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# ![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::5900252.png) @johnkonrad John Ʌ Konrad V

John Ʌ Konrad V posts on X about sea, red, history, if you the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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[sea](/topic/sea) #363, [red](/topic/red) #2142, [history](/topic/history) #1487, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.26%, [new york](/topic/new-york) #933, [ndaa](/topic/ndaa) #113, [ai](/topic/ai) 1.69%, [the only](/topic/the-only) #1460, [vanity fair](/topic/vanity-fair) #133, [make a](/topic/make-a) #212

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Driving home from Thanksgiving I was listening to this with my son & had to pull the car over. It hit that hard. @jockowillink said that being prior enlisted meant he learned to speak E-5. Then he became an officer and had to learn to speak officer. Later as an admirals aide he learned to speak GOFO. He became trilingual. Thats his unfair advantage. It hit me: thats the single greatest factor behind every success Ive had in my life. Early in my career I learned this the hard way. The hardest way possible. My father was dying. My grades at USNA werent great but above the line. My roommate a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1994414872155611610)  2025-11-28T14:35Z 95.1K followers, 993K engagements


"Im told there is a BIG navy announcement being made today by @SECNAV. Could be YUGE. I dont know the details but I have my fingers crossed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998383548470898888)  2025-12-09T13:25Z 95.1K followers, 97.7K engagements


"IDK who told you the U.S. Navy has no active frigates but they lied. Now we just need to figure out how to put VLS cells on her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999664054261211361)  2025-12-13T02:13Z 95.1K followers, 38.1K engagements


"Woke up at 5AM with my son and we drove X hours to the game yesterday. X hours back. Last two was driving through a wall of snow from West Point up to the Berkshires. Zero regrets. XXX% worth it. This guy needs to have his head examined"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000256907924443565)  2025-12-14T17:29Z 95.1K followers, 6611 engagements


"The media elite are just absolutely determined to push this they were innocent fisherman hoax. Unbelievable. I spent half my life at sea. Its rare to see a fisherman outside the US with one large expensive outboard engine let alone 4+"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000961787894673430)  2025-12-16T16:10Z 95.1K followers, 3396 engagements


"I've never seen a magazine add wrinkles and sharpness to try to make a woman in her 20s look XX. it's usually the other way round. Still beautiful though. Is this your work for Vanity Fair @oh_anderson I hope @PressSec sues you for libel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000985868086226966)  2025-12-16T17:46Z 95.1K followers, 26.5K engagements


"@MalShelbourne @SecWar USNI too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001026264329773258)  2025-12-16T20:26Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"My good buddy an Army Ranger had this exact view in his home office but over Columbus Circle. Sitting there working on stock trades with him was a magical experience. I made a lot of money he made 10x more and his wife is one of my top XX favorite people. His little girl is a pure bundle of joy. All devout Catholics deeply balanced by faith. How bad is the veteran crisis in American today He blew up his marriage then took his own life last year. Now go subscribe to @thomasbsauer and @MarkLucasUSA. They need your help. We all do. Nothing is more important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1980269134836289626)  2025-10-20T13:45Z 95K followers, 96.4K engagements


"I cannot believe we cant even build a copycat French frigate without abso-f***ing-lutely screwing it up and canceling the program Unfathomable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1993419782876430671)  2025-11-25T20:41Z 95K followers, 27.8K engagements


"Wake the F up people. You do not understand how screwed our Navy is if we cant even carbon copy a little weak French frigate or refuel or rearm our destroyers. We cant. Or fire the Admirals responsible apparently. THIS IS NOT A DRILL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1993431940519854139)  2025-11-25T21:29Z 95K followers, 16.7K engagements


"Danm. I was so pissed off about the frigate cancelation I missed one of the rarest contacts in all of HAM radio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1993477237488681222)  2025-11-26T00:29Z 95K followers, 5911 engagements


"The National Security Strategy mentions a strong Navy and Coast guard rebuilding the industrial base securing sealanes ports and choke points which is excellent 👍 BUT LOGISTICS WINS WARS No mention of shipbuilding DoW logistics fuel storage or the US Merchant Marine 👎👎 (Plus everything Laura says below)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997080185275814214)  2025-12-05T23:06Z 95K followers, 5286 engagements


"@MikeBenzCyber As @cdrsalamander likes to point out nearly every chart of national problems begins to spike around 2012-2014. Every social media platform became a battleground of influence and new science by researchers like Robert Cialdini showed everyone how to manufacture persuasion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997354701935833308)  2025-12-06T17:17Z 95K followers, XXX engagements


