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Defense Tech exec • Former USCG Officer & Pilot • politics and economics • military transition • career navigation • occasional musings
Insights from a career spanning Coast Guard aviation, shipbuilding acquisitions, Congress, and the cutting edge of maritime defense technology. Writing about what I’ve learned, what I’m reading, and where the field is heading.
Something significant happened in American defense policy over the last 90 days, and it didn’t generate nearly enough discussion among the people who will feel it most. Between Secretary Hegseth’s November speech at the National War College, the FY2026 NDAA signed in December, and CNO Caudle’s “Way We Fight” C-Note to the fleet in January,…
February 2026 There’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately, and I suspect a few of you have too: at what point does “experimenting with AI tools” become professional negligence if you’re not doing it? We operate in an industry that demands simultaneous fluency in technology, policy, acquisition law, international relationships, and operational realities. The cognitive load…
Line of Bearing 