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Navy Milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" discuss leading issues and developments for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and related national security issues.
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Episode 111: Returning to a Constitutional Military - Feb 19,2012 | The large standing Army and active duty military we have known in our lifetime may seem the norm - but it isnt. Is there a way to maintain a strong military capability - available and scaleable if needed - without the structure we have become accustomed to? Is there a better way to balance our Reserve and National Guard forces that is better in line with our economic, national security, and yes - Constitutional requirements? This Sunday, 19 FEB from 5-6pm EST, join us with our guest, General Ron Fogleman, USAF (Ret) for the full hour. Using his recent article in Defense News, Going Back to the Future: Militia Model Could Cut U.S. Expenditures as a starting point, we will discuss these ideas and more as we look for a way to maintain strength and options as the budget crunch starts. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 110: The 21st Century Pirate Threat - Feb 12,2012 | The problem with piracy is not going anywhere. Each year in places like Somalia it is becoming part of the local economy. In areas near poorly governed areas, it threatens the free flow of goods at market prices through the worlds sea lines of communication. Is it an economic problem, a global security problem, a political problem, or a mixture of that and more? What is the impact of international aid, military action, and the paying of ransom? What are the best solutions, and what is working and what is not working to slow the impact of piracy? Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eagle Speak" for the full hour to discuss these issues and more with their guest, Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN (Ret.), former Commander of the anti-piracy CTF-151 off the horn of Africa. | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 109: Superbowl Best Of - Feb 05,2012 | I can think of no better show for Superbowl Sunday than Episode 36. Our guests will be Eddie LaBaron and Lanier Phillips. Though known as four-time Pro-Bowler, quarterback for the Washington Redskins in the 1950s, Tom Landrys first quarterback in Dallas, and Don Merediths mentor; he was also a USMC lieutenant in the Korean Conflict; decorated with the Purple Heart and awarded the Bronze Star. Our second guest will be a trailblazer for all Sailors. In October of 1941, at the age of eighteen, Lanier joined the Navy. He was a survivor of the February of 1942 sinking of the USS Truxton. He was not just any Sailor though, he later took a step with confidence like he did during the shipwreck that put him in an raft - he asked to be treated as an equal and was the first black Navy sailor to become a sonar technician. | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 108: Best of EMP - Jan 29,2012 | In the last year, our listenership has roughly doubled. As a result, many have missed some of our more interesting shows. This week, as your hosts take care of some things in the other part of our lives, lets revisit Halloween of 2010. When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a reaction of, "What?" - either that or they get all fidgety or roll their eyes. Is the EMP threat trick or treat? We will discuss the issue with guests Jason Sigger, defense policy analyst, opinion writer and bloggr for the first half of the hour. For the second half of the hour, James Carafano, Ph.D., Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 107: Air-Sea Battle, Budgets, & the PACOM Shuffle - Jan 22,2012 | Most agree that our nations national security focus needs to shift its weight towards the swath across the Western Pacific through the Strait of Malacca to the Northern Arabian Gulf. We have started the same path in response to national budget and debt problems that started a decade ago in Europe; and the defense budget here as there will take the first hit. Are we starting in the right direction - or are we in danger of inserting in to the equasion a fundemantel error? Our guest for the entire hour will be returning guest and panel member, Bryan McGrath. Bryan is the Founding Director of Delex Consulting, Studies and Analysis specializing in Defense and National Security issues, including strategy and strategic planning, executive communications, and strategic communications. You can also find him online at Conservative Wahoo and Information Dissemination. A retired Naval Officer, Bryan spent 21 years on active duty including a tour in command of USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), with his final duties ashore included serving as Team Lead and Primary Author of the U.S. Navys 2007 Maritime Strategy; A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 106: Tough Choices & Hard Budgets - Jan 15,2012 | Many are sobering up to the fact that the military is about to face a budget challenge not seen in a generation. Especially those who have seen this movie before, a number know that this one has the potential to be the most challenging seen in over half a century. For the full hour, our guest will be Col. Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.)., using his article in the DEC Armed Forces Journal, Cutbacks & Crisis, as a starting point. In addition to being a contributing editor at AFJ, among the many other things he has done since retirement he writes and consults on national defense issues as a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Prior to his retirement from active duty he served for thirty years in a variety of Special Forces, infantry and staff duties. His assignments ranged included duty in Vietnam with MACVSOG, the Vietnamese Airborne Division, command in mechanized, air assault and airborne units, and staff positions in the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, as director of plans, XVIII Airborne Corps, special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army, command of a deployed joint task force and as an instructor in strategy and policy at the Army War College. If you want to be ahead of the game in the growing budget battles, make sure and tune in this Sunday at 5pm EST or get the archive. | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 105: 2nd Anniversary Show - Jan 08,2012 | Yes friends, believe it or not we are on our 105th episode! Two years behind us, and a third in front. Though we already have some great guests lined up in the upcoming weeks, as a way of saying thanks to everyone for tuning in, for our 2nd Anniversary show we are going to try something a little different - we are going to turn the tables on ourselves. This time, it is our friends, listeners and regular guests who will get to ask the questions and visit for awhile. What would you like the hosts to talk about? Is there a topic you would like us to address that we dont? Well here is your chance. Look at the top of the showpage - thats our call in number. | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 104: Best of; China looking forward - Jan 01,2012 | Happy New Year and thank you from joining us for a Best Of Midrats. In the new year I hope more and more sober reflection will take place on Chinas future. Along those lines, I think a good way to start the year is with an interview we did with Mark Stokes, the Executive Director of the Project 2049 Institute last September. A good show. Join us next week live with our second anniversary show. More details from EagleOne and me this week. Cheers! | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 103: Christmas Best Of, Stavridis on Writing - Dec 25,2011 | In line with how I like Christmas presents; small and useful - this Christmas Best Of should fit the bill. From Episode 51 we have Admiral Stavridis USN - Supreme Allied Commander Europe - speaking in person at the U.S. Naval Institute Honors Night Commemorating the Naval Institutes 137th Anniversary. He gave the keynote speech titled, "Whispers on a Wall." I managed to record most of it - the beginning that missed recording Ill cover. Enjoy. The audio is a little rough - so be on notice. A headset might help. As we approach our third year on Midrats - thanks to all our regular listeners. Weve got some great shows lined up; EagleOne and I look forward to seeing you all in the new year. | 12/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 102: The Military Media at a Pivot - Dec 18,2011 | It started after 911, something not seen for any significant duration since Vietnam - and sustained interest in military matters. As a result, we have seen an increase in the variety and number of places where you can find reporting on military matters. From retired officers on the news networks using maps to explain the big picture, to new media, to expanded traditional coverage - a decade of war has brought a depth of knowledge that was almost non-existent in the last two decades of the last century. With two wars and smaller skirmishes in the Long War taking place on a regular basis, the need and interest for information has kept knowledge of military history, strategy, tactics, equipment, and plans as an ongoing requirement in the media. As the American military presence in the Iraqi war ends, Afghanistan scheduled to fade, and defense budgets contract - what is the state of the military focused media going forward? To discuss the above and to review the major Navy and military topics of the year will be returning guest Phil Ewing, editor of DODBuzz and previously with Politico and Navy Times. | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 101: Kido Butai at Pearl Harbor - Dec 11,2011 | A lot has been written about what went wrong at Pearl Harbor - a very American perspective. If you look at it from a neutral tacticial view, or look at things from a Japanese perspective - there was a lot that went right at Pearl Harbor at the Tactical and Operational Level. Join Sal from CDR Salamander and EagleOne of EagleSpeak as they discuss for the full hour many of the less understood aspects fo the attack on Pearl Harbor and the development in the Imperial Japanese Navys tactical innovations with one of the co-authors of the article in Decembers Naval History magazine, Pearl Harbors Overlooked Answer - Jonathan Parshall. | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 100: Where are the Carriers? - Dec 04,2011 | "Where are the Carriers?" Whenever the expected unexpected happens on the globe, that is the question that is often asked first. As our nation also faces one of its greatest budget crisis - it is also one that the budget cutters are asking as well. What is the status of our carrier force as we approach 2012 and what possible directions are we heading? Is the carrier more important in supporting our national strategy than it used to be, or less? Are we buying the right kind of systems to go on and in our carriers? Are we buying enough? How are we assessing our technology risk as we bring in new tools? Our guest for the full hour will be J. Talbot Manvel, CAPT, USN (Ret.), presently teaching at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a frequent writer on issues of carrier issues and larger Navy policy issues. In the course of his career he served on three carriers and led development o f the maintenance plan for the Nimitz class and design of the Ford class carriers. | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 99: Thanksgiving Best of With James D. Hornfischer - Nov 27,2011 | No better way to digest all that Turkey than with a great interview EagleOne and I had this summer with a superb author. When you mention books on naval history, there are but a few authors whose work immediately come to mind, and our guest is one of them. Unquestionably one of the finest writers of naval history of the last half-century; James D. Hornfischer. We have talked about his books on a regular basis both on Midrats and over at our homeblogs; The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors & Ship of Ghosts. He has a new book out, one that will be required reading for his fans - Neptunes Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. We will have him for the full hour, so dont miss the discussion of the U.S. Navy in the opening of WWII, the lessons we should take from history, and the importance of the study of naval history for both the professional and amateur. | 11/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 98: Tom Bowman with the Darkhorse in Afghanistan - Nov 20,2011 | For those who listen to All Things Considered on NPR, earlier this month you caught an outstanding series on the 3rd Battalion 5th Marines – the Darkhorse Battalion — the Marine unit that suffered the highest casualty rate of any Marine unit during the 10-year Afghan war. Our guest for the full hour is the