Help!!! #GardeningTwitter #GardeningX I think I have a COTTON CUSHION SCALE infestation. 1st showed up on citrus trees and thought they were mealey bugs now spread to inground magnolias and even potted oregeno. Any help in mitigation and/or identification is appreciated.

Starting wars is easy. Ending them--that's the hard part. James P. Micciche delves into finding a better peace before beginning the conflict #WAR_ROOM bit.ly/3wi5Fe9

The Helsinki Airport has got to be the world's quietist, I have been to libraries louder than this place.

New this week! This report, written from the perspective of a concerned American military officer, argues for a multi-pronged approach to surpass China’s challenge below the threshold of armed conflict. divergentoptions.org/2024/07/01/u-s…

Really enjoyed "writing" for this unique call for papers from Divergent Options & Blogs of War where authors create national security focused prompts & submit to an AI to generate articles. I used a prompt from a previously published article to see differences between AI & myself

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." -James Baldwin

🌎Check out the latest from James P. Micciche for IWI "Seize the Advantage: Three Models to Improve Security Cooperation Planning." #securitycooperation #irregularwarfare irregularwarfare.org/articles/seize…

New this week! An Options Paper in response to the U.S. military's recruiting challenges buff.ly/4eLb1OU

Great read on options to improve Army recruiting through small network development from a fellow XVIII Airborne Corps FA59 and good friend, Patrick Knight, a former recruiting company CDR. Timely analysis with USAREC's recent announcement of new regional GO commands in ATL & LA.

Big thanks to FRANKY 🇺🇸🪖🛩️ 👊🇺🇸🔥 for inviting me to come to provide a lecture on security cooperation authorities, funding, and policy at his class at the U.S. Naval War College. Very impressed with my Naval colleagues understanding of the complex and dynamic subject.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day: If you love Military Interopability and Joint Warfighting then you’ll enjoy this article I wrote with James P. Micciche on 3 steps the U.S. military must take! smallwarsjournal.com/2025/02/13/con…

Thanks to Small Wars Journal for publishing my & FRANKY 🇺🇸🪖🛩️ 👊🇺🇸🔥's article "Connecting the Force: Building US Military Interoperability for the Modern Battlefield" where we argue modern institutional strategy should focus just as much on connections as platforms. smallwarsjournal.com/2025/02/13/con…

In 1947, the National Security Act dramatically reshaped the US military. The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act did it again. Is it time for another transformation to optimize the US joint force for the challenges of today's global operational environment? mwi.westpoint.edu/dod-3-0-reboot…

My latest with James P. Micciche. We argue for needed Pentagon reform: legislative overhaul of the UCP & Title 10 authorities, funding, and organizational design for multi-domain, peer-competitor warfare. With DOD 3.0, we need layered transregional task forces & cells over GCCs!

#FletcherAlum James P. Micciche co-authored a piece outlining five ways to modernize the U.S. Department of Defense. Read more in Modern War Institute.

Nice piece from FRANKY 🇺🇸🪖🛩️ 👊🇺🇸🔥 and James P. Micciche. TL/DR - Adapt or lose....and adapt now: DoD 3.0: Rebooting the Pentagon for the Next War mwi.westpoint.edu/dod-3-0-reboot… via Modern War Institute

"I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin (1955)