Roy Charles Parker

I know, tankies are idiots. But humor me for a second. I own a copy of Assault From The Sea: Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare. In it, one learns that the Soviets conducted 113 amphibious assaults during WWII. All of them were characterized by the following: 1/

“Only the nation that has faced up to its own failings and acknowledged its capacity for evil and ill-doing has any real claim to greatness.” Time Magazine December 5, 1969

Excited to announce that my next book, Siren Songs, will be published and available through @ArmyUPress next month! The work places the many intellectual similarities between the interwar German (1918-41) and US (1973-2003) armies in a far less favorable light than is the norm.

Want to add an embedded version of this one, whose excellence @TylerKepner rightly flagged, so everyone can listen here: The whole ninth inning of Vin Scully calling Sandy Koufax's perfect game Sept. 9, 1965 is eight minutes of free-flowing, off-the-cuff poetry. Vin was magical.

@xv40rds Same.

I know it’s been said before, but it’s amazing what war and youth will do to associations with a random song. For me, ‘Holiday’ by Green Day (of all things) will forever smell like diesel exhaust, cordite, human excrement, burnt blood, spent brass, and summer in ar Ramadi.

@RDPaolinelli @sgtwitdajuice Ferguson Jenkins, Joey Votto, Larry Walker, Eric Gagne, Justin Morneau, George Selkirk, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr are just a few of the ball players produced by Canada. But by all means, don’t let the facts stand in the way.

Mount Rushmore is only for Americans sorry

Oosterbeek and Arnhem remember.

@nut_history Catfish Metkovich.

Name a random player you think people haven’t heard of in awhile. I’ll start Graeme Lloyd

youtu.be/RXztMgWBmV8?si… Our latest film is almost finished! It was my honor to narrate part of this important film.

Look what arrived today! Thank you to everybody who helped me make this happen. It's a story of Orientalism, espionage, border wars, and betrayal during the Ottoman collapse. Get yours from kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637775/… Save 30% w/ 24TURKS @ProfBillAllison

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If you could draft an all-time great MLB team but not include any Hall of Famers, who would be your starting 9? Ineligible and steroid users are allowed

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@dunkrugering Definitely. Mays is probably the greatest baseball player of all time. Williams wasn’t even close to Mays with the glove, but he wasn’t exactly a statue in left field either.

@royCharlespark2 Sure, for hitting. Mays gave you a little more in the field though.

Some people say Ruth, while others say Mays. But I’m going to say Theodore S Williams.

@RableKyle Congratulations!!!

About to be a busy next 18 or so years! Take this as a warning that I won’t be able to think starting about March 14th 2025.

He will probably be recognized for his ability as a hitter, before his work with the glove. But Kinsler was just as good as Phillips in the field, if not slightly better.