journalist who brought the American people that story - Tom Bowman, NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon. In his current role, Bowman has traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan often for month-long visits and embedded with U.S. Marines and soldiers. Before coming to NPR in April 2006, Bowman spent nine years as a Pentagon reporter at The Baltimore Sun. Altogether he was at The Sun for nearly two decades, covering the Maryland Statehouse, the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the National Security Agency (NSA). | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 97: The Journalist at War - Nov 13,2011 | They share the hazards, smell the smells; all that is needed so that those at home may understand what their countrymen are doing in the far reaches of the world on their behalf. The best know that to tell a story, you have to be in it. Sometimes, the story catches up with them. Our guest for the full hour will be Kimberly Dozier, foreign correspondent for CBS News Radio specializing in the Middle East from the disputed territories of Israel to the war in Afghanistan and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. She reported on the war in Iraq from 2003 until she was injured by a car bomb in 2006. She recently returned to Afghanistan and Pakistan as an Intelligence/Counterterrorism correspondent for the Associated Press. She is also the author of Breathing the Fire, the story of her recovery from her injuries in 2006. | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 96: The Fleets of Austerity - Nov 06,2011 | It is often said that with crisis comes opportunity; that stress brings innovation - without the right leadership and vision though; crisis and stress can also bring about collapse. As the traditional Western powers struggle with an unprecidented peace time debt crisis, and rising powers have challenges of their own for economic, resource and demographic reasons - each is looking for the best fleet shrinking budgets can buy. What trends can we see in Naval development now, and what new trends are taking shaps? What established platforms are being repurposed, and which ones are being left behind? Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss for the full hour with their guest Eric Wertheim. Eric is a defense consultant, columnist and author specializing in naval and maritime issues. He was named to the helm of the internationally acknowledged, one volume Naval Institute reference Combat Fleets of the World in 2002. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 95: A Pre-Halloween Perspective - Oct 30,2011 | This Halloween - what scares you most on the National Security Front? Are todays worries any more - on aggregate - that what came before? With time & experience comes perspective. Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from Eaglespeak with their guest, Rone Tempest. A journalist with over 40 years of experience including LA Times bureau chief stints in Paris, New Dehli, Beijing, Hong Kong. "Rone Tempest, a longtime foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, has reported from India, China, France, Afghanistan and Pakistan, among many other stories." He won the Pulitzer prize for reporting on Calif wildfires. | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 94: AFPAC Update with Bill Roggio - Oct 23,2011 | In the 14-months since his last visit to Midrats, the Afghan-Pakistan theater has changed in ways both good and bad depending on your goals and outlook; Haqqanni network, drones. OBL. the arrival of the slow withdrawl in 2014, and others. Where do we stand, and where are we trending? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" with their guest for the full hour Bill Roggio, managing editor from the Long Wars Journal. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 93: The Lessons from Libya - Oct 16,2011 | As the last few battles wind up to revove the last few pro-Gadaffi forces - for the Western & Arab nations who, literally, provided the top-cover for the advancing Libyan rebels - what are the lessons that need to be remembered? Especially as economic and budgetary pressures add further pressure on defense budgets, are there important lessons that need to be brought to the front to influence plans & policy? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" as they discuss the issue with Dr. Robbin Laird, co-founder of Second Line of Defense. Dr. Laird is a Washington and Paris based defense consultant and has worked with all of the US services on various strategic issues. His most recent books are the Re-Norming of Air Power and 21st Century Air Capabilities. | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 92: Afghanistan - to what end; at what price? - Oct 09,2011 | Over a decade in to the war in Afghanistan and over three years in to the surge of forces - have we reached the point of diminishing returns? Is the present AFG government stable enough to accept a transition? Is the present withdrawl timetable right, wrong, or just right? Join co-hosts "Sal" from the blog "CDR Salamander" and "EagleOne" from "EagleSpeak" to discuss the past, present, and future of the AFG campaign for the full hour will their guest Michael Barrett, co-founder of Diligent Innovations, a Washington consulting firm, former Navy Intelligence Officer and director of strategy for the Homeland Security Council under President George W. Bush. | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 91: Best of NATO & Russia - Oct 02,2011 | This week is an encore presentation from this summer with our guest for the full hour, CAPT Thomas Fedyszyn, (Ph.D.), USN (Ret.) - Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and Chair of the Europe-Russia Studies Group as we discuss our relationship with NATO, Russia and the way forward in Eurasia. | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 90: Pacific Air in WWII - Sep 25,2011 | Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" & EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with their returning guest, author David Sears for the full hour to discuss his latest book, Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan. For WWII and aviaition fans - this is a show you do not want to miss! | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 89: 2049, China, and All That - Sep 18,2011 | More and more the 21st Century looks to be not the American Century, not the Chinese Century - but a century that will be defined by how China and American grow to see each other from their side of the Pacific from each other from both a security and economic perspective. Two linchpins will be how each nation decides to place their cards on the Taiwan question, and the growing aliance between Chinas neighbors who are uncomfortable with the dragon waking after a few centuries rest. Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss this for the full hour with one of the authors from The Project 2049 Institutes latest, Asian Alliances in the 21st Century. Our guest will be Mark Stokes, the Executive Director of the Project 2049 Institute. Previously, he was the founder and president of Quantum Pacific Enterprises, an international consulting firm, and vice president and Taiwan country manager for Raytheon International. He has served as executive vice president of Laifu Trading Company, a subsidiary of the Rehfeldt Group; a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. A 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran, Stokes also served as team chief and senior country director for the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Mongolia in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He holds a B.A. from Texas A&M University, and graduate degrees in International Relations and Asian Studies from Boston University and the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a fluent Mandarin speaker. | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 88: The 911 Decade - Sep 11,2011 | There are certain points in a nations history that define a transition from one era to another. These moments are so clear that you dont realize it in retrospect - you know it the moment it happens. No one argues the fact that everything has changed; from all sides, everyone sees it. September 11th, 2001 was one of those times. 911 was not just a national moment, but a global moment. Our military has changed, our national strategy has changed, the way we perceive the tradeoff between liberty and freedom has changed - the international order has changed. Where was our nation and the world on September 10th 2001, and how did the events the following day bring us to where our nation is a decade later? This Sunday join co-hosts Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" as they lead a panel discussion on the 911 Decade. Panel members will include: J. Michael Barrett, Partner at Diligent Innovations, Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and former Director, Strategy & Resources at the White House Homeland Security Council. L. Thomas Bortmes, CAPT USN (Ret), research staff member at IDA, and former Executive Director, Office of Intelligence, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. Claude Berube, LCDR USNR, instructor of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy, Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserve, author, and former Senate Staff member. | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 87: Best of w/ VADM Miller & Dr. Victor Davis Hanson - Sep 04,2011 | Looking back over the archive, this episode from May continues to be one of our most popular, and for good reason. Enjoy. _______________________________________ How do you intellectually prepare combat leaders? If you are given a young man or woman at 18, how do you best educate that person so they have the cultural, ethical, technical, and historical knowledge to make the right decisions for the right reasons, and lead others to do the same? What are unchanged, timeless fundamentals, and what new things are coming over the horizon that todays Ensigns and Second Lieutenants need to have inculcated in to their intelect so they have the best foundation to become this nations Admirals and Generals for the mid-21st Century? Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" and their two guests this Sunday to discuss this critically important subject. Their guest for the first half of the hour will be Vice Admiral Michael H. Miller, USN, the 61st Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. For the second half of the hour we will have Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, PhD, author, professor, nationally syndicated columnist, and the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 86: The Right Weapons Systems at the Right Time - Aug 28,2011 | From todays operations off Libya tothe closing days of WWII - what are the lessons of using military power to create the effects ashore? For the last 6-months, conflict once again brought the question often forgotten in the quiet times; where are our carriers? As was covered well in last month’s Proceedings by Dr. Norman Friedman, the essential effectiveness and efficiency of the CV/S/N. Land based air has its place – but any distance makes the ability to provide persistent effects from the air over the battlespace prohibitively expensive compared to a carrier off shore. For the first half of the show we will have Dr. Friedman on to discuss. For the second half of the show we are going to go back in time to the waning days of WWII with author D. M. Giangreco, the Arthur Goodzeit Award for Best Military History Book of 2009 awarded by the New York Military Affairs Symposium for his book Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947. Well reflect on VJ-Day and what could have happened without the ultimate game changing weapon - the nuclear bomb. | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 85: Missing the largest picture - Aug 21,2011 | Military professionals understand the intelligence requirements of the Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Level. Each level of command has their own set of reconnaissance and surveillance requirements. In the truest sense - data needs to flow up and down in order to ensure that the National Command Authority has the best information available when forming policy. They also understand that on top of them all is the Political Level. The Political can be national, alliance, or international. Is there an even more critical level that should inform the Political and effect its direction and guidance? What about Earth monitoring - the Environmental Level? The history of the Earth is a constant story of changing climates from temperature, sea levels, deserts and rain. These changes drive migration and wars. Are we monitoring this to the level we should? To discuss for the full hour will be Research Associate and Joseph S. Nye Jr. Internship Coordinator at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), co-author of the policy brief, Blinded: The Decline of U.S. Earth Monitoring Capabilities and Its Consequences for National Security; Will Rogers. Rogers’s research focus spans unconventional security challenges, and he has authored or co-authored a range of publications on energy, climate change, environmental cooperation in Asia, and cybersecurity. He is a co-editor of and contributor to the Natural Security Blog. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 84: James D. Hornfischer Interview - Aug 14,2011 | When you mention books on naval history, there are but a few authors whose work immediately come to mind, and our guest is one of them. Unquestionably one of the finest writers of naval history of the last half-century; James D. Hornfischer. We have talked about his books on a regular basis both on Midrats and over at our homeblogs; The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors & Ship of Ghosts. He has a new book out, one that will be required reading for his fans - Neptunes Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. We will have him for the full hour, so dont miss the discussion of the U.S. Navy in the opening of WWII, the lessons we should take from history, and the importance of the study of naval history for both the professional and amateur. | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 83: Shale Gas & National Security - Aug 07,2011 | Energy independence and energy security are not just buzzwords. From the car you drive to the food you eat and the heat that makes winters livable and power that makes summers productive to our urban culture; energy and power are what makes our civilization possible. If you dont have secure energy, you do not have a secure nation. The areas of the world that have the greatest energy supplies are neither stable or natural friends of our Western Democracy. That is a problem, and explains why most of our wars have been fought where they have been. Is new technology helping to change the national security equasion? To discuss for the full hour will be Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, director of the Energy Forum at the Baker Institute, author, and associate director of the Rice Energy Program at Rice University. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 82: Best of Russia - Jul 31,2011 | An encore presentation of our Valentines Day Eve show on Russia. Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and Eagle One from "EagleSpeak" this Sunday with their guest, Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Analyst at CNA and an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. You can follow his lastest thoughts on Russian Military Reform at his blog at: (http://russiamil.wordpress.com) For the full hour we will look at where Russia stands in the 21st Century and how its domestic politics, demographics, the rise of China, and the evolution of its relationships in its near abroad will challenge this important nation. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 81: Mid-Summer Free For All - Jul 24,2011 | Its that time of the year. Bring your questions, comments, observations - chat or heck; well even take phone calls. Join Navy milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and Eagle One from "EagleSpeak" for an hour on the top issues in maritime and national security. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 80: Unbroken & Unforgotten - Jul 17,2011 | This nation has been served by those who come home, and those who never make it back. Some have had their stories preserved and celebrated within living memory, some are almost unknown. This weeks episode will cover both sides of our military experience. For the first half hour our guest will be best selling author Laura Hillenbrand to talk about her latest book Unbroken; an incredible story of survival of Louie Zamperini - olympic athlete, B-24 Liberator bombardier, survivor of being adrift at sea for months and the as a POW under the Japanese. Unbroken is presently #9 on Amazon in general, and #2 in Military History. Lauras previous works include Seabiscuit. Our guest for the second half of the hour will Michael R. Caputo of The Intrepid Project - people doing all they can to bring some shipmates home. He is here to talk about 12 Sailors who have been abandoned in a mass grave in a mass grave in Libya. After dying at sea after a failed mission, when their bodies washed up on the shores of Tripoli on 04 SEP 1804, the bashaw had dogs to devour them as other American prisoners of war looked on. These 13 heroes are buried in two mass graves in Libya. One of those graves is unmarked and underfoot on the Tripoli plaza where Gaddafy has held anti-America rallies for decades. They want to bring them home. The Navy doesnt. | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 79: The General Board - Jul 10,2011 | If you look to the performance of the US Navy in World War II - those ships came in the shipbuilding programs of the 1920s and 1930s. At a time with no computers or modern communication equipment - and working through the naval treaty limitations as well as the Great Depression - we saw incredible innovation and steadily improving ship designs. Why? A lot of the credit is given to something the Navy had then, but does not have now; The General Board. What was The General Board, what did it do, and is the Navy today suffering for the lack of one. Join hosts Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" to discuss the issue and more with John T. Kuehn, PhD. Dr Kuehn is a former naval aviator who has completed cruises aboard four different aircraft carriers. He flew reconnaissance missions during the last decade of the Cold War, the First Gulf War and the Balkans. CDR Kuehn has served on the faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College since July 2000, retiring from the naval service in 2004. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Kansas State University in 2007. He is the author of the Agents of Innovation and Eyewitness Pacific Theater with Dennis Giangreco. He is currently an associate professor of military history at the US Army command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 78: July 4th Best of with Don Rumsfeld & Bing West - Jul 03,2011 | We are having a "best of" for this weekend with one of our best shows this year. For anyone interested in history, politics, or national security - there are two books that should be on your short list for 2011. Both authors will be on Midrats this Sunday. Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with their guests; former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to discuss his book Known & Unknown: A Memoir for the first half hour, and then author Bing West to discuss his latest book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 77: What the Watchdog Sees over the Potomac - Jun 26,2011 | What is the role of organizations with mission statements that include phrases such as, "... investigat(e) ... corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest (to) achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government. "? Where do they exist in the media ecosystem of traditional media, new media, think tanks, and advocacy organizations? Why are they needed, and how do they shape the debate? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" for the full hour with Mandy Smithberger, investigator with the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Mandy joined POGO as a Picker intern in 2006 and became a National Security Investigator in 2008. She has worked on investigations into multiyear procurement of the troubled F-22A Raptor, federal contracting in response to Hurricane Katrina, inherently governmental functions, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and the Department of Interiors Royalty-In-Kind program. She has also written about the federal governments collection of oil and natural gas drilling royalties for the Multinational Monitor, been quoted on National Public Radio, and spoken at an international conference on the subject. Ms. Smithberger received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Smith College in 2008, where she also won the Dawes Prize for the best undergraduate work on political science. | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 76: Best of Navy Air in the Korean War - Jun 19,2011 | Like many of my generation - my father came of age in the Korean War Era. In tribute to my father, his friends and the millions of the Forgotten Generation who served in the Forgotten War, we are going to replay Episode 22 with our guests, holder of the Medal of Honor from the Korean War CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret.), and author of SUCH MEN AS THESE, David Sears. We will cover the role of Naval Aviation in the Korean War. When the average person thinks of the role of Navy Air in the Korean War, they think of James Mitchners novel and movie THE BRIDGES OF TOKI-RI. As usual, the real story is better than fiction. We will talk to CAPT Hudner about his and his shipmates experiences - and will finish up with David Sears exploring what he discovered in researching his book on what happened in the skies over Korea in the early 1950s. | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 75: From NATO & Russia; with questions - Jun 12,2011 | At a time when already small NATO defense budgets shrink while it is actively engaged in two combat operations decades after the Soviet treat faded into history - what is NATO and where does it stand? Is NATO "transforming" - and if so in to what? From the ashes of the former Soviet Union - Russia and its near abroad are starting to re-establish their identity - what are the implications? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" with their guest for the full hour, CAPT Thomas Fedyszyn, (Ph.D.), USN (Ret.) - Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and Chair of the Europe-Russia Studies Group. | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 74: A Day Without Seapower - Jun 05,2011 | Almost a decade of involvement in two land wars in Asia combined with a series of costly and ill timed shipbuilding programs that have yet to produce ships anywhere near promised cost and performance has brought our Navy to the growing budget crisis in a delicate position. The national security arena suffers from SeaBlindness about the critical requirements of seapower to the long term economic and security needs of a maritime, mercantile republic. Sunday, June 5th at 5pm EST, using their work at The Heritage Foundation, Thinking About a Day Without Sea Power:Implications for U.S. Defense Policy as a starting point, join hosts Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with their returning guests Mackenzie Eaglen and Bryan McGrath for the full hour to discuss the long view on the future direction of our Navy and Marine Corps team. | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 73: Memorial Day Best of; LeBaron & Phillips - May 29,2011 | This Memorial Day weekend, I can think of few shows we have had that fit better. Going back to September, our guests will be Eddie LeBaron and Lanier Phillips. Though known as four-time Pro-Bowler, quarterback for the Washington Redskins in the 1950s, Tom Landrys first quarterback in Dallas, and Don Merediths mentor; he was also a USMC lieutenant in the Korean Conflict; decorated with the Purple Heart and awarded the Bronze Star. Our second guest will be a trailblazer for all Sailors. In October of 1941, at the age of eighteen, Lanier joined the Navy. He was a survivor of the February of 1942 sinking of the USS Truxton. He was not just any Sailor though, he later took a step with confidence like he did during the shipwreck that put him in an raft - he asked to be treated as an equal and was the first black Navy sailor to become a sonar technician. | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 72: Lawfare & the Long War - May 22,2011 | Never in our history have we fought a war where law, lawyers, and layers of legalese have impacted all levels of the war, Political, Strategic, Operational, and Tactical. Why do we find ourselves here and in what direction are we going? From Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and even domestically, the legal definition of the use of military power is evolving. To discuss the impact of Lawfare for the full hour with Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" will be David Glazier, CDR USN (Ret.). David is a Professor of Law at Layola Law School in Los Angles. Prior to Layola, he was a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law and a research fellow at the Center for National Security Law, where he conducted research on national security, military justice and the law of war. He also served as a pro bono consultant to Human Rights First. Before attending law school, Glazier served twenty-one years as a US Navy surface warfare officer. In that capacity, he commanded the USS George Philip (FFG-12), served as the Seventh Fleet staff officer responsible for the US Navy-Japan relationship, the Pacific Fleet officer responsible for the US Navy-PRC relationship, and participated in UN sanctions enforcement against Yugoslavia and Haiti. Glazier has a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, an MA from Georgetown University in government/national security studies, and holds a BA in history from Amherst College. | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 71: JHSV - Quo Vadis - May 15,2011 | This week the Army decided to transfer all of its Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) to the Navy - effectively taking out the "Joint." For such a small ship with such a humble mission - JHSV continues to bring a lot of interest. Why? As its all a Navy show now, why do we need JHSV, what requirement does it meet? How is the program from a manning, shipbuilding, and development perspective viewed? To discuss for will be our panel hosted by Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with John Patch, CDR USN Ret., Associate Professor of Strategic Intelligence at the US Army War Colleges Center for Strategic Leadership, and "Leesea" a former SWO who has managed sealift ships for the Military Sealift Command since 1980 to include the original charter of the HSV WestPac Express. | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 70: Best of China - May 08,2011 | Happy Mothers Day! We are not live today, but are having a pre-recorded best-of focused on China. Shes big - shes growing - shes confident - and everyone wants to talk about her. For the full hour we will discuss China with our experts Dr. Donald Henry and Dr. James Kraska. Dr. Henry attended Harvard College earning a degree in economics. After working for a year in the National Security Division of the Congressional Budget Office, he attended Stanford University for two years earning a Ph.D. in economics. He worked for the Rand Corporation for 18 years with a three year and a half year break for active duty Navy Service. Most recently, he served in the Office of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for eight years as a political appointee. He is a Captain in the Navy Reserve and an intelligence officer. He has been studying China and Asian security affairs for more than twenty-five years. While working in the Pentagon, he was a key player in drafting the Pentagons annual China Military Power Report. Dr. Kraska is a Commander in the U.S. Navy, and serves as the Howard S. Levie Chair of Operational Law at the U.S. Naval War College, and holds appointments as a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and as a Guest Investigator at the Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He holds both a research doctorate and professional doctorate in law, having earned a doctor of juridical science from the University of Virginia and a doctor of jurisprudence from Indiana University, Bloomington. Commander Kraska also earned a masters of international law from the University of Virginia, Masters of Arts in defense and foreign policy from Clarement Colleges and a diploma from the College of Naval Command and Staff, U.S. Naval War College. | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 69: The Intellectual Education of Combat Leaders - May 01,2011 | How do you intellectually prepare combat leaders? If you are given a young man or woman at 18, how do you best educate that person so they have the cultural, ethical, technical, and historical knowledge to make the right decisions for the right reasons, and lead others to do the same? What are unchanged, timeless fundamentals, and what new things are coming over the horizon that todays Ensigns and Second Lieutenants need to have inculcated in to their intelect so they have the best foundation to become this nations Admirals and Generals for the mid-21st Century? Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" and their two guests this Sunday to discuss this critically important subject. Their guest for the first half of the hour will be Vice Admiral Michael H. Miller, USN, the 61st Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. For the second half of the hour we will have Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, PhD, author, professor, nationally syndicated columnist, and the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 68 - Best of Command - Apr 24,2011 | I hope all are having a great Easter weekend. We are having a best of this Sunday with a repeat of the wide ranging discussion last June with three present or former Navy and Coast Guard Commanding Officers on the nature of Command. Our guests will be; CDR E. A. Westfall, CDR, USCG, Commanding Officer of the USCGC ESCANABA (WMEC 907). CDR James H. Ware, Commanding Officer, VAQ-135. CDR Michael Junge, USN, former Commanding Officer of the USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 67: The Navy in the US Civil War - Apr 17,2011 | I still believe that The War Between the States is a more accurate term - but to keep with the last vestiges of Northern cultural imperialism - well call it the Civil War. The war started 150 years ago last week. Though mostly a land war - the war at sea was critical in keeping the agriculturally based South from getting the money and material it needed to fight the North. The war also saw innovation and concepts that echoed in every naval war since - and teaches the lessons of innovation. This Sundays show will focus on that part - the role of both the United States and Confederate States Navy in this great conflict. Our guest for the first hour is author, lecturer, and Civil War expert William Connery. For the second half of the show we will have Matthew Eng, an Educator, Hampton Roads Naval Museum. | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 66: Donald Rumsfeld & Bing West - Apr 10,2011 | For anyone interested in history, politics, or national security - there are two books that should be on your short list for 2011. Both authors will be on Midrats this Sunday. Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with their guests; former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to discuss his book Known & Unknown: A Memoir for the first half hour, and then author Bing West to discuss his latest book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan. | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 65: The Hill Staff Cadre - Apr 03,2011 | When you send your elected representative to Washington DC, you are not just sending one person. For each Congressman and Senator - there is a cadre of staffers that makes it happen. Bills do not sprout out of the heads of politicians - no - they are carefully crafted, often over years, by the people you see in the background on C-Span. Politicians cannot and do not read source documentation all that much, they are too busy - others do that for them and give them the Executive Summary. Who are these people, how do they work, and how what role do they play in keeping the machinery of government and policy moving? Our guest for the full hour to discuss this, the influence of milblogging upon legislation, how HR 5729 was written partially because of blogger activism, the think tank community and the relationship between the Executive Branch and the Hill and how that prevents some great ideas becoming law. And how the 501(c)(3) status's ban on non-profit's lobbying activities hurts national security decision-making - and more will be Michael Clauser. Mike is an Adjunct Fellow at the National Strategy Information Center. He served as the National Security Legislative Assistant to a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the previous Congress. He was recently identified as a "Next Generation National Security Leader" by the Center for a New American Security and as a "Nuclear Scholar" by the Project on Nuclear Issues at CSIS. Prior to working on the Hill, Mike served in the Presidential Administration of George W. Bush in the Pentagon in both OSD and on SecNav staff. He holds masters degrees from the University of Exeter in England and the Poznan University of Economics in Poland and is a graduate candidate at the U.S. Naval War College. He did his bachelors in philosophy and religion at Penn State and is a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 64: Policy & Planning in a changing environment - Mar 27,2011 | The global strategic environment is at a pivot as the Arab world is in flux, the Western welfare states is staggering, and the world's economic center of gravity is shifting East. What ideas and concepts do we need behind, which new ones do we need to embrace - and what are the implications of what we are seeing now? Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they examine the Big Pixels for the full hour with their guest, Thomas G. Mahnken, currently Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security at the U.S. Naval War College, and a Visiting Scholar at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at The Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 63: From Japan to Flo-Bama - Mar 20,2011 | In the small world of the Navy blogosphere, when you think of Japan, one name should immediately come to mind; Skippy-san of the blog FarEastCynic. Though most know Skippy by his "interesting" perspective on some of the "interesting" parts of life - what he also has is a good feel for the Japanese. Join EagleOne and Sal as they tap into the serious side of the Navy blogosphere's famously infamous Skippy-san to talk about the very Japenese reaction to their earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown national nightmare, and how the Navy and its relationship with the Japanese people is working through this challenge. Staying in the 13XX side of the Navy, but with a slight pivot, for the second half of the hour we will be remembering the funnier side of Naval Aviation with Bob Taylor’s to talk about his new book, "Getting Our Wings — Tales from Naval Aviation Flight School," that looks at flight training in much the same way as his previous book did with Marine Corps boot camp with "A Few Good Memories." | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 62: 2QFY11 update - Mar 13,2011 | The military's response to the Japanese earthquake, turmoil in the Arab world, gas prices spiking, China's military coming out of the shadows, and START treaties are bouncing around. Could there be a better time for a full hour with one of our regular guest, Mackenzie Eaglen., Research Fellow for National Security Studies, Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation? I don't think so. Remember to adjust for daylight savings time and join us this Sunday! | 3/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 61: Best of: Piracy & Force Recon - Mar 06,2011 | As piracy continues to be in the news and by popular demand - todays Episode of Midrats will be a best of. We're going to replay the 30JAN11 episode with Captain Alexander Martin, USMC - the leader of the team that took back The Magellan Star. | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 60: Defense Against Piracy; Tactical & Operational - Feb 27,2011 | Join Navy milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eagle Speak" as they discuss the tactical and operational steps mariners can take to defend themselves and their ships from pirates - and if their ship is taken - what they can do to best enable coalition forces to re-take the ship. Our guest will Kevin Doherty, former Marine and owner of Nexus Consulting Group of Alexandria (http://www.ncga.us/Maritime.htm). | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 59: IT for the wounded warrior, and the future of sea power - Feb 20,2011 | Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" as they touch both ends of the national security reality, from the person to the policy. Our first guest will be Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, USA for the first half of the hour where we will focus on the work Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT does to keep wounded warriors in touch and wired-in while they recover. For the second half of the hour, we will pivot with our second guest, Seth Cropsey, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute to review the future of American sea power. | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 58: Mother Russia & Father Time - Feb 13,2011 | Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and Eagle One from "EagleSpeak" this Sunday with their guest, Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Analyst at CNA and an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. You can follow his lastest thoughts on Russian Military Reform at his blog at: (http://russiamil.wordpress.com) For the full hour we will look at where Russia stands in the 21st Century and how its domestic politics, demographics, the rise of China, and the evolution of its relationships in its near abroad will challenge this important nation. