Wesley Belleman·Oct 28The Selfishness We Create: Restoring a Culture of Service Before SelfI was in an old warehouse the first time I ever saw the wing commander. I had joined the Air National Guard a few months prior, and the…
Wesley Belleman·Oct 1Care Versus Coddling: Airmen Won’t Always Be ComfortableIn July, I organized a joint team in the California National Guard to attend the Cyber Fortress exercise. The Army team did most of the…
Wesley Belleman·Sep 11Always Ready, Always There: Why I ServeI finally finished my demonstration video at 9:34pm last night. I still had not packed, and I needed to wake up at 4am the next day. I have…
Wesley Belleman·Aug 27The Number One Leadership TraitI was once having a beer with a mentor of mine at Yard House, and I started referencing some story from my deployment to Guantanamo Bay. I…
Wesley Belleman·Aug 12You Reap What You Didn't SowYes, luck exists. You can use this fact to live a more grateful and giving life.A response icon1A response icon1
Wesley Belleman·Jul 24Beyond the End State: Rethinking Military Cyber OperationsLast year, I met with the California State CISO, Vitaliy Panych. I had recently served on a panel interviewing future officers in my cyber…A response icon1A response icon1
Wesley Belleman·Mar 2Removing Commanders as the Center of Military OperationsI remember the day I received my first mission in the Air National Guard. A freshly promoted Captain, I walked over to my team and told…A response icon1A response icon1
Wesley Belleman·Dec 14, 2025The Limitations of Geoblocking: My 60-Day VPN ExperimentI wanted to see if geoblocking and auto-blocking actually worked. Sixty days later, the data told a different story.
Wesley Belleman·Sep 23, 2025Cybersecurity Beyond Software Flaws: My Take on Jen Easterly’s Talk in JacksonvilleI talk about my key takeaways from the talk I attended and highlight what I agreed with and what I thought was a bit exaggerated.
Wesley Belleman·Jul 17, 2025Lessons from Selecting Future OfficersDo you want to be a military officer? I hope my experience reviewing applicants for an officer position in the National Guard can help.
