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Davis Winkie
@davis_winkie
White House reporter for @USAToday || nukes & national security || priors: @ArmyTimes, @CNN, @UNChistory, @VandyFootball || part-time Guard guy || Views mine
Jul 12, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I was laid off today by @MilitaryTimes while on military leave. Five editorial colleagues are gone as well. According to the company lawyer, our positions are eliminated.

I — and @SightlineUnion — will have much more to say later.

But I want to say a few things now. First, thank you to those who empowered me to do some of the most meaningful, impactful work of my life. @haltman hired me (with no experience!), @kyle_rempfer & @tsouthjourno molded me, and others like @mikegruss, @JamesWClark & my Texas Tribune/ProPublica friends set me loose.
Mar 11, 2024 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
NEW INVESTIGATION: Between 2019 and 2021, tank brigades experienced a suicide rate twice as high as the rest of the active duty force, according to an Army Times data analysis. Across all units, 19K tankers were 3x likelier to die by suicide.
Why? 🧵 (1/6)
armytimes.com/news/your-army… Soldiers and prominent members of the armor community — including @DogFaceSoldier — said that the service has run its tank units into the ground over the past decade. They pointed at high deployment rates, frequent training exercise and endemic maintenance struggles. (2/6)
Jul 14, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
The WWII memes are fire, but let’s pour a little water on em ~

Biden invoking 12304(a) with a cap of 3,000 isn’t surprising. I’m more surprised a reserve call-up took this long, especially from an Army perspective.

small 🧵, w/big caveat: we don’t know who’s going to deploy yet Image Let’s talk about what’s been in Europe. Since 2022, the Army has been in a surge posture, totaling 6+ rotational brigades (plus other HQs and doodads):

2 x Armor BCT
1 x Infantry BCT
1 x Sustainment BDE
1 x Aviation BDE
1 x Intel BDE

All of them have been active duty.
Jan 7, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: I sent a mass email to 17,000 members of the Texas Army National Guard, asking them to help me (and @James_Barragan/@TexasTribune) report on the messy mobilization process for Operation Lone Star, the state’s mission at the Texas-Mexico border. State leadership quickly chased my email with one that went to the personal accounts of every @TXMilitary member, ensuring that they all knew I wanted to hear their stories. It also helped that the state’s top general admitted she couldn’t bar them from speaking to me.
Dec 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Some thoughts on this most recent JROTC story by the @nytimes — I recall several stories about the “JROTC replacing PE” phenomenon (described below) in Chicago schools.

Fundamentally this story is about the defunding and decline of public education — especially in urban areas — across the country.
Aug 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
It sure looks like @joekent16jan19 is likely to unseat a pro-impeachment Republican in WA-03 — means he’s favored to go to Congress from the Trump +4 district.

Kent’s got a fascinating story, if some questionable associates. But I’m not here to talk about Joe Kent, his career or his ties to right wing groups.

I’m here to talk about one of the funniest opposition accounts I’ve ever seen: @JoeKentIsCIA.

Like is it a further-right rival, the Dem candidate’s mom undercover, or just a deep parody??
Jan 12, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Today, @GregAbbott_TX disputed my reporting that linked 4 Texas National Guard suicide deaths to Operation Lone Star, saying "I think you’ll find not all the suicides...actually occurred during Operation Lone Star.”

He's dead wrong. Here's why. 1/X

texastribune.org/2022/01/11/tex… (2/x) Of the four suicide deaths that I reported in December, two of the soldiers were on state active duty orders and officially assigned to the mission:

- Sgt. Jose L. Dehoyos, who died Oct. 26
- 1st Lt. Charles Williams, who died Dec. 17

armytimes.com/news/your-army…
Dec 25, 2021 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
My recent story about the brewing suicide crisis facing Texas National Guard troops on their state mission has Gov. Greg Abbott’s challengers speaking out. armytimes.com/news/your-army… .@BetoORourke has asked his supporters to donate to the Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation.