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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 8h

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The Best Point in the Great 2025 Battleship Battle

heavy metal floats

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

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Shipbuilding, Shareholders, and National Asynchronization

priority alignment and options

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 2d

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Episode 735: October NATSEC Melee

Summary In this episode of Midrats, the hosts discuss a range of topics related to national security, military strategy, and current events. They reflect on th

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 2d

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Happy 250th!

...flags and names...

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 5d

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Fullbore Friday

at what price? at what reward?

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 6d

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Episode 27: 08OCT25

Gaza, Ukraine, Happy 250th, and the Plane that was Promised

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 6d

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The Superb Finland & USA Icebreaker Deal is Here

faster would be nicer

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 7d

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TLAM, Messaging, Theory, & Reality

strategic feels and tactical rounding errors

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 8d

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Two Years Since the Oct. 7th Slaughter

...what it tells us about non-Israelis...

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 9d

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We Need to Rethink Retirement Ceremonies

...maybe I'm the inappropriate one...

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 12d

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Fullbore Friday

I need volunteers

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 13d

“This brings us to the third group: Prejudicial Mercenaries. These military officials enforced the shot mandate vindictively and maliciously, shaming those who held moral, religious, or medical concerns.” americanmind.org/salvo/what-m...

What Military Accountability for COVID Looks Like

This is not about revenge, but a proper response to a leadership class that thus far refuses to hold itself accountable.

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 13d

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Yes, I Can Say Nice Things About LCS

mark your calendar

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 14d

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We Don't Need a New Force Design, or National Strategy

...we need a national understanding

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 15d

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Russia's Baltic Gambit

geography can be a blessing, a curse, or a responsibility

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 16d

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How to Respond to China's Growing Nuclear Capability?

Rebeccah has some ideas

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 20d

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If F/A-XX Can't do This, We Don't Need It

yes, actually, I am the good idea fairy

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 22d

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Fronts, Flanks, & NATO's Silly Name Games

the unpleasant truth is a safer companion

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 26d

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Fullbore Friday

When people think of the U-boat war in the Atlantic, they think of the North Atlantic: cold, windy, grey, foreboding.

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 27d

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Purge? What Purge?

take a powder you drama-mamas

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 27d

Celebrating domestic political assassinations does meet the standard of extremist activity.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · 28d

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From Vice Chief of Naval Operations to Federal Prisoner, and for What?

a cautionary tale

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · Sep 9

No one said being a good friend would be easy.

Keeping your word often requires work.

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AUKUS--too Important to Balk on

a world power with allies need a world perspective

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Greenland, AUKUS, and NATSEC Polar Politics, with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan--on Midrats

grab your parka

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CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social · Sep 5

A tale of professional excellence, being at the mercy of your technology, and a cautionary tale of not thinking even the best wargames are an accurate predictor of the future.
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Fullbore Friday

...the pre-war wargames said it was hopeless, but you lead your men forward anyway...

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