Dear reader,

Duffel Blog will be taking a little summer break starting today. Your humble editor could use some R&R to unwind, spend time with family, and patiently wait for the Russians to once again do something stupid that’ll be worth writing about.

I greatly appreciate your understanding. We’ll be back in your inbox on August 10th. 

But don’t worry. You can still get your fix by scrolling through a decade of Duffel Blog archives, which Substack has made super easy to browse by year. Here is one of my favorite articles from 2012:

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Lieutenant Screws Up Inventory, Dropped In Shark Tank

FOB DELARAM, AFGHANISTAN – In the middle of southern Afghanistan, a group of Marine officers have just completed an arduous six-hour meeting. When battalion commander Lt. Col. Maxwell "Zip" Zapolski asks if anyone's got any saved rounds, S-6 communications officer 2nd Lt. William Ross stands up…

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10 years ago · G-Had

And here’s another from 2015 that’s really quite timeless:

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E-4 Mafia Frantically Expending Surplus Fucks Before End of Fiscal Year

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army Inspector General report warns that the Army's junior enlisted are at budgetary risk following the discovery of a massive surplus of fucks that need to be given before the fiscal year ends on September 30. According to the report, these low ranking members of the Army gave out fewer fucks than even highly pessimistic projections predicted…

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7 years ago · Jay

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