaf garnish.

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Diva of the Dark 🎃🫶👠👑🥩 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think it's probably time for a deep #Profession rethink like post-Vietnam.

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Sep 15

Or, are we killing TRADOC and rebranding Army Futures Command?

a woman wearing headphones with the words that 's the real question below her

ALT: a woman wearing headphones with the words that 's the real question below her

media.tenor.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Sep 10

Polish and Dutch fighters, directed by Italian early warning aircraft, German air defenses on alert. Dutch PM: “I’m glad that Dutch F35 fighter jets were able to provide support. The Netherlands stands shoulder to shoulder with our NATO ally Poland.” Common defense working as designed.

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Audie Klotz @audieklotz.bsky.social · Sep 7

🧵 worth reading on challenges facing academic journals

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is roughly equivalent to World War I conditions, with an extension of a few kilometers here or there. Supplies had to be brought up at night or by foot, MPs got good at noting artillery patterns to help move traffic along, and logistics governed the pace of everything

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Sep 7

“the so-called kill zone now extends 12 to 14 kilometres behind the front – the range at which a $500 drone, flying at up to 60mph, can strike. It means, Afer adds, that “all the logistics [food, ammunition and medical supplies] we are doing is either on foot or with the help of ground drones”.

‘It is a war of drones now’: the ever-evolving tech dominating the frontline in Ukraine

Models for reconnaissance, rescue, interception and attack are changing the way both sides operate

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Ingram @chrisgingram.bsky.social · Sep 6

The weekend starts now.

Everything just got better.

This we’ll defend…

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Sep 3

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat.

Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable.

Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.

www.justsecurity.org

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