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 57: Future Imperfect - Feb 06,2011 | What is coming down the line? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and Eagle one from "Eagle Speak" as they look though the national security glass with Nathan Hughes, Director of Military Analysis at the global intelligence company, STRATFOR. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 56: Marine Recon in the Long War - Jan 30,2011 | Much of the conversation about the USMC over the last decade has been about its "Second Land Army" status .... well .... Marines are still second to none at their core skill set. In case someone forgot that - our next guest and his Marines reminded everyone of not just that - but the power of the Navy-Marine Corp team. Over a 48 hour period , the 15th MEU/PELARG team conducted offensive air operations in Afghanistan resulting in the deaths of 5 confirmed enemy fighters, provided disaster relief in Pakistan to 120 victims who had been without aid since July, and seized a pirated vessel, rescuing a crew of 11 hostages and detaining 9 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia. Our guest will be Captain Alexander Martin, USMC - the leader of the team that took back The Magellan Star. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 55: The Rise of Chinese Sea Power - Jan 23,2011 | The last few decades have seen the growing quality and quantity of the People's Republic of China's Navy. Along with this rise has been a maturing of their maritime strategy and their view of what to do with their growing sea power. Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "Eagle Speak" as they discuss this topic with United States Naval War College Associate Professors Toshi Yoshihara & James R. Holmes, the authors of the book, Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy. | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 54: USMC at the Pivot - Jan 16,2011 | A decade as a land army, its future combat systems either cancelled, delayed, or under pressure, and a Navy that finds itself getting shore-shy, what is the next step for the USMC? Our guest to discuss will be Dakota Wood, Lt. Col., USMC (Ret), a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He is currently involved in studying the operational challenges of irregular warfare, complex contingencies under high-technology conditions, and proliferated nuclear environments. Before his retirement, LtCol Wood served in a wide variety of operational and staff assignments, including the Corps’ Military Assistant to the Director of the Office of Net Assessment and, provided defense issues analysis support to the Commandant of the Marine Corps on assignment to the Strategic Initiatives Group. Following his retirement, he provided support to the DHS as Operations Officer for the National Biosurveillance Integration System. | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 53: One Year Anniversary Special - Jan 09,2011 | Join "Sal" from the blog "CDR Salamander" & "EagleOne" from the blog "EagleSpeak" for the one year anniversary special of Midrats. Mark your calendars; we are going to have a live expanded panel discussion you will not want to miss. In addition to EagleOne and me, we'll have some of your favorite guest hosts and regulars; Galrahn from "InformationDissemination," along with Bryan McGrath, Jerry Hendrix, and Claude Berube. Global security, maritime strategy, the future of the defense budget, and the general direction of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and all things maritime. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 52: Best of the Authors - Jan 02,2011 | A pre-recorded best of with three of the authors we interviewed this year; James S. Robbins, Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times on his book, "This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive." David Sears' book on Navy Air in the Korean war with, "Such Men as These." United States Naval Academy Professor Bruce Fleming's new book on one part of the culture battle, "Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide: What Each Side Must Know About the Other - And About Itself." We will be back next week with a live 2-hour show, in addition to EagleOne and myself, we will have an expanded panel with Galrahn, Bryan McGrath, CAPT Henry J. Hendrix, Jr., USN, and LCDR Claude Berube, USNR. | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 51: Admiral Stavridis on Writing - Dec 26,2010 | Earlier this year, I had another opportunity to hear Admiral James Stavridis, USN - Supreme Allied Commander Europe - speak in person. On this occasion it was at the U.S. Naval Institute Honors Night Commemorating the Naval Institute's 137th Anniversary. He gave the keynote speech titled, "Whispers on a Wall." You can find the text over at my home blog "CDR Salamander" - but as with most speeches, it is better listened to. For this Christmas, EagleOne and I will provide you this gift. The audio is rough, so be patient; is is worth it. | 12/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 50: USCG in the 21st Century - Dec 19,2010 | Join maritime bloggers Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they look back at the United States Coast Guard's recent history and the direction forward with our guest, Dennis L. Bryant, CAPT USCG (Ret.), of Bryant’s Maritime Consulting. We'll be covering the full spectrum of the USCG's missions and the general maritime security environment from homeland security to environmental protection. | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 49: Civ-Mil Divide, Navy Books, China's "us" - Dec 12,2010 | Join Navy Milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss the subject of his new book, "Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide: What Each Side Must Know About the Other - And About Itself" with United States Naval Academy Professor Bruce Fleming. For the second half of the show our guest will be Robert C. (Barney) Rubel, CAPT USN(Ret), The Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval War College to review his recommended reading list for this year and his perspective on our Chinese counterparts. | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 48: Post Thanksgiving Pondering - Dec 05,2010 | Open topic, open lines free for all. Navy, USMC, Coast Guard, or merchant marine focus. Afghanistan, Long War, history, strategy, shipbuilding, national security or any topic that comes to Sal or EagleOne's nogg'n. We'll have open phones and will be pulling topics you identify in the chat room. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 47: Thanksgiving Day Best Of - Nov 28,2010 | For our new listeners and for those who just need to hear the goodness all over again, here is a repeat of our Memorial Day Weekend Best Of. For the first half hour, from Episode 11, prolific author, historian, and military strategist Dr. Norman Friedman. Not to miss Midrats. The second half will be from Episode 4, regular commenter in the Navy Blogosphere our "Yeoman in the 'Stan" AKA "Battle Yeoman" calling in from Bagram, Afghanistan. Enjoy the "Best of" - we'll be back live next Sunday. | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 46: The Role of the Junior NCO - Nov 21,2010 | We all know about the ground services "Strategic Corporal (E4)," but in the sea services - what is the role of the Junior NCO (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class Petty Officers, E4-6)? Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" with their guests Yeoman Second Class Lucien Gauthier, USN - Aviation Electronics Technician First Class Charles H. Berlemann Jr, USN - and Machinery Technician First Class Tony Turner, USCG. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 45: The Navy in the Next Decade - Nov 14,2010 | Join bloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss the way forward for the Navy in the coming decade with John Patch, CDR USN (Ret.), Associate Professor of Strategic Intelligence at the U.S. Army War College's Center for Strategic Leadership. We will touch on Counter-piracy vs. Antipiracy, the relevance of the carrier, the Littoral Combat Ship, Naval Surface Fire Support, the relevance of Amphibious capability, and other topics that may come up. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 44: 90% of Your Economic Vitality - Nov 07,2010 | As a maritime mercantile republic, were you aware that 90% of our trade relies on commercial ships' access to the world's oceans? Without the ability to bring goods at market prices worldwide - all that we know as a nation would grind to a halt? From piracy, shipbuilding, the merchant marine, and the economic factors involved in the maritime shipping industry, join bloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" for a broad-ranging discussion with Stephen M. Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maersk Line, Limited. | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 43: EMP; Threat, Hype, or Other - Oct 31,2010 | When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a reaction of, "What?" - either that or they get all fidgety or roll their eyes. Is the EMP threat trick or treat? Join bloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" this Halloween to discuss the issue with their guests Jason Sigger, defense policy analyst, opinion writer and blogg'r for the first half of the hour. For the second half of the hour, James Carafano, Ph.D., Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 42: Best of, On Command - Oct 24,2010 | From our show in Command from last June. If you missed it - listen again. If you already have heard it - hear it again. | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 41: The Junior Officer's Reading Club - Oct 17,2010 | When UK's Gen Y goes to war. Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and Eagle one from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss Afghanistan, leadership, culture and conflict with Patrick Hennessey, author of the book, "The Junior Officers' Reading Club - Killing Time and Fighting Wars." Patrick is an Oxford graduate who served as Junior Officer in the Grenadier Guards in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in May 2007. | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 40: Happy Birthday Navy from Midrats - Oct 10,2010 | This Tuesday is the 235th Birthday of the US Navy. There is only one place to get your Navy on BlogTalkRadio - and that is Midrats! Since the end of US involvement The Vietnam War almost 40 years ago, there are just a few USN Commanding Officers who know what it is like for a warship under attack; one of the handfull will be our first guest, CDR Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.). He was the Commanding Officer of the USS Cole (DDG-67) when it was attacked while in port Aden, Yemen 12 October 2000 - the 10th anniversary will be this Tuesday. We will discuss his experiences then as well as the work he has done since his retirement with senior military fellow with Military Families United, and any other topics that fold their way in to our conversation. Our second guest will be from the shadows of the Navy EOD world, Steve Phillips. After graduating from Annapolis in '92, Steve found honest work as a SWO, but then transfered into EOD where he served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician at EOD Mobile Units Six, Eight, and Ten. He is the author of Proximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad which received a Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America in 2008. Some of the proceeds from Proximity support the EOD Memorial Foundation which provides scholarship to the children of EOD Technicians who made the ultimate sacrifice. If you like his work, Steve is currently working on a non-fiction account of EOD Technicians in our current conflict with a working title of Improvised: EOD Techs in the War on Terrorism. The first two of the chapters for the non-fiction work are available at: "The Birth of the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell" and "A Remembrance of 9/11" | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 39: The Coast Guard and Counter Narcotics - Oct 03,2010 | Join milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they talk about the U.S. Coast Guard's role in defending the USA from the flow of illegal drugs. Their guest will be CDR E. A. Westfall, CDR, USCG, Commanding Officer of the USCGC ESCANABA (WMEC 907). | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 38: From Today's DOD Budget Pain to A Rethink of the Tet Offensive - Sep 26,2010 | When the budget crunch comes - what gets the squeeze? Our guest to discuss will be Dan Darling, a military markets analyst for Forecast International, an aerospace and defense market research and consulting company