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 532: Unmanned and Unafraid - the Present & Future at Sea
Where will unmanned technology take us in the maritime security arena?
We already have more than a toe in the water, and with each year unmanned systems at sea are taking a larger role.
Our guests Sun…
We already have more than a toe in the water, and with each year unmanned systems at sea are taking a larger role.
Our guests Sun…
01:02:12 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Episode 531: Best of Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War
First aired in March, 2016.
In the mid-1930s, Leni Riefenstahl showed the power of the latest communication technology of her time to move opinion, bring support, and intimidate potential opponents.
Th…
In the mid-1930s, Leni Riefenstahl showed the power of the latest communication technology of her time to move opinion, bring support, and intimidate potential opponents.
Th…
01:02:21 |
Sat 07 Mar 2020
Episode 530: Best of Towards a 350 Ship Navy, with Jerry Hendrix
This podcast first aired in December of 2016.
Even before the election, President-elect Trump mentioned he wanted to get to a 350 ship Navy. The outgoing Secretary of the Navy has put us on a path to …
Even before the election, President-elect Trump mentioned he wanted to get to a 350 ship Navy. The outgoing Secretary of the Navy has put us on a path to …
00:57:31 |
Fri 06 Mar 2020
Episode 529: Russia's 2020, with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg
As Russia's navy starts to transition away from the last of her legacy ships, to her approaching endgame in Syria, join us for the full hour to investigate the latest developments with Russia's natio…
01:04:22 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Episode 528: Kido Butai at Pearl Harbor
A lot has been written about what went wrong at Pearl Harbor - a very American perspective.
If you look at it from a neutral tactical view, or look at things from a Japanese perspective - there was a …
If you look at it from a neutral tactical view, or look at things from a Japanese perspective - there was a …
01:01:45 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Episode 526: Best of Undersea Lawfare with RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) and CAPT Palmer, USN
Since its ascendency to the premier maritime power, the US Navy - especially in the area of undersea warfare - has been at the leading edge of using technology to get a military edge.
During the Cold…
During the Cold…
01:02:30 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Episode 527: Pre-Valentine's Day Melee
Come join EagleOne and CDR Salamander for an hour of all the things maritime and national security that broke above the ambient noise the last couple of weeks.
From the national security implications …
From the national security implications …
01:08:10 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Episode 525: Watching the Surface Force with David Larter
Put on your black leather jacket, get your SM-6 plush toy, pour a glass of your finest Chianti in honor of the epic Fincantieri after party, and join us this Sunday to discuss the latest news about t…
01:05:32 |
Mon 27 Jan 2020
Episode 524: Mid-January Melee
Open mic and open topic for this week's Midrats as we cover the maritime spectrum from Chinese fisherman and their "strange" catches, to new carriers, to 1,001 things you can do with a DDG-1000.
We'll…
We'll…
01:09:59 |
Mon 20 Jan 2020
Episode 523: Stress Tested a Sealift Surge? How'd it go?
We just stress tested our Strategic Sealift. We'll discuss what we can learn from it this Sunday with returning guest, Salvatore Mercogliano.
Sal sailed with MSC from 1989 to 1992, and worked MSC HQ a…
Sal sailed with MSC from 1989 to 1992, and worked MSC HQ a…
01:07:05 |
Mon 13 Jan 2020
Episode 522: 10th Anniversary Show: Decade Review and Looking Forward
Happy New Year to everyone and you know what 2020 means? It means that Midrats is having its 10th Anniversary.
Come join us this Sunday as we look back at the previous decade and do our best to see wh…
Come join us this Sunday as we look back at the previous decade and do our best to see wh…
01:15:33 |
Mon 06 Jan 2020
Episode 521: Best of the South African Border War and its Lessons, with LT Jack McCain
Going back three years, today's best of we look back to a forgotten corner of the Cold War.
If you define the Cold War as lasting 44 years from 1947 to 1991, then for over half the Cold War there was …
If you define the Cold War as lasting 44 years from 1947 to 1991, then for over half the Cold War there was …
01:03:04 |
Sun 05 Jan 2020
Episode 520: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips
Let's go back to October of 2010 for a great pair of guests.
First, 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 …
First, 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 …
00:59:40 |
Sun 05 Jan 2020
Episode 519: Going Sideways in Afghanistan & Iraq, with Daniel P. Bolger
In the 5-years since the publication of his book, Why We Lost, each passing day more and more people are starting to look at what, 18-yrs on, we have brought in to being with our long running land wa…
01:02:39 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
Episode 518: Holding the Line with Guy Snodgrass
How do you report history as you live it? When, why, and how do you write about it?
When even the most experienced DC watchers are having trouble tracking what is going on in the Trump Administration,…
When even the most experienced DC watchers are having trouble tracking what is going on in the Trump Administration,…
01:06:54 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Episode 517: Best of Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., Captain, USN (Ret)
First aired in November of 2012.
"If we cannot have the navy estimates of our policy, then let's have the policy of our navy estimates."
---- Lieutenant Ambroise Baudry, French Navy
As our guest this we…
"If we cannot have the navy estimates of our policy, then let's have the policy of our navy estimates."
---- Lieutenant Ambroise Baudry, French Navy
As our guest this we…
01:02:03 |
Fri 06 Dec 2019
Episode 516: Making the Fleet Ready for a Peer Challenge, with Bryan McGrath
Keeping a fleet ready for war is a process of years of careful, consistent, and sustained stewardship of both personnel and material.
The easiest parts are the buying of equipment and recruiting new p…
The easiest parts are the buying of equipment and recruiting new p…
01:08:06 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Episode 515: Building a Thinking Force: the Navy’s CLO, John Kroger
A byproduct of the April 2018 memo from Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, the newly created position of CLO is described as, “A senior civilian with educational leadership experience headquart…
01:05:06 |
Sun 17 Nov 2019
Episode 514: Best of Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy
Episode first aired in July of 2013.
We have heard from industry, military leaders, Marines, and private security providers, this Sunday we are going to look at piracy at a more personal level with di…
We have heard from industry, military leaders, Marines, and private security providers, this Sunday we are going to look at piracy at a more personal level with di…
01:00:59 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Episode 513: Naval Aviation with Kevin Miller
With the sequel to "Top Gun" coming up, if you ever wore the uniform of the US Navy, you're going to get asked a lot of questions.
For this week's show we are going to talk about today's Naval Aviatio…
For this week's show we are going to talk about today's Naval Aviatio…
00:57:39 |
Mon 04 Nov 2019
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