Noted.

While browsing Wikipedia for unrelated reasons, I discovered that today is the 40th anniversary of the Newhall incident, which was a contributing factor in the start of the officer survival movement.

Ayoob’s summary of the incident doesn’t seem to be available online, but can be found in Ayoob Files: The Book, and is worth reading.

Edited to add: Obit watch: Wilma Mankiller, former chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Mankiller met snide remarks about her surname — a Cherokee military title — with humor, often delivering a straight-faced, “Mankiller is actually a well-earned nickname.”

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