based in Newtown, Connecticut. He covers the Europe and Middle East defense markets for Forecast, which involves analyzing everything from national defense budgets and military force structures to geopolitical and economic trends. He also writes a column in the World section of The Faster Times online newspaper. His work has been cited by Defense Industry Daily, the NATO parliamentary assembly, Small Wars Journal and has been quoted in such publications as The Financial Times, Flight Global, National Defense Magazine, Arabian Business and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He's also contributed commentary to Defense News regarding the frozen conflicts in Moldova and Georgia and attempts by the European Union to create its own defense body. Our second guest will be returning guest James S. Robbins, Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times. Jim has a new book out, "This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive." and that will be the focus of our discussion. He is also the author of "Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point," and is a political commentator and contributing editor for National Review Online. | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 37: The November Election and National Security - Sep 19,2010 | Six-and-a-half weeks from the NOV 2010 election with economic issues dominating the debate, what are the national security implications if the one or both Houses of Congress switch from Dem to Rep? What, if any, national security issues are part of the "Tea Party" movement - and what will possible new-comers such as Rand Paul and Marco Rubio bring to DC? Our guests to discuss will be Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow for National Security and James S. Robbins is Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times. He is also author of the books "This Time We Win" and "Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point," and a political commentator and contributing editor for National Review Online. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 36: Lone Sailor Awardees - Sep 12,2010 | In conjunction with The Navy Memorial in Washington DC's Lone Sailor Awards ceremony on Wednesday the 15 of September, we have a very special Midrats. Our guests will be Eddie LaBaron and Lanier Phillips. Though known as four-time Pro-Bowler, quarterback for the Washington Redskins in the 1950s, Tom Landry's first quarterback in Dallas, and Don Meredith's mentor; he was also a USMC lieutenant in the Korean Conflict; decorated with the Purple Heart and awarded the Bronze Star. Our second guest will be a trailblazer for all Sailors. In October of 1941, at the age of eighteen, Lanier joined the Navy. He was a survivor of the February of 1942 sinking of the USS Truxton. He was not just any Sailor though, he later took a step with confidence like he did during the shipwreck that put him in an raft - he asked to be treated as an equal and was the first black Navy sailor to become a sonar technician. | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 35: Labor Day Best Of - Sep 05,2010 | To discuss COIN will be guest to discuss this will be Andrea J. Dew, PhD, Co-Director, Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups (CIWAG), Strategy and Policy Department U.S. Naval War College Newport, RI. She will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion of where the Navy stands with Daniel Goure, Ph.D., Vice President with the Lexington Institute, and Professor Robert C. (Barney) Rubel Dean, Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the United States Naval War College. | 9/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 34: Pakistan at the hub, and the rise of China. - Aug 29,2010 | Where is the world's most interesting neighborhood? From northeast to southwest Asia. That is where we are going to focus on this episode of Midrats. Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from EagleSpeak as they weight in with to experts on the subject. For the first half hour we will have as our guest Seth Cropsey, Senior Fellow from The Hudson Institute to discuss the rise of China and her growing influence throughout Asia and globally. For the second half of the hour we will have guest Bill Roggio from Long Wars Journal to discuss the central role of Pakistan in this decade and next's global conflict. | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 33: The Other Side of Counter Insurgency and the fading of DADT - Aug 22,2010 | After a decade of conflict - is the impact and influence of Counter Insurgency (COIN) doctrine creating an imbalance in how we equip and train our armed forces? As we move towards the fall 2010 election, what happened to the push to repeal DADT? Join Sal from "CDR Salamander"and EagleOne from EagleSpeak this Sunday, August 22th at 5pm EST, as we bring on two guests to discuss. For the first half our will be Douglas A. Macgregor Col. USA, (Ret) , the author of USNI Press's "Warrior's Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting," and "Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights." For the second half of the hour, we are going to update a subject we last covered back in Episode 7 in February. Our guest will be retired Navy Reserve Commander Zoe Dunning, Board Co-Chair of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. With her we will discuss the lobbying efforts on behalf of repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and a status report on where the debate stands. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 32: The other side of Counter Insurgency and a view on Northeast Asia - Aug 08,2010 | Are we in danger of an over emphasis on Counter Insurgency (COIN) in how we train and equip our armed forces? What lessons do we keep - and what ones do we need to leave behind in Iraq and Afghanistan? In addition - as we are focused on the Middle East and Central Asia, what is growing in Northeast Asia that cannot be forgotten? Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" with two outstanding guests. For the first half our we will have Douglas A. Macgregor Col. USA, (Ret) , the author of USNI Press's "Warrior’s Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting," and "Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights." Second guest Michael (Misha) Auslin, Director of Japan Studies and Resident Scholar in Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 31: Mid-Summer Block Party - Aug 01,2010 | What do you think isn't being covered about the Navy, Marine Corps, or national security issues to the degree it should? Want to ask a question or make a comment yourself? Well, here's your chance. Join EagleOne from the blog EagleSpeak and Sal from CDR Salamander as they open the topic list, the phones, and probably an adult beverage or two. No guests ... open topic. Don't be shy. The call-in number is right at the top. | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30: Counter Insurgency Part II & Navy mid-year update - Jul 25,2010 | Building off our discussion about Counter Insurgency (COIN) from last week, we continue the conversation with U.S. Naval War College Professor Marc Genest for the first half hour. For the second half of the hour we will have returning guest Phil Ewing from Navy Times to discuss 2010 so far from Aegis, Annapolis, SAN ANTONIO, and everything in between. | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29: COIN and the USMC's next decade - Jul 18,2010 | As we move into our second decade of conflict with Islamist terrorism, what have we learned, relearned, or having to unlearn about Counter Insurgency (COIN)? Our guest to discuss this will be Dr. Andrea J. Dew, Co-Director, Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups (CIWAG), Strategy and Policy Department U.S. Naval War College Newport, RI. For the second half of the show, we will look at the moves being made already to gut the USMC force levels at first chance - how do we get the narrative right to fight this coming battle? Returning guest, Mark E. Stanovich, LtCol USMCR will be with us to discuss this along with the latest developments with the Marine Corps. | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28: 2010 Navy and Merchant Marine Mid-year Review - Jul 11,2010 | Where do we stand half-way through 2010 and our plans to deal with the budgetary and strategic challenges coming up this decade? Join Navy Milblogggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "Eaglespeak" to discuss everything from the coming budget crunch, piracy, Haiti, to the response to the BP oil spill. Our guests will be Daniel Goure, Ph.D., Vice President with the Lexington Institute, Professor Robert C. (Barney) Rubel Dean, Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the United States Naval War College, and blogger on gCaptain, USNIBlog and his own site, 'Fred Fry International' - our resident Merchant Marine, Fred Fry. | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27: July 4th Best Of - Jul 04,2010 | If you missed the good stuff the first time and don't like digg'in in the archives; then here you go! Special guests will be Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. Secondly, we have Claude Berube, a teacher at the U.S. Naval Academy with a background in naval research and development, acquisition, and intelligence. He is also co-author of two books, a former Senate Staffer, and as a LCDR in the USNR has experience in maritime interception operations, humanitarian relief, and anti-piracy. We will also have Hans de Vreij is the Netherlands correspondent at Jane’s Defence Weekly, and the Security and Defense specialist at Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Hans previously was web editor, Economics, and EU & NATO correspondent for Radio Netherlands World. | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26: Command - Jun 20,2010 | Command at Sea. What does it mean, how do you do it, what it takes to succeed - and more importantly - what are the responsibilities of Command at Sea? Join Navy milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne of "EagleSpeak" for a wide ranging discussion with three present of former Navy and Coast Guard Commanding Officers on the nature of Command. Our guests will be; CDR E. A. Westfall, CDR, USCG, Commanding Officer of the USCGC ESCANABA (WMEC 907). CDR James H. Ware, Commanding Officer, VAQ-135. CDR Michael Junge, USN, former Commanding Officer of the USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25: If it flies, it dies - Jun 13,2010 | To project power from the sea - you need a sustained presence that has the ability to project power ashore. The enemy gets a vote - how do we protect our sea based forces from threats above sea level? Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" as they discuss 21st Century Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) will all their permutations. Our guest for the entire hour will be fellow blogger SteelJawScribe. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24: The Navy's New Normal - Jun 06,2010 | The budget axe points to sea; the nation suffers sea blindness; a non-traditional actor challenges a fundamental exercise of naval power. Join milbloggers Sal from "Sal" from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" as they look at the return of familiar challenges to making the Navy effective. As our guests we will have two Midrats regulars; Bryan McGrath and Claude Berube. To discuss “The Navy Under Siege—SECDEF and Naval Preponderance” and "Sea Blindness" will be Bryan McGrath, CDR USN (Ret.) the Founding Director of Delex Consulting, Studies and Analysis (CSA), a division of Delex Systems, Incorporated, headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. Bryan spent 21 years on active duty including a tour in command of USS BULKELEY (DDG 84), a guided-missile destroyer homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. His final duties ashore included serving as Team Lead and Primary Author of the US Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”. He also hosts his own BTR format radio show and blog by the same name, Conservative Wahoo. Claude Berube, LCDR USNR will follow up with a broad discussion of NGOs at sea. Though the recent incident off Gaza brought the issue to the front - his recent article in the Small Wars Journal outlines that there is a lot more out there involving aggressive civilian entities from NGOs to advocacy groups using the maritime domain to pursue their larger goals. Claude is a Visiting Fellow for Maritime Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He has taught at the U.S. Naval Academy, and worked on Capitol Hill, at the Office of Naval Intelligence, and for a defense firm. He's been mobilized several times including a deployment with ESG5 in 2004-05. In addition to many articles, he has co-authored two books. His next book will be published next year on maritime security companies (Eagle1 