And this is an absurdity. Something one would think a Joint Staff might have prevented.

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This has less to do with ADM Cooper and more to do with admin officials thinking SOF/SF (and alums) are a magic bullet for everything.

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It may seem absurd that the 82nd Airborne Division is running the air- and sea-based campaign in the Strait of Hormuz rather than, say, NAVCENT—and it is—but here’s how we got here: the 82nd’s commander is Brandon Tegtmeier, who, as commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment a decade ago, was one of a…

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what the fuck do you mean an airborne division is planning the campaign for the strait???

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Thanks to @mikeblack114.bsky.social and @tonystark.bsky.social for pointing out that this arrangement has already been parodied in song: “Counter-maritime DCA with boats and planes— Yeah I think that’s right up the Army’s lane”

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