"At the Pentagon Christmas party they had a cookie bake-off between the Army Navy and Air Force mess. 5-star designs beautifully wrapped. @SecWars team told me to take some for my kids so I did. My daughter loved them I also grabbed one for my sometimes cantankerous liberal neighbor who loves debating politics. Im walking through town just now and spot him. He bull-rushes me furious that I was cavorting with the enemy as a fake journalist in the new Pentagon press. Thankfully I came prepared. I pulled out the cookie and said it was from @PeteHegseths team wishing EVERY American a Merry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997433284796498236)  2025-12-06T22:29Z 95K followers, 15.9K engagements


"Paparo left his camo at home got his uniform tailored and isnt wearing all XX rows of ribbons. Looking good Admiral"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997477189110190429)  2025-12-07T01:24Z 95K followers, 31.7K engagements


"Spent the week inside the Pentagon as part of the new press corps and I took brutally honest notes on whats working and whats absolutely not. Heres the good the bad and the stuff nobody in DC wants you to hear. Line-by-line. No fluff. My final score for @PeteHegseth and the Pentagon team: B+ Full breakdown in my the hour-long video👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997720767077712085)  2025-12-07T17:32Z 95K followers, 23.1K engagements


"Yes and not just when we least expect it history shows nations often trigger wars by doing things only an idiot would try. What looks rational in hindsight was usually insane in the moment. Thats what makes this attack (and future ones we arent expecting) so dangerous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997738198731251964)  2025-12-07T18:41Z 95K followers, 3407 engagements


"Can't believe I made the SNL opener But I must say the new Pentagon Press Corps was much better dressed than these actors. This looks like the old PPC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997841517197901936)  2025-12-08T01:31Z 95K followers, 5252 engagements


"BREAKING: Final version of the 2026 NDAA is out and requires the Navy to develop and implement a strategy to support the maritime industrial base"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997845129730850855)  2025-12-08T01:46Z 95K followers, 10.3K engagements


"Source: International law studies @NavalWarCollege Rudderless and Adrift: States Unwarranted Timidity Respecting Stateless Vessels Andrew Norris"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997996615324279142)  2025-12-08T11:48Z 95K followers, 5332 engagements


"Ships without a recognized flag stateless vessels are the outlaws of the ocean. They dont have a clear nationality so no country claims responsibility for them. International law already allows governments to stop board and enforce laws against these vessels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997996617345937896)  2025-12-08T11:48Z 95K followers, 3180 engagements


"Video of the US Navy frigate shipbuilding program as seen via interpretive dance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998398109668315490)  2025-12-09T14:23Z 95K followers, 4820 engagements


"The SEALs often use US Merchant Marine ships to practice boardings on. You feel really stupid standing there on the bridge doing nothing while your ship is being taken. Cant we even pretend to fight back. i asked my Captain No because apparently only small percentage of nationalities fight back when boarded starting with Americans and followed by Chinese who have alcohol aboard and have been known to to hurl molotov cocktails Thats why the Somali pirates werent ready for Captain Phillips they had already taken dozens of ships and almost all of them just gave up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998958735129985235)  2025-12-11T03:31Z 95K followers, 123.3K engagements


"Is landing a helicopter on a slow moving football field easier than landing on a zig zagging Ferrari Wow these people are dumb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998960279351361913)  2025-12-11T03:37Z 95K followers, 37.8K engagements


"@HardPass4 @MikeSchuler @gCaptain F if I know but I never once wanted to climb mount Everest either 🤷♂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998960570318590126)  2025-12-11T03:38Z 95K followers, XXX engagements


"Congress is a bad joke. West Point gets more money for lawn care than the entire US Merchant Marine Academy budget. DOT got $X Trillion under Mayor Pete but most graduates get recruited into the military so he wouldnt spend a dime NDAA Merchant Marine isnt a service So mids get paper plates and cold water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999094516695896460)  2025-12-11T12:30Z 95K followers, 9775 engagements


"We need XXX oil tankers if we want any hope of winning a war in the Pacific. NO we are NOT giving the Venezuela one back. Its going straight into @SecDuffys Ready Reserve Fleet. Its ours now. And if some federal judge tries to block that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999101571133489161)  2025-12-11T12:58Z 95K followers, 30.6K engagements