is a contributor). For the past year, he's served as the President of American Independent Writers. | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23: Memorial Day Best Of - May 31,2010 | Memorial Day Weekend, EagleOne and I thought we would revisit some of our best guests. For the first half hour, from Episode 11, prolific author, historian, and military strategist Dr. Norman Friedman. Not to miss Midrats. The second half will be from Episode 4, regular commenter in the Navy Blogosphere our "Yeoman in the 'Stan" AKA "Battle Yeoman" calling in from Bagram, Afghanistan. Enjoy the "Best of" - we'll be back live next Sunday. | 5/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22: Navy Air in the Korean War - May 23,2010 | Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from the blog "EagleSpeak" with their guests - holder of the Medal of Honor from the Korean War CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., and author of SUCH MEN AS THESE, David Sears as they talk about the role of Naval Aviation in the Korean War. Stuck between the Greatest Generation's high-water mark of World War II and the Baby Boomer's Vietnam War - the Korean War often gets lost in the shuffle despite its critical role is setting the foundation for the Cold War and our ultimate victory with the fall of the Berlin Wall. When the average person thinks of the role of Navy Air in the Korean War, they think of James Mitchner's novel and movie THE BRIDGES OF TOKI-RI. As usual, the real story is better than fiction. We will talk to CAPT Hudner about his and his shipmates experiences - and will finish up with David Sears exploring what he discovered in researching his book on what happened in the skies over Korea in the early 1950's. | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21: Naval Academy Special - May 16,2010 | As we get ready for another class of Midshipmen to graduate from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland - we have a chance to discuss with the leaders of tomorrow what brought them to Annapolis; what they gained from it; and what they see going forward as they serve their nation. EagleOne and I will have guests from the Class of '09 and '10 to talk about that and more. | 5/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20 - Growing the seed corn - May 09,2010 | Where does the Navy and Marine Corps grow the leaders of tomorrow? Well, a critical source is the United States Naval Academy. Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" as they discuss educating tomorrow's leaders with three of those chartered with that task from Annapolis. Our guests will be, Associate Professor Virginia Lunsford, History Department; Professor Steve Frantzich, Political Science Department; and Professor Bruce Fleming, English Department. Associate Professor Virginia W. Lunsford is a specialist in maritime history, especially the history of piracy and privateering; Early Modern Europe; European expansion and colonialism; and The Netherlands. She currently teaches courses on “Warfare in the Age of Sail”; “The Golden Age of Piracy: Myth and Reality”; “The Buccaneers: A Case Study in Asymmetrical Warfare”; and “American Naval History.” She is the author of "Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands" (New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and is currently researching and writing "Dead Men Tell No Tales: A Cultural History of Piracy in the Modern Age" under contract with Routledge. Steve Frantzich is Professor of Political Science at USNA where he was selected as the outstanding professor in 1990, runner-up as outstanding researcher in 2001 and as one of the first USNA Teaching Fellows in 2002. He is the author of over a dozen books, most recently Citizen Democracy: Citizen Activists in a Cynical Age (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004) and Cyberage Politics 101: Mobility, Technology and Democracy (Peter Lang Publishers, 2002). Professor Bruce E. Fleming, specializes in Modernism, creative writing, and usable philosophy. A prolific author of books, articles, short stories and more, he will have two books coming out in 2010; "Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide," (Potomac Books, June 2010) and "Running is Life: Transcending the Crisis of Modernity," (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010). | 5/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19: National Security issues in the 2010 election - May 03,2010 | Six months prior to the NOV 2010 election, what are the national security issues that will make a difference? After Senator Brown was elected, this little jewel was delivered by Andrew McCarthy; " "It was health care that nationalized the special election for what we now know is the people’s Senate seat. But it was national security that put real distance between Scott Brown and Martha Coakley. “People talk about the potency of the health-care issue,” Brown’s top strategist, Eric Fehrnstrom, told National Review’s Robert Costa, “but from our own internal polling, the more potent issue here in Massachusetts was terrorism and the treatment of enemy combatants.” " Our guests will be Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow for National Security and James S. Robbins is Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times. He is also author of the book, "Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point," and a political commentator and contributing editor for National Review Online. | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18: Ponder Back and Look Forward - Apr 25,2010 | Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and his co-host EagleOne from the blog "Eagle Speak" as we look back at the Vietnam War and then look forward to the next decade's Fleet options for our Navy. 50 years in 1 hour. Our guests will be retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel J.G. Zumwalt and journalist Greg Grant. Lt. Col. James Zumwalt is a retired Marine infantry officer who served in the Vietnam war, the 1989 intervention into Panama, and Desert Storm. He is an author, speaker and business executive, and currently heads a security consulting firm named after his father—Admiral Zumwalt & Consultants, Inc. His articles on Vietnam, North Korea, foreign policy and defense issues can be found in various newspapers and magazines, including USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Washington Times, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The San Diego Union, Parade magazine and others. He is a member of the Committee on the Present Danger (CPD), and from 1991-92 was the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Greg Grant is a national security and defense writer and edits the Defense Tech blog and is an associate editor with Military.com. His writing on military technology and international security have appeared in Foreign Policy, Slate, The Washington Post, The Los Angles Times, Defense Technology International, The Washington Quarterly, Survival, Government Executive Magazine and National Journal. He arrived in Baghdad in April 2003 with the Third Infantry Division and returned a number of times to cover the war there. He reported for Jane’s Defense Weekly and from Iraq, and Afghanistan for the Military Times newspapers. Before taking an interest in journalism, he worked as a military analyst the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He holds an M.A. in Strategic Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17: Homeland Security - Apr 18,2010 | Join EagleOne of the blog "EagleSpeak" and Sal of "CDR Salamander" as they discuss homeland security and the role the maritime services have to play in it. Our guests will be Jim Dolbow and Mark Stanovich. Jim Dolbow is a writer, blogger for both USNI blog and CGBlog.org, Coast Guard Reserve Officer, and former defense staffer on Capitol Hill. He has served as Legislative Director/Military Legislative Assistant for Congressman John Hostettler (IN-08), Legislative Director for the Conservative Action Team (CATs), and legislative assistant for Rep. Jim Ryun (KS-02). In his USCGR responsibilities, he ha served as a SAR Controller training, recalled to active duty in support of OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE, served as a watch stander for the Joint Operations Command Center in Washington, D.C., harbor patrol team leader, post-Hurricane Katrina operations, and served as a legislative affairs analyst on the staff of the Principal Federal Official, Admiral Thad W. Allen, USCG. He holds a BS in Political Science from Marymount University, an MA in National Security & Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and an M.A. in Statecraft and World Politics from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. His works on national defense and homeland security issues have appeared in Proceedings, The Washington Post, Washington Times, Sea Power, National Defense, Navy Times, Armed Forces Journal International, to name a few. Mark Stanovich is a is a Lt. Col. in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, an Artillery officer with 22 years of service. He has served in all four Marine Divisions, and is a combat veteran of OIFII. In his civilian occupation, he is an emergency planner in New England, and is a qualified exercise developer who has participated in the planning and conduct of myriad federal and state exercises with scenarios ranging from natural disaster to terrorism to cyber attack. His current USMCR unit supports Title X war games for all services. | 4/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16: Live From the Navy Memorial - Apr 10,2010 | This week's episode is a special one, we will be live from the Navy Memorial in Washington DC as it gets ready for the annual Blessing of the Fleets. The 2010 Blessing of the Fleets will debut the Navy Memorial's latest exhibit, Supporting the Force: Navy Supply in Action—Ready for Sea, Ready Ashore, and will kick off the Year of Navy Supply. Following on popular exhibits in recent years that have honored the Seabees, Navy Medicine and Navy Special Warfare, 2010 has been set aside to honor the Navy’s logistics, culinary and business specialists. A full schedule of events will accompany the exhibit, including food tastings, films, lectures and equipment displays. To help get the ball rolling, we have three scheduled guests; - Rear Admiral Edward K. Walker, Jr., Supply Corps USN (Ret.); President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Navy Memorial Foundation. - Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, USN; Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and the 45th Chief of Supply Corps. - Documentarian Brian J. Kelly who will be screening their new work, Discovery Channel's film about Navy operations today "At Sea." Make sure and join us for the show, or better yet - if you are in DC this weekend, come by and see the exhibit. | 4/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15: International Navies - Apr 03,2010 | Joint EagleOne from the blog "Eagle Speak" and Sal from "CDR Salamander" as they extend last week's discussion on Multilateralism at Sea with a discussion of International Navies. Our guests will be Eric Wertheim and Jerry Hendrix. Eric Wertheim is a defense consultant, columnist and author specializing in naval and air force issues. He was named to the helm of the internationally acknowledged, one volume Naval Institute reference Combat Fleets of the World in 2002. He served as a speechwriter for senior Pentagon officials and and from 1994 through 2004 wrote the bimonthly "Lest We Forget" column on historic U.S. warships for the Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine. Since 2004, Eric has written the monthly "Combat Fleets" column for Proceedings, and his annual review of world navies runs in the March issue of the magazine. He is the coauthor with Norman Polmar of the books, Chronology of the Cold War at Sea and Dictionary of Military Abbreviations, both published by the Naval Institute Press. Our second guest will be Commander Henry J. Hendrix, Jr., USN, author of Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy: The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century, the 2009 Proceedings article, Buy Fords, Not Ferraris, and a follow-up article in this month's edition, Less Henderson, More Bonds. | 4/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14: Multilateralism at Sea - Mar 28,2010 | Join Sal from the blog "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from the blog "EagleSpeak" as they look at multilateralism at sea; how different nation's navies work together. From piracy to exercises to warfighting - what are the plusses and minuses of working with other nations at sea? Are we leveraging the capabilities of other nations enough - or are we in danger of relying on them too much? How does the American Navy see working with other naval forces - and how do they look at working