I was only going to have one. Then a second one got posted. I feel justified in using both of them. Here. We. Go. In both cases, the tweet is the start of a thread.
Ok. So. I've been thinking about how there seems to be problems within the general officer/admiral ranks when it comes to ethics – as in, the violations of ethics, specifically.
And for a long time I've wondered how that happens. Then I took command. Let's talk for a sec.
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) December 16, 2018
This has a lot to do with stuff I’ve been thinking about recently (because: reasons).
The winter of 1989 was surreal, to say the least. At the beginning of November I had attended a briefing updating our METL (Mission Essential Task List) for worst case scenario, with assurances that Eastern Europe was stable despite what was happening in Hungary and the like.
— Tim Willard (@TWillardAuthor) December 16, 2018
This, on the other hand, is just kind of fun and historical: a first-hand account from a guy who was on duty close to the Berlin Wall when it fell.
(Hattip on both of these to Morlock Publishing.)