Brian Kerg

My latest in @warontherocks.bsky.social. "The First Waves of Amphibious Assault Will Be Unmanned." warontherocks.com/the-first-wa...

Do you have thoughts on the applications of #Artifical Intelligence to #naval warfare? @cimsec.bsky.social wants to publish your ideas! Write up your 1,500 to 3,000 word submissions by 18 January 2027 and send them to content@cimsec.org. See full details here: cimsec.org/call-for-art...

In annual tradition, @cimsec.bsky.social will be featuring a series of short stories that explore the nature of conflict and competition through #fiction. Help us to #WriteFightWin. We want your contributions! Check it out here: cimsec.org/call-for-art...

"For the first time ever, Japan has sent jet fighters to India for joint exercises." A notable accomplishment in Japan-India security cooperation, and a profound statement on Japan's growing influence in Indo-Pacific security. 🇯🇵🇮🇳 thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Excellent news for U.S.-Japan security. 🇺🇸 🇯🇵🤝 PRC aggression continues to backfire, while #Okinawa's electorate is increasingly supportive of its role in the region's security and in its own defense. #Alliances japantoday.com/category/pol...

The EXSUM really gets right to it:

With love to @theatlantic.com and Defense Priorities:

OMG she nailed the author for referring to the KMT as the 'Taiwanese Nationalists' ☠️

No, #Taiwan won't just give up. 🇹🇼 1. Nations don't surrender short of credible military coercion. 2. The coercion to make #Taiwan surrender would require #PLA forces landed en masse on #Taiwan. 3. Doing #2 is not operationally feasible. 4. Please read more history.

Man I thought the World Cup was over but I guess not and the refs thought Michigan was Argentina.

An important piece published today in @cimsec.bsky.social: "The Looming Armageddon of the U.S. Military's New Anti-Beard Policy." #WriteFightWin cimsec.org/the-looming-...

it's great because the stuff they're getting the vapors on are - lack of mag (something DoD does all the time) - the barrel being "plugged" (it's a blank firing adapter, which none of them recognize) - the selector in semi (ARs can't be on safe with the hammer down, also which none of them know)

This just happened to my girlfriend…

My latest in @usni.org Naval History magazine: "Where is General Barrett?" This article began as a #mystery - among all the former commanders of III #Marine Expeditionary Force, only one does not have his photo hanging at the command post - Maj Gen Barrett. Why not? www.usni.org/magazines/na...

I have a piece out today in @warontherocks.bsky.social It’s a reflection on lessons from the war in #Afghanistan & an assessment that we have 💯 not learned them as evidenced by the current war on Iran👇 warontherocks.com/what-have-we...

Insightful analysis by Sasha Chhabra in the #Formosa Review discussing #China's reactions to its own military deaths: formosareview.substack.com/p/is-china-r...

“In this way, by using the logic of narcissists and abusers, [PRC/CCP] turn their own aggression into the pursuit of peace, while those who wish to preserve the status quo are recast as malicious actors.” 🔥👇🔥

My latest in Small Wars Journal. "Resistance is (Not) Futile: Winning the War for the #Narrative Against #China about #Taiwan". 🇹🇼 smallwarsjournal.com/2026/07/31/w...

What if the first wave of an amphibious assault had no people in it? warontherocks.com/the-first-wa...

Good news oft comes unlooked for…apparently “A New Conception of War” has made it onto the Brazilian Marine Corps’ professional reading list. Thank you for the honor! #MCUP H/T @walkerdm.bsky.social www.marinha.mil.br/ctddcfn/estr...

The #Philippines Defense Secretary makes it clear. For #China to seize #Taiwan, it will be operationally essential for #China to use military force against #PHL territory. This will compel #PHL involvement in the conflict. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6408688

#Taiwan 🇹🇼 one-slider from the 1960 #Pacific Command unit history:

Route map of the #Pacific scatter system, a multilink microwave troposcatter #communication system built by the US to transmit telephone calls between the far east and the Hawaiian Islands in the 1960's. 📻📡 Yes I'm lost in the CINCPAC command chronology again.

Today in @cimsec.bsky.social: "The Curious Rise of Military Bullshit,"by Colonel Benjamin Gray of the Australian Army. This is a phenomenal piece that lays bare the perverse trend within military culture to hide lazy thinking with complicated language. Read it here: cimsec.org/the-curious-...

'Notes from Underground' by Fyodor Dortoevsky:

#Ethics for #Marines by Col Dennis Katolin, #USMC. Because there is no ethos without ethics. Check it out here: www.mca-marines.org/wp-content/u...

Fixed the headline for you @cnn.com:

Glad to see @usni.org re-up my piece on the Sicily campaign! For modern applications to amphibious warfare, it's worth noting the need to tightly coordinate ops in the air, on land, and sea - as well as the need for massive superiority in each domain to pull off an amphibious landing.

Hey, I know that guy! I'm officially rolling into @notredame.bsky.social as a PhD student in political science as part of the Marine Corps PhD Strategist Program. Stand by for more broadsides on coalition warfighting and alliance dynamics. #WriteFightWin politicalscience.nd.edu/people/gradu...

It is the year 10,191 AG. House Atreides begins assuming spice production on the desert planet Arrakis. The Islamic Republic of Japan shoots 11 missiles at the prison world of Salusa Secundus.

Make Russia compete under the flag of 'Ukrainian Moscow.' (Yes this is a deep cut joke about the IOC's ridiculous rule for #Taiwan and 'Chinese Taipei'). 🇹🇼

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Yes, this is a subtweet of the NCAA's favoritism for the SEC and its endless war against the University of Michigan. 🏈

Welcome to America, fútbol fans! ⚽🇺🇸

The Army is the lynchpin of the reflecting pool

Hi 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m still here! And I’d like to thank my friend Jonathan for taking time (over a year ago!) to record this episode with me on US Army Engineers in the Second World War — an important part of the story that the series hasn’t covered yet. Links in comments below or search for “Why We Fight”