"Every member of congress who claims to support shipbuilding but voted yes on that NDAA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999102180901498981)  2025-12-11T13:01Z 95K followers, 3181 engagements


"False. Todays paint are hybrid coatings with much lower copper loads and red paint doesnt help you see cracks. Red bottom paint sticks around mostly out of tradition from the days when it was loaded with copper but it does help pilots read an empty ships ballast conditions at a glance. Ships are less maneuverable when empty so you might give an approaching ship more space if you see a lot of red especially in windy conditions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999112192507994488)  2025-12-11T13:41Z 95K followers, 13.7K engagements


"$800M could have gotten @US_TRANSCOM XX desperately needed oil tankers built in South Korea or at least X built here. Instead we got zero tankers and whatever the hell this is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999130943387295968)  2025-12-11T14:55Z 95K followers, 11K engagements


"High school bowling tournament. How can anyone not love America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999612305802195435)  2025-12-12T22:48Z 95K followers, 2305 engagements


"I brought my own bodyguard today John (Jack) Konrad VI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999907967869620653)  2025-12-13T18:23Z 95K followers, 8101 engagements


"Marine X. @POTUS has arrived. Oorah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999919630203465831)  2025-12-13T19:09Z 95K followers, 20.7K engagements


"You can post this on every comment all day but doesnt mean Im wrong. None of these Navy ships have newer CWIS systems either and if you take out our oilers then every Navy vessel except submarines will be stuck at the dock including nuclear carriers which need escort destroyers and aviation fuel And our submarines tenders dont have any kind of CWIS either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000551841663160577)  2025-12-15T13:01Z 95K followers, XXX engagements


"Someone in the comments noted that a little girl was accidentally killed right after this scene. Yes. And we killed thousands of little girls deliberately in Dresden Tokyo Hiroshima and other cities because doing so ended a brutal war. Killing little children is horrific. But history is unambiguous: overwhelming brutality shortens wars and prevents the next one. That is the moral calculus our Rules of Engagement especially since Korea have refused to confront. Brown University estimates 4.54.7 million civilians were killed directly and indirectly in the Global War on Terror. How many were"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000571692180017461)  2025-12-15T14:20Z 95K followers, 58.9K engagements


"@grok @FutureWatts @Rossiman24 @JamesOl03891147 @CMDRSpiff The op did not say surface combatants. The OP said phalanx CWIS on navy ships. No @MSCSealift ship has cwis of any kind despite not only being owned and operated by the navy but also counted in the navy battle force ship count. Research this properly then redo your math"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000593555551584339)  2025-12-15T15:47Z 95K followers, XXX engagements


"Thanks @charliekirk11 for having me on to talk about the US Navy failures in shipbuilding and the Red & Black Seas. Its time to right the course ⚓ Watch here 👉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1859436982964752494)  2024-11-21T03:21Z 95.1K followers, 363.8K engagements


"I only have two questions Does peru have letters of marquee Does the president of peru have @realErikDPrinces phone number"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1997419658845069695)  2025-12-06T21:35Z 95.1K followers, 10.3K engagements


"I spoke today with a well-known European journalist. Most MAGA folks would label his outlet woke but hes actually center-right. His main point stunned me: right now Europes elites are desperate for the United States to keep carrying the load. Theyre oscillating between being angry at Trump and quietly praying Republicans lose the midterms so things go back to normal. Theyre terrified of the new National Security Strategy not because its extreme but because it tells them to finally pull their own weight. And they know they cant. They want the old spigot USAID foreign support kickbacks endless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998195443990151211)  2025-12-09T00:58Z 95.1K followers, 126.5K engagements


"Dad why arent you wearing Navy merch my son at ArmyNavy. I am. No youre not. I tap the Navy fan in front of us wearing the same pea coat: My son says Im not wearing Navy merch. He looks at my son: Your dads wearing the OG Navy merch. High fives me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000284410399355337)  2025-12-14T19:19Z 95.1K followers, 511.1K engagements


"@MagoffinWilliam WTF is the point of fast and stealthy if you fire missiles from thousands of miles away You know what dont answer that. Im done diving into idiotic what ifs for the day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000933701891579912)  2025-12-16T14:19Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"May I suggest reading my book while you wait for that war It was taught for years at Georgetown Law so they probably still have a copy in the library. If you seriously want to learn how to do real investigative journalism that gets oil majors legal teams after you let me know. Occasionally I teach protgs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001045764123000898)  2025-12-16T21:44Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"Art from the photo-journalist who took those terrible Vanity Fair photos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001071833005568117)  2025-12-16T23:27Z 95.1K followers, 2314 engagements


