Military – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:44:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Military – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Black Women Soldiers Who Demanded Opportunities during World War II https://brewminate.com/the-black-women-soldiers-who-demanded-opportunities-during-world-war-ii/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:44:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=196164 Four women went on strike at Fort Devins to do skilled jobs instead of ‘maid work’. In late

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Powerless President: The Bonus Army Protest, Power, and Failure of Command in 1932 https://brewminate.com/powerless-president-the-bonus-army-protest-power-and-failure-of-command-in-1932/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:37:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265794 When the smoke cleared over the Anacostia Flats, the veterans’ camps lay in ashes, and with them, a

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Liberty’s Guard: The Founders’ Fear of Standing Armies and the Birth of Civilian Supremacy https://brewminate.com/libertys-guard-the-founders-fear-of-standing-armies-and-the-birth-of-civilian-supremacy/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:13:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264304 The American Founders inherited from England a profound distrust of military power, tested it in the crucible of

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Federalizing the National Guard: Trump’s Power Play against States and Courts https://brewminate.com/federalizing-the-national-guard-trumps-power-play-against-states-and-courts/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:12:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264314 The spectacle of federally controlled soldiers patrolling American cities has forced the country into a confrontation with its

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Trump Calls for “War From Within”: Militarizing U.S. Cities in Authoritarian Turn https://brewminate.com/trump-calls-for-war-from-within-militarizing-u-s-cities-in-authoritarian-turn/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:07:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264148 Trump’s speech crystallized a vision of America at war with itself, a vision in which cities are recast

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Trump, Hegseth, and the Perils of Unqualified Command https://brewminate.com/trump-hegseth-and-the-perils-of-unqualified-command/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:06:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264157 Together, Trump and Hegseth represent the convergence of hubris and inexperience, with the potential to steer the United

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Hegseth’s “Warrior Ethos” Summit: A Loyalty Test for Trump’s Generals? https://brewminate.com/hegseths-warrior-ethos-summit-a-loyalty-test-for-trumps-generals/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:13:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263717 The Trump administration has already blurred lines between civilian leadership and partisan loyalty, and Hegseth’s rhetoric about “rowing

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From Sacramentum to Fuhrereid: A History of Military Oaths and Political Allegiance https://brewminate.com/from-sacramentum-to-fuhrereid-a-history-of-military-oaths-and-political-allegiance/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:12:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263740 Whether spoken before the gods of Rome, a medieval lord, a constitutional text, or a dictator, the oath

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Labels, Not Law, Used to Justify Lethal Venezuelan Boat Strike https://brewminate.com/labels-not-law-used-to-justify-lethal-venezuelan-boat-strike/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:01:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262372 Without further explanation and clearer evidence of the threat these groups pose to the American people, it is

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Bayonet Brutes: Military Intimidation in 19th-Century American Politics https://brewminate.com/bayonet-brutes-military-intimidation-in-19th-century-american-politics/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:00:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262038 Nineteenth-century Americans cast ballots with soldiers often looming nearby. Political life has always been conducted at the intersection

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