Founder @ https://teapawt.org/t.co/65YdZtSIpM. Historian. Marine @USMC. Adjunct @CCSU @UConn. Works @prattandwhitney. Husband. Father. Personal account only.
Connecticut, USA
Joined August 2013
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Adding independent researcher to my professional plate in 2025. Could be of interest if you or anyone you know is looking for deep-dive archival research and a personalized look into their family’s military past. legaciesofservice.com
Could see this from CT. Saw the flight, separation, and stage 2 ignition. We took our girls outside and they were fascinated, something they’ll remember. So cool to observe!
Liftoff! @NorthropGrumman’s Antares rocket lights up the night sky over @NASA_Wallops. The #CRS19 S.S. Laurel Clark, named after the late astronaut, will deliver science, supplies, and snacks to the @Space_Station.
Words ➡️ sentences, sentences ➡️ paragraphs, paragraphs ➡️ pages, pages ➡️ chapters, chapters ➡️ dissertation. The slog continues…
Really enjoyed my conversation with @MittelstadtJen and @ProfMarkWilson on their edited book “The Military and the Market”. Listen now on @NewBooksMilHist @newhistorybooks @NewBooksNetwork. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Had a great time talking with @MeighenMcCrae about her book on the Supreme War Council during #FWW. Find the interview on the @NewBooksMilHist @newhistorybooks @NewBooksNetwork wherever you get podcasts.
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Excited to talk at @NtlMuseumUSNavy on the early years of Wilson’s relationship with the navy. Thanks to @USNHistory for the help! Register through Eventbrite or email David Barker at [email protected] @UConnHistory #civ-mil
My piece for @TheNatlInterest on the Continental Army plan of 1915-1916, an interesting case study in a reserves-based military establishment. I argue that the debate over the all-volunteer force vs. the draft should be broadened.
Is the all-volunteer force sustainable? Is a draft truly the only alternative? What if we had a force revolved around reserves instead a large standing peacetime military? These are some thoughts I explore in a piece I wrote for @TheNatlInterest
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My review of @Heather_at_ACTS How the Few Became the Proud from @USNIBooks about developing the Marine Corps mystique is in this summer’s Marine Corps History journal from @CorpsHistory, pg 54-56. More importantly, go buy her book! usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Marine… amazon.com/How-Few-Became-Pr…
This is what we need for the annual @UConnHistory get together in the fall. @HealeyParera @bradleyrsimpson
Our dog Abby, in her denning spot in the basement underneath the stairs, because she’s scared by the assholes who light fireworks off in a residential neighborhood, let alone doing it at 10:48 on a Monday night.
I had a nice time talking with @COL_PhD about his book “The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923: Success Against the Odds” for @NewBooksMilHist @newhistorybooks @NewBooksNetwork. Available where you get podcasts.
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🔴LIVE: @QuincyInst panel on U.S. sanctions with @adam_tooze, @delaneysimon,@USIP’s William Byrd, moderated by QI’s @AdamNoahWho. teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1ypKdElmP…
Excited to see my article published in the new issue of the Journal of Military History from @SMH_Historians. Many thanks to everyone who helped along the way at @VMIHistoryDept and @UConnHistory.
Great podcast series from @QuincyInst and also a fantastic interview with Andrew Bacevich from @radioopensource
BIG NEWS—@QuincyInst is launching a podcast series with @radioopensource!
In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is AVAILABLE NOW. Check out the premeire episode featuring QI President Andrew Bacevich: radioopensource.org/a-soldie…
Great program today from @QuincyInst on the history and present-day issues around the military industrial complex.
Who’s Afraid of the Military Industrial Complex? teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1BdxYwNnq…
Currently reminded of my very fond memories of riding around in the 1988 Toyota Camry with my big CD case and my disc man plugged in with an adapter into the tape player blasting The Chronic album….ahhh high school!