"Look at that body language from everyone around him. Now go back and look at the body language of everyone around his predecessor. Night & Day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000711380962328942)  2025-12-15T23:35Z 95.1K followers, 407.6K engagements


"@GreyPerson998 Its not really a blackpill the filipinos I know are based af Once we discover that then we can team up again There is some serious potential resources and talent on those islands we could use for our mutual benefit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001104960566555122)  2025-12-17T01:39Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"My daughter hand-writes her college application essays then types them up. She plugs them into an AI detector like they tell kids to and every one comes back 80%+ likely AI. Shes been writing these all week. Shes frustrated. Shes furious. I dont blame her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1994570556038086657)  2025-11-29T00:54Z 95.1K followers, 5.7M engagements


"Via Kimo Fanell: China built eight 25000-ton Type XXX amphibious landing ships in XX years plus 45000-ton Type XXX big-decks designed to take Taiwan. The US response 24-ft drone boats with 1000-lb charges. This isnt about tech. Its about national will and more warfighter ethos from the Pentagon wont cut it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000546782032310289)  2025-12-15T12:41Z 95.1K followers, 20.6K engagements


"She looks a lot cooler firing her deck guns. Problem is they dont work and are being ripped out for HyPeRSoNiCs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000894196782117165)  2025-12-16T11:42Z 95.1K followers, 24.4K engagements


"Is a blockade an act of war Well heres what the naval commanders guide says but heres the twist: Trump tends to care more about what Americans think a word means than what a Navy JAG wrote in a manual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001130098515169480)  2025-12-17T03:19Z 95.1K followers, 7851 engagements


"After the 2008 crash nearly sank my business my wifes car died. We were broke so I googled most depreciated used car. Answer: a light grey 2000 dodge caravan. It was $6000. She drove it 200k+ miles a dozen cross-country trips and we kept it running until COVID"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1959032911216189584)  2025-08-22T23:20Z 95.1K followers, 28.7K engagements


"Hegseth answered my questions. Its off the record so no details but I am very pleased with his leadership"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1996302816067854639)  2025-12-03T19:37Z 95.1K followers, 2.4M engagements


"I have nothing to say to this. Nothing. Ok one thing: Paging @IfindRetards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998185068750397920)  2025-12-09T00:16Z 95.1K followers, 14.6K engagements


"I thought someone said they fixed the space force uniforms to look better They dont look better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998199853474865501)  2025-12-09T01:15Z 95.1K followers, 10.1K engagements


"And they did it without running into a reef and sinking like last time 🙌🙌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998396308671824252)  2025-12-09T14:16Z 95K followers, 2845 engagements


"And Konrad loses his pentagon press pass in X X 1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998586662452867489)  2025-12-10T02:52Z 95K followers, 8422 engagements


"Why the F wouldnt we keep the oil Keep the ship too. DOW reports estimate we need XXX more tankers to win a war in the Pacific. Scratch that. Now we need 99"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1998941996204056713)  2025-12-11T02:24Z 95.1K followers, 53.6K engagements


"Why is boarding a shadow-fleet tanker legal First: the USCG was involved. Coast Guard officers are federal law enforcement and their authority travels with them wherever theyre embarked. Second: under the law of the sea UNCLOS any stateless vessel can be stopped and boarded by any nation. No permission required. Now look at the ships identity. MarineTraffic showed it flying a Guyana flag but thats just self-reported AIS data. Go to the actual government registry database and youll see Guyana officially denies registering this ship. No real flag = stateless vessel. And stateless vessels have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999121027675099213)  2025-12-11T14:16Z 95.1K followers, 186.2K engagements


"I spent all week inside the Pentagon trying to capture what I saw. It exploded into 13000 wordsraw unfinished unvarnished insufficiently edited hot mess. But its the closest I could get to the full truth of whats really happening inside those walls at truth thats not clean and linear but has a lot of heart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999299907656520016)  2025-12-12T02:06Z 95.1K followers, 75.9K engagements


"Anyone who still thinks I use AI go ahead and try to take these 13000+ words with elements of deep human emotion and dump it into ChatGPT. I tried just to cut down the word count. Absolute mess. It craps out at about 5000 words so you try cutting it into sections and each instance degrades on you. Then it gets hung up on something minor (it REALLY didnt like me taking about love and faith) and keeps chastising you in future drafts. Maybe theres a special program that can handle entire books IDK but ChatGPT Gemini and Grok all failed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999326820693324111)  2025-12-12T03:53Z 95.1K followers, 5839 engagements


"Im rooting for Navy should I wear my peacoat or green camouflage fatigues tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999646046696178113)  2025-12-13T01:02Z 95.1K followers, 12.6K engagements


"All thats missing is one Battleship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1999660487936516329)  2025-12-13T01:59Z 95.1K followers, 17.8K engagements


"Yes extremely well written. Yes extremely popular. Yes definitely AI generated Instead of just criticizing Isnt criticizing the Navy exactly what you are doing Try writing something people find interesting yes thats exactly why I have 2x the followers you have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000257771791605831)  2025-12-14T17:33Z 95.1K followers, 11K engagements


"Happy to report: lots of peacoats at the ArmyNavy game yesterday Sad to report: I seemed to be the only one who knew how to actually use one to use my breath to stay warm. Obviously if youve only stood watch on enclosed bridges youve never spent hours on a bridge wing freezing your ass off and never had to learn this. As a Merchant Mariner allow me to explain. Step 1: Check the label. It must be real wool. Step 2: Rub the wool on your cheek. Scratchy It needs to be treated with lanolin. Lanolin is wools natural oilit softens fibers and boosts wind resistance. Scratchy wool means wind will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000296541647475069)  2025-12-14T20:07Z 95.1K followers, 118.6K engagements


"Make wool military clothing great again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000398835387125968)  2025-12-15T02:53Z 95.1K followers, 7602 engagements


"I was talking with a liberal today about musicals and somehow West Side Story sent him into orbit. He started going on about how poorly Puerto Ricans were treated at that point in American history. I agreed and pointed out that the Catholic slums of mid-century New York were brutal for everyone. He immediately turned red. That has nothing to do with Jesus. I said youre kidding right Maria is literally named Mary. She prays on her knees to Catholic saints right before the balcony scene. The symbolism isnt subtle. But Tony is white. Yes and Tony is also living in the slum. And hes Catholic too."  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000411889210175805)  2025-12-15T03:45Z 95.1K followers, 1728 engagements


"I was talking with a liberal today about musicals and somehow West Side Story sent him into orbit. He started going on about how poorly Puerto Ricans were treated at that point in American history. I agreed and pointed out that the Catholic slums of mid-century New York were brutal for everyone. He immediately turned red. That has nothing to do with Jesus. I said youre kidding right Maria is literally named Mary. She prays on her knees to Catholic saints right before the balcony scene. The symbolism isnt subtle. But Tony is white. Yes and Tony is also living in the slum. And hes Catholic too."  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000416766166508013)  2025-12-15T04:04Z 95.1K followers, 24.2K engagements


"The cacophony of KONRAD IS WRONG replies every time I post this is depressing. Fact: newer LCS and Zumwalt warships lack Phalanx CIWS and cant reload their tiny stash of better SeaRAM at sea. Thats why they arent allowed to deploy to the Red Sea. Fact: Submarines dont have them for obvious reasons but that also means our fantastic sub fleet is useless against aerial drones in choke points like the Red Sea Fact: The Navys largest fleet is @MSCSealift not 7th Fleet. Fact: Take out our defenseless oilers and the Navy grinds to a halt. Even nuclear carriers need aviation fuel. Fact: Subs keep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000556707143889078)  2025-12-15T13:21Z 95.1K followers, 37.1K engagements


"I just had a two hour briefing this morning from a retired Navy EOD diver who has security contracts to patrol a certain port. This absolutely could happen to US Navy ships too. We absolutely must prioritize harbor defense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000698141432054005)  2025-12-15T22:43Z 95.1K followers, 173.4K engagements


"@TheArisen01 5th fleet having LCS and the Navy occasionally testing reloads of searam in very calm waters at sea is not the same as fighting the Houthis and reloading in normal conditions at sea and you know it We dont win on technicalities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000878835097854045)  2025-12-16T10:41Z 95.1K followers, XX engagements


"Its ok. We can say it. We can all say thank you President Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000886477157491086)  2025-12-16T11:11Z 95.1K followers, 2845 engagements


