Archive - LOCON

Situation Normal All F****d Up

Mar 11 •

January 2024

ADDENDUM ON STOCKDALE

What are the stakes when you argue about dead guys on the Internet?

Jan 21 •

December 2023

SITREP 1601200ZDEC23

Branding, beards, and ballcaps.

Dec 16, 2023 •

November 2023

COMMAND AND CONTROL

The first principles of military art.

Nov 8, 2023 •

October 2023

Don't look away now, this is what you're here for.

Oct 17, 2023 •

July 2023

IN DEFENCE OF STOCKDALE

A response to Massimo Pigliucci.

Jul 30, 2023 •

OLD NOTES: MUG OUT

A moment caught on paper.

Jul 9, 2023 •

June 2023

A room is useful because of what isn't in it.

Jun 1, 2023 •

March 2023

SITREP 191200ZMAR23

An update, a clarification, and a confession.

Mar 19, 2023 •

A QUESTION OF LOYALTY

On the impact of large numbers of small decisions.

Mar 12, 2023 •

February 2023

PLANS ARE PREDICTIONS

All models are wrong, but some are useful.

Feb 4, 2023 •

January 2023

BULLETS, BEANS, AND BULLSHIT

Bullshit is endemic to the Army. Pragmatism demands that we reject it.

Jan 12, 2023 •

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