Lucian Truscott is a screenwriter, novelist, and veteran journalist who has covered a variety of subjects, from the horrors of war to the impact of music on culture. Fellow author Stuart Stevens has admired his work for a long time.
Lucian, who also writes the Lucian Truscott Newsletter on Substack, joined Stuart to examine how the military functions under Pete Hegseth to compared to past Defense secretaries who Truscott has covered throughout his long career.
Jump into Stuart’s conversation with Lucian on military history, the wars in Iran and Ukraine, and why he thinks the current “goofs” of the Trump administration have no idea what they’re doing in Iran and across the globe.
We're Low on Ammo: Trump Is Burning through our Weapons and Troops in Iran
If you haven’t spent any time on the military brevity codes for ammunition status, I can’t blame you. This is a niche subject, but there are four tiers: green, yellow, red…