"The primary problem with surface and submerged drones vs aerial drones is payload capacity. Boats snd subs can carry a lot more weight than flying objects. A lot more explosive weight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000890238550597884)  2025-12-16T11:26Z 95.1K followers, 121.4K engagements


"The Philippines is a former US colony which unlike Hong Kong we allowed to vote for full independence. That agreement included security guarantees. We absolutely have the right to help defend them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000891574834626891)  2025-12-16T11:31Z 95.1K followers, 32.6K engagements


"Absolutely the wrong take. Yes marines should be the primary security force aboard ships. But NO member of the military should be this bad at handling arms. The solution is not to just give up on training the Navy. Thats not going to help anyone if the marines need backup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000895002642120948)  2025-12-16T11:45Z 95.1K followers, 10K engagements


"@jefftvalois How about we start with actually signing contracts with firm delivery dates instead of more proposals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000947345048133893)  2025-12-16T15:13Z 95.1K followers, XX engagements


"I know dozens of rational people who think the immediate and quick shutdown of USAID was not only good but possibly the single best thing this administration has accomplished so far I know dozens of rational people who want Elon back to shut down more NGO infested agencies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000956454673768866)  2025-12-16T15:49Z 95.1K followers, 39.8K engagements


"@EzraACohen @JDVance @SLOTUS Happy Hanukkah Ezra"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000980895122252200)  2025-12-16T17:26Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"Now you know why @SecWar told journalists who cant follow the most basic rules of journalism to take a hike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000995546396299737)  2025-12-16T18:24Z 95.1K followers, 15.2K engagements


"@Aviation_Intel Retweeted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2000999331709772033)  2025-12-16T18:39Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"@DonaldJTrumpJr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001042060447531354)  2025-12-16T21:29Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"All I want for Christmas is a battleship that spits out XXX the anger and hate of an A-10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001042867905499646)  2025-12-16T21:32Z 95.1K followers, 3782 engagements


"Ive read most of the great russian novels but in English so doesnt fully count. When I read War and Peace I really wanted to tag team it with my wife. I read the war she reads the peace. She refused so I read both. The war parts were excellent. The peace meh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001055924912365917)  2025-12-16T22:24Z 95.1K followers, 3342 engagements


"I meant to post this months ago. I was talking with an Ivy League grad genuinely smart a real intellectual who started citing novels to make a point. Id read all of them and fired back so he went more esoteric. Id read those too. It quickly turned into a not-so-subtle contest over whod read more serious books. I won. Easily. He finally conceded and said For a total dumbass who supports Trump youre really well read. I told him not to worry when I was at his reading level I was skeptical of Trump too 😜 P.S. he wasnt mad or defensive after he just looked thoroughly confused P.S.2. Hes probably"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001060140645278186)  2025-12-16T22:41Z 95.1K followers, 8869 engagements


"I was talking to a young gifted aerospace engineer who is getting recruited by defense majors. He was shocked by the security questions in one interview. Said he was asked all sorts of strange things he knows nothing about. I told him thats good. If he was guilty hed understand the questions. He asked me for advice. I tossed out just avoid the honeypots and youll be fine. Kid didnt know what a honeypot was. So I explained it. Next he asked if our intel services use honeypots. I said not from what Ive seen What Ive seen 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001068556012711981)  2025-12-16T23:14Z 95.1K followers, 26.5K engagements


"@DrHessMD No I dont believe I have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001073427503874230)  2025-12-16T23:34Z 95.1K followers, XXX engagements


"@NChaleunphone 💯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001080522525515922)  2025-12-17T00:02Z 95.1K followers, XX engagements


"The Filipinos did NOT kick the US military out of their bases in the 90s. This myth needs to die. A majority also did NOT vote for independence from the United States. The Democratic Party did NOT want XX million brown Catholics voting in US elections so they bribed the elite to push for independence and the media swung in to convince Americans this was a good idea. It was not a good idea. Then we turned the jewel of the Pacific over to corrupt elites and the CIA (read the book Gold Warriors) who sucked it dry turning our rightful land into a poverty zone. And then worse they pushed the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001096687993979386)  2025-12-17T01:06Z 95.1K followers, 23.4K engagements


"I agree AFRICOM is just stupid And please bulldoze CENTCOM into the Gulf of America (yes you heard right all our Middle East wars are managed out of Tampa 🫠)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2001136236338012454)  2025-12-17T03:43Z 95.1K followers, 3223 engagements