Wargaming Plans For Summer 2023

Today is 26 April. In a month I’ll be heading to the Jersey Shore for what has become my annual summer sojourn. As has been the case for the past two summers, this season will center on a great deal of writing. But unlike 2021 and 2022, I plan to devote a good deal of …

Ukraine Update: 15 February, 2023

Aside from a post about the decision by NATO members to send a limited number of MBTs to Ukraine I have not discussed the war over there too much lately. As winter set in and the battleline more or less frozen in place there was not much to talk about. That is no longer the …

Happy Valentines Day & A Brief Course Deviation

Happy Valentines Day! This is one of the more polarizing holidays on the calendar. Most folks either love it or hate it. Usually depending on whether there is a significant other in their life or not. In any event, I hope that everyone enjoys themselves today. Now for the bad news. I need to revise …

Ukraine Update 21 September 2022: Putin Ups The Ante

Vladimir Putin has upped the ante in Ukraine and made it clear that he is determined to end the war on terms favorable to Russia. In an address to his nation Putin announced the call-up of approximately 300,000 reservists. The Russian leader cited Western material support for Ukraine as the primary reason for the mobilization. …

WWIII Odds & Ends 18 August, 2022

Author’s Note: Tonight’s entry is just a hodgepodge of updates and information about a handful of WWIII related topics. Saturday will a brief piece on World War III-themed comic book and then we will begin setting the stage for the remainder of D+24 next week. Microprose Unleashes Regiments   Earlier this week Microprose released the …

Ukraine Update 2 July, 2022

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend on both sides of the Atlantic. Here in the United States, Monday is our Independence Day. Across the pond in Great Britain they call it Treason Day and it is not so much a day of celebration as it is a day of bitter remembrance. 😊 As …

Ukraine Update 14 June, 2022

I want to touch on Ukraine briefly before diving into D+23. It has been some time since my last Ukraine post. Since then, the military situation and politics of the war have undergone a photosynthesis of sorts. As is the case with all wars, the 2022 Ukraine-Russia conflict has not gone according to plan for …

Novel Update: 4 June, 2022

It has been months since the last novel update, and I apologize for being somewhat lax on that front. Unfortunately, not much has changed. The war in Ukraine continues to rage, much to the surprise of practically everyone. Until the conflict draws closer to a conclusion and the dust begins to settle, Red Blitz (still …

Ukraine Observations 27 April, 2022: Escalation

We are reaching a point in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict now where the threat of escalation is becoming alarmingly credible. The failure of the Russian offensive in the north has shifted the battlefield to the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. A new Russian offensive is underway there, but its unclear how successful it will be in …

Ukraine Observations 6 April, 2022

While it seems clear now that the Russian offensive aimed at Kiev is dead and buried, the war in Ukraine continues on with no end in sight. It is hard to believe that back in early February the consensus among experts was that Russia’s war against Ukraine would last little more than a week at …