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SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official

@BlastingThrough · United States · joined 24 Dec 2025

SGM Mike Vining, Delta Force, leadership, mountaineering, & life advice. Memoir "Blasting Through" currently under Pentagon review. Expected release, Nov. '26

239 676Followers
329Following
1 430Posts total
473.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

I’ve written articles on moral injury and cover it a lot in “Blasting Through.” Tonight, I want to give you a real-life example of moral injury. A good friend of mine, CPT Frederick Phillip “Fred” Smith, was killed on 13 February 1971. He was on what is known as a “Sniffer 28.1K views · 1.7K likes · 100 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →
I’ve studied postal history and have collected stamps for many years. I’ve found it to be a satisfying and enriching hobby. Thanks to Linn’s Stamp News for interviewing me. https://t.co/2qCYwi7Hio 16.9K views · 743 likes · 29 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →
I would only add one thing to this great comment. Everyone who’s in the US Armed Forces should strive to live by this standard, not just leaders. Can you? Will you? 74.8K views · 2.7K likes · 170 reposts · 52 replies Open on X →
“First and foremost, a leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.” - Major Dick Winters 🪂 https://t.co/WUo3UDHfbb
101.4K views · 1.6K likes · 133 reposts · 19 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough Scale of 1-10. How scared should enemies be if you’re still angry after 24 hours? 447 views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough On the flip side, sometimes the anger intensifies. That is how you know it is worth being angry over. 1.7K views · 29 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough What happens if you're still angry after 24 hours? 2.1K views · 68 likes · 0 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →
During this Labor Day weekend, allow me to share a policy I live by. If something angers me, I give it 24 hours. Usually by then, I’m no longer that angry. Happy Labor Day, everyone. 129.1K views · 10.3K likes · 513 reposts · 162 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough Sir, please tell me that ISN'T the book cover. I would very happily design it for free. I realize "you get what you pay for," but I have a résumé. My DMs are open. 1.3K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough Can't wait to read Blasting Through. It's an honor to have you with us on this platform, Mike. Thank you for sharing your amazing career with us. 928 views · 30 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
@BlastingThrough Do you have an audiobook release planned? 1.5K views · 37 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Welcome to my official X account. As an original member of Delta Force, I share insights on military & corporate leadership, mentoring, ethics, & moral injury. My book “Blasting Through” is under review at the Pentagon with a hopeful release for Christmas 2026. Stay tuned. https
115K views · 6.6K likes · 470 reposts · 134 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

12 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views9 514this account5 975median for 100K–1M
Reach, %3.97%this account1.60%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %4.06%this account1.04%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post9 5145 9751.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)3.97%1.60%2.48×
Engagement rate4.06%1.04%3.91×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

115K6 Aug
1.5K
9287 Aug
1.3K
129.1K5 Sep
2.1K
1.7K
447
101.4K
74.8K
16.9K7 Sep
28.1K9 Sep

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

6.30%6 Aug
2.59%
3.34%7 Aug
1.73%
8.52%5 Sep
4.25%
1.81%
5.15%
1.72%
3.88%
4.71%7 Sep
6.65%9 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.04%.

What the audience does

Likes90.2%23 837 in total
Reposts5.4%1 416 in total
Replies1.7%446 in total
Quotes0.4%99 in total
Bookmarks2.3%617 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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