with us? What special capabilities do other nations have that we don't, and what could we learn from them? What do the lessons from multilateralism in ground combat in Afghanistan, and multilateralism against pirates tell us? Our guests will be Hans de Vreij and James S. Robbins. Hans de Vreij is the Netherlands correspondent at Jane's Defence Weekly, and the Security and Defence specialist at Radio Netherlands Worldwide. He received his education at the University of Amsterdam. Previously, he was Economics, web editor, and EU & NATO correspondent for Radio Netherlands World. James S. Robbins is Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times. He is also author of the book, Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point, and a political commentator and contributing editor for National Review Online. Dr. Robbins holds a Ph.D. and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts. He also has Masters and Bachelors degrees in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati. In addition to contributing to a wide variety of publications, h served in government for ten years, and in 2007 was awarded the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award. | 3/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13: USMC and Forcible Entry - Mar 21,2010 | What are the Marines, what do they do, and what do they bring to the table in 2010? Are they just and adjunct Army with a good PR department, or do they bring a skill set and expertise that a Maritime power needs in order to project power? What have we forgotten about the mission of the Marines in the last decade, and what do we need to remember? In the 28 years since San Carlos Water and 19 years since II MEF's feint - what do we need to be ready to do next? What do we need to do for hardware and training? Our guests will be Dakota Wood and Mark E. Stanovich. Dakota Wood, Lt. Col., USMC (Ret) is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He is currently involved in studying the operational challenges of irregular warfare, complex contingencies under high-technology conditions, and proliferated nuclear environments. Before his retirement, LtCol Wood served in a wide variety of operational and staff assignments, including the Corps’ Military Assistant to the Director of the Office of Net Assessment and, provided defense issues analysis support to the Commandant of the Marine Corps on assignment to the Strategic Initiatives Group. Following his retirement, he provided support to the DHS as Operations Officer for the National Biosurveillance Integration System. Mark Stanovich is a is a Lt. Col. in the USMCR, an Artillery officer with 22 years of service. He has served in all four Marine Divisions, and is a combat veteran of OIFII. In his civilian occupation, he is an emergency planner in New England, and is a qualified exercise developer who has participated in the planning and conduct of myriad federal and state exercises with scenarios ranging from natural disaster to terrorism to cyber attack. His current USMCR unit supports Title X war games for all services. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12: China - Mar 14,2010 | She's big - she's growing - she's confident - and everyone wants to talk about her. Join our panel of Sal from the blog CDR Salamander, Galrahn from Information Dissemination and Eagle One from Eagle Speak as they discuss China from a maritime and national security perspective. Joining them will be China experts Dr. Donald Henry and Dr. Dr. James Kraska. Dr. Henry attended Harvard College earning a degree in economics. After working for a year in the National Security Division of the Congressional Budget Office, he attended Stanford University for two years earning a Ph.D. in economics. He worked for the Rand Corporation for 18 years with a three year and a half year break for active duty Navy Service. Most recently, he served in the Office of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for eight years as a political appointee. He is a Captain in the Navy Reserve and an intelligence officer. He has been studying China and Asian security affairs for more than twenty-five years. While working in the Pentagon, he was a key player in drafting the Pentagon's annual China Military Power Report. He now lives in Menlo Park, California. Dr. Kraska is a Commander in the U.S. Navy, and serves as the Howard S. Levie Chair of Operational Law at the U.S. Naval War College, and holds appointments as a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and as a Guest Investigator at the Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He holds both a research doctorate and professional doctorate in law, having earned a doctor of juridical science from the University of Virginia and a doctor of jurisprudence from Indiana University, Bloomington. Commander Kraska also earned a master's of international law from the University of Virginia, master's of arts in defense and foreign policy from Clarement Colleges and a diploma from the College of Naval Command and Staff, U.S. Naval War College. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11: Full Panel with Dr. Norman Friedman - Mar 07,2010 | Join three of the Navy-centric milbloggers, CDR Salamander, Galrahn, and EagleOne as they discuss the major Navy and national security developments of the week. After the first half hour panel discussion of the major events of the week, we will be joined by prolific author, historian, and military strategist Dr. Norman Friedman. Not to miss Midrats. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10: Sea Control - Feb 28,2010 | What is "Sea Control?" Is it, - "... fundamentally, the ability to carry your, and your allies', commerce across the seas and to provide the means to project force upon a hostile, distant shore. A sea controller must limit the sea denial capabilities of the enemy." - "... control over distant regions, ... it must ultimately be decided by naval power, ..., which represents the communications that form so prominent a feature in all strategy." - "...the employment of naval forces, supported by land and air forces, as appropriate, to achieve military objectives in vital sea areas. Such operations include the destruction of enemy naval forces, the suppression of enemy sea commerce, the protection of vital sea lanes, and the establishment of local military superiority in areas of naval operations." ...or is it something else? What does Sea Control mean in 2010 and where do we need to prepare be able to exercise it over the next decade? Our panel this will be Sal from CDRSalamander, EagleOne from EagleSpeak, and Bryan McGrath from InformationDissemination. Our guest will be Robert C. (Barney) Rubel, CAPT USN(Ret), The Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval War College. | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9: Washington's Birthday-eve Melee - Feb 21,2010 | A full-scope Midrats. Our panel of Galrahn, EagleOne, and CDR Salamander take on the latest Navy-Marine Corps Team's issues. No guests this week - just all Navy milblog radio. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8: The Response to Piracy - Feb 14,2010 | Our second visit to the subject of piracy. Guests will be author, journalist and documentary film maker Daniel Sekulich, and Former Marine and Special Agent Kevin Doherty, owner of Nexus Consulting Group of Alexandria (http://www.ncga.us/Maritime.htm). Our panel discussion with Sal from CDRSalamander, EagleOne from EagleSpeak, and Galrahn from InformationDissemination will expand the discussion to include the latest developments and trends related to the international response to piracy. | 2/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7: Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Feb 07,2010 | All that is left until the death of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is the signing ceremony. When the U.S. military moves towards an European model that allows homosexuals to serve openly, what official, cultural, and attitude changes need to be made? What are the gains, and what is the downside of changing the policy? Will Commanders get the right direction and guidance for proper integration - or will they be ordered to sail into a minefield of unknown depth or density? Joining EagleOne, Galrahn and me will be Elaine Donnelly from the Center for Military Readiness, Marcus from the milblog SoldiersPerspective ( http://www.soldiersperspective.us/ ), and Claude Berube. As usual, after our guests, our panel will discuss the events of the week and take your calls as time permits. | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Midrats - Episode 6: The Navy Media Ecosystem - Feb 04,2010 | Coming to you live from the USNI & AFCEA sponsored 2010 West Conference & Exposition in San Diego. Join Galrahn, EagleOne and me as we review the highlights of the conference so far, and then roll in to our topic - the Navy Media Ecosystem; from blogs to the traditional media, how we discuss our Navy. Special guests will be William M. Miller, III - Publisher at the United States Naval Institute, and Philip Ewing from Navy Times. | 2/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5: The QDR Battlespace - Jan 31,2010 | A review of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) we haven't seen yet. Sure, it is due out the 01 FEB - but why wait? Join Phibian of CDRSalamander, EagleOne of EagleSpeak, Galrahn of InformationDissemination as they lead a panel discussion of what should be the bold-faced-items that will come up in the QDR. You only get this chance every four years - don't miss your chance. Our special guest will be Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. | 1/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4: The Suede Boot Navy - Jan 24,2010 | For the first half hour, our panel; Phibian of CDR Salamander, Eagle1 of EagleSpeak, and Galrahn of InformationDissemination will discuss the response to the humanitarian assistance effort in Haiti and the events of the week. For the second half of the show, we will discuss with our guests the thousands of Sailors deployed right now in from GTMO to AFG in PRT, Security, Seabee, staff support, and IAs. Who are they, what do they do, and what do they contribute to the Long War? Our guests will include a regular commenter in the Navy Blogosphere our "Yeoman in the 'Stan" AKA "Battle Yeoman" calling in from Bagram, Afghanistan; and CDR Charlie Malone, former Commanding Officer of Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion FIVE, Camp Bucca, Iraq. | 1/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3 - Preparing for the multi-polar world - Jan 17,2010 | What does TR's world have to teach us a century later? Join Phibian from cdrsalamander, Eagle1 from eaglespeak and filling in for Galrahn from informationdissemination will be Bryan McGrath. Special guest will be author and Teddy Roosevelt scholar Commander Henry J. Hendrix, Jr., USN. To frame the show's topic; when you look at the world's naval forces from the end of the Spanish American War through the beginning of WWI, you see a Naval operating environment that should have lessons for us now. While some think that a crowded, "contested commons" is something that needs ideas constructed from intellectual whole cloth - when you especially focus on the time frame from the Boxer Rebellion to the end of TR's Presidency in 1909, you see a ocean full of significantly effective naval forces including British, German, Japanese, French, a scrappy upstart from North America, and other minor players. Looking to the Indian and Pacific Ocean, this century will have a growing Indian, Chinese, - to a lessor extent South Korean, navy joining the established navies of Japan, Australia, and of course the smaller forces of Singapore and her neighbors. We are not in new territory - but well mapped territory. How do we adjust? | 1/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2 - Piracy: policy, protection, and power projection - Jan 10,2010 | Phibian, Eagle1, and Galrahn discuss how we found ourselves in 2010 with a pirate problem, what is being done to address it, and the pros and cons of different courses of action going forward. Special guest will be Claude Berube, a teacher at the U.S. Naval Academy with a background in naval research and development, acquisition, and intelligence. He is also co-author of two books, a former Senate Staffer, and as a LCDR in the USNR has experience in maritime interception operations, humanitarian relief, and anti-piracy. We'll be taking callers in the second half of the hour. | 1/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1: Back at 2009 and Forward to 2010 - Jan 05,2010 | Three of the Navy Milblog community's bloggers discuss the week's developments, long term trends, and the way forward for the Navy & Marine Corps team. | 1/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 111 Episodes |
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