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Everyone loves the Undersecretary now, but where were they when it mattered?

Now that there is money involved and a documentary, ‘Conservative Inc’ is all in.
But where were they when it mattered? Remember who WAS there when it mattered – CDM!
Below is the interview we did four years ago in the thick of the Marxist DEI revolution in the U.S. military that resulted in LTC Matthew Lohmeier being relieved of command.
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Call Sign Courage: The Matt Lohmeier Story” chronicles the inspiring journey of Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, a former elite Air Force pilot turned Space Force commander, whose conviction fueled his controversial stand against the spread of Marxist ideologies in the military.
After courageously resisting the divisive political mandates being implemented on bases around the country, he was fired from his command, without pension, and made a public example of as a non-compliant officer under the Biden administration.

Rob Riggle is yelling at me from his car. Not in an angry way. He’s just white-knuckling a steering wheel on a rainy highway, fresh off visiting troops at Fort Riley and Camp Pendleton, and I’m grateful his brain decided to pump up the volume. It must be raining sheets out there in Kansas.
“I apologize if I’ve been barking,” he says. “I’m driving on the highway in the rain, so I feel like I have to yell for some reason.”
This is pretty much the perfect way to talk about his new book, “Grit, Spit, and Never Quit.

Th Ukrainain Armed Forces have received new missile batteries from German Air Force MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems, as the service has continued to reduce the numbers in service domestically to prioritise bolstering the Eastern European state’s capabilities. Ukrainian defence officials have reported that the newly delivered batteries are already being integrated into the country’s air defence network, with local crews trained in Germany and Poland beginning deployment within days of arriving.

The Russian Navy has received a new batch of Su-30SM2 ‘4+ generation’ fighters, following the aircraft’s first entry into service in 2022. The United Aircraft Corporation reported regarding the delivery that it had “manufactured and delivered a new batch of Su-30SM2 multirole fighters to the Defence Ministry of Russia under the defence procurement plan.” State arms export conglomerate Rostec confirmed that the fighters have undergone required ground and flight trials, and have already been flown to the bases from which they will carry out combat duties.

Entering service in 1974, the F-14 Tomcat air superiority fighter developed for the U.S. Navy remains the heaviest fighter type ever commissioned into service in the Western world, and was the first fourth generation tactical combat jet to become operational worldwide. The particularly large aircraft was considered unaffordable by multiple services that evaluated it, including the U.S. Air National Guard and the British Royal Air Force, but was financed by the Navy due to the imminent threat posed by Soviet bombers to its carrier strike groups.

The newest fighter type in the Russian Armed Forces inventory, the Su-30SM2, has been intensively combat tested since it began to enter service in early 2022, with the outbreak of full scale hostilities between Russia and Ukraine just weeks after it became operational providing significant opportunities to further refine operational tactics. New details on the fighter’s performance in the theatre have been provided by the Russian state arms export conglomerate Rostec, which reported: “Aircraft of this type have confirmed their effectiveness in the special military operation.

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Background
In 2018 Congress mandated 355 combat force ships for the Navy. According to the United States Naval Institute as of October 2025, we now have 287, a deficit of 68 or 20% fewer ships than required to protect the country. Naval experts, Defense think tanks, national security strategists, members of Congress, concerned citizens and the Navy itself call for much higher numbers of ships. Rising threats in every region of the globe substantiate the demand for more ships. More ships at sea to face these rising threats can be provided from two only sources….

I mentioned this on the paid-subscriber-only UNCLAS Read Board Podcast earlier this week, but I wanted to bring it up for everyone in a different kind of FbF.
I can’t stop thinking about this letter from the Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll.
It is one of the best things I have read from a civilian or uniformed leader in a very long time.
It is worth a bit of your time as we head into the weekend, and approach the holiday season.
One of the most difficult things for a man is to accept that he needs help.

Put ‘em in, coach. They’re ready to sail.
Over 1,000 soon-to-be Navy officers found out their future jobs Thursday at the U.S. Naval Academy with a unique reveal: a baseball jersey customized for the Navy or Marine Corps ‘team’ each senior was headed toward after graduation.
Future pilots got a blue button-up with “Navy Pilot” in gold — the colors of the Blue Angels. Surface Warfare Officers got blue-on-blue unis that read “SWO” while future Silent Service sailors wore under-the-sea themed aqua marine “Submarines” jerseys.