Midrats
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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 566
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 552: Time to Get Serious about Seapower Advocacy with Bryan McGrath
This week we are returning to a critical topic that, like its subject, needs an ongoing push. At the very moment that the need for American Seapower advocacy is most critical, it is nowhere to be fou…
01:05:42 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
Episode 551: Military Power & Intellectual Property, with Robert M. Farley
How do different standards related to intellectual property influence the spread and adoption of emerging military technology?
How does the respect for law, process, and customs impact what shows up …
How does the respect for law, process, and customs impact what shows up …
00:58:56 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
Episode 550: The Future of Australian National Security with Peter Dean
How does Australia best position itself in today's security climate? How does her history shape how she sees her place relative to new and possible future alliances?
Our guest for the next hour to di…
Our guest for the next hour to di…
01:02:07 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Episode 549: What a Navy is For with Sam Tangredi
Do policy makers and those who design our grand national strategy really understand what a Navy is? How does the planet's premier naval power seem to have trouble explaining why it needs a navy, what…
01:04:32 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Episode 548: Best of Terrorists on the Ocean with CAPT Bob Hein, USN
When does the Long War go feet wet?
Given the track record of the preceding couple of decades, it was expected shortly after the start of this phase of the war after 911, that terrorists would take …
Given the track record of the preceding couple of decades, it was expected shortly after the start of this phase of the war after 911, that terrorists would take …
01:03:23 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Episode 547: China in the Post-COVID-19 World with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro
From the alpine lakes on the Indo-Tibetan frontier to the sweltering tropics of the South China Sea, China is on the offensive in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive and persistent i…
01:03:04 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Episode 546: Best of Where Youth and Laughter Go; With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan
First airing in DEC 2016, For the full hour this Sunday our guest will be then Lieutenant Colonel Seth W. B. Folsom, USMC the author of Where Youth and Laughter Go. Described by USNI Books:
It is the …
It is the …
01:02:44 |
Sun 28 Jun 2020
Episode 545: June Maritime Melee!
Long deployments, new SECNAV, civ/mil stew bubbling, and everyone who left the USN to the USNR because they couldn't stand being in the yards, are being activated to spend a year ... in the yards.
The…
The…
01:09:21 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Episode 544: “Dunkirk and the Little Ships" with Dr. Phil Weir
Most people think they know about the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 … or at least they do … but it is an incredibly complicated and enthralling story that was just one part of an almost unimaginable …
01:16:44 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Episode 543: AI, Autonomous Systems, Emerging Tech & the Future of War
The relentless advance of knowledge and technology has always been with us. The speed and impact of the advance can vary, but the key - especially when it comes to those advances related to warfare -…
01:04:15 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Episode 542: Best of Clausewitz - now more than ever, with Donald Stoker
He is quoted often, correctly and incorrectly, but few have actually read his works in full - and even fewer know much about the man himself, Major General Carl von Clausewitz, Kingdom of Prussia.
Out…
Out…
01:00:31 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Episode 541: Post COVID-19 China, with Dean Cheng
From international relations to trade to almost every aspect of modern society, the outbreak of COVID-19 has altered the global landscape in ways we are only now getting a grasp on.
As the world's lar…
As the world's lar…
01:05:01 |
Mon 18 May 2020
Episode 540: Best of Anniversary of Waterloo with John Kuehn
This first aired in June of 2015.
18 June 2015 was the 200th Anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, fought in present-day Belgium.
Just in time, regular guest to Midrats, John Kuehn has his latest …
18 June 2015 was the 200th Anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, fought in present-day Belgium.
Just in time, regular guest to Midrats, John Kuehn has his latest …
01:05:04 |
Mon 18 May 2020
Episode 539: COVID-19 and the defense budget with Todd Harrison
If it hasn't hit you yet, it will soon. Everyone's assumptions about what the defense budget will look like - what it will buy and who gets what part of the pie - are gone.
The larger impact of the CO…
The larger impact of the CO…
01:02:49 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Episode 538: End of April Free For All
Last week, we could have gone another hour, so we thought the easy thing would be to bring it forward to this Sunday.
We will cover the waterfront as the Navy continues to struggle to get past COVID-1…
We will cover the waterfront as the Navy continues to struggle to get past COVID-1…
01:06:02 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Episode 537: Midrats in the Time of COVID-19 Melee
Take a break from trying to find a way to socially distance yourself from the people you are non-self-isolating with this week by joining us LIVE for a free for all Midrats.
We have a lot in the marit…
We have a lot in the marit…
01:04:46 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Episode 536: Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?
This first aired in Feb. 2017.
Since his election in November 2016, the administration and several articles have suggested Donald Trump is a new Andrew Jackson whose portrait now hangs in the Oval Off…
Since his election in November 2016, the administration and several articles have suggested Donald Trump is a new Andrew Jackson whose portrait now hangs in the Oval Off…
01:02:01 |
Sun 19 Apr 2020
Episode 535: Jones Act: National Security Asset or Liability?
The Jones Act is hailed by many in the maritime community as an essential lifeline to keep the domestic merchant marine viable. There is an equally vocal argument that it is not just unnecessary, but…
00:59:10 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Episode 534: Best of Seapower as a National Imperative, with Bryan McGrath
First aired in November 2016, in this episode we have returning guest Bryan McGrath, CDR USN (Ret.) discuss, why a Navy? Why a strong Navy? Why is a strong Navy an essential requirement for the Unite…
01:01:41 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Episode 533: Obedience, with Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin
What is the nature of obedience for those in the the profession or arms and the civilian political community?
With a review of classical studies, philosophy, history, international relations, literatu…
With a review of classical studies, philosophy, history, international relations, literatu…
01:05:31 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
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