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 398: No, I Won't Shut-up and Color - Best of
First broadcast in 2013, some details have changed, but the concepts are eternal. NB: ll ranks and discussions of future events are from 2013.
Is there such a thing as Military Intellectual Entreprene…
Is there such a thing as Military Intellectual Entreprene…
01:07:45 |
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Episode 397: Migrants, NGOs & the Mediterranean with Claude Berube, Chris Rawley
What role are Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) playing in the ongoing crisis in the Mediterranean Sea as wave after of wave of people try to make the passage to Europe?
Are they doing good? Are th…
Are they doing good? Are th…
01:03:33 |
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Episode 396: Best of DD214, Unpacked Boxes & the road ahead
When a few years turns in to many. When all of a sudden you seem to be the oldest guy in the room. When you have but days of memories of your kids and in the blink of an eye they are a year older - e…
01:05:14 |
Sun 06 Aug 2017
Episode 395: Best of 21st Century Sims
Who was "The Gun Doctor," the officer who over a century ago led the revolution in naval gunnery, the development of torpedo boat and destroyer operations, and during WWI served as the senior US nava…
01:04:28 |
Sun 30 Jul 2017
Episode 394: A Midsummer's Thucydides with Kori Schake
For a man who last walked the Earth almost 2,500 years ago, 2017 has been a great year for Thucydides.
The old Greek historian is having quite a renaissance. Of course, he's always been there, but the…
The old Greek historian is having quite a renaissance. Of course, he's always been there, but the…
01:02:49 |
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Episode 393: Building the right carrier; heavy, medium, or light with Tal Manvel
As the USS FORD (CVN 78) delivered to the US Navy, the Royal Navy’s new HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH underway, and many nations either building or wanting built carriers of a variety of sized, the second deca…
01:08:05 |
Sun 16 Jul 2017
Episode 392: So, You Want 355 Ships? The State of the Question with Will Beasley
Everyone seems to have a plan to get to 355 ships as the new President desires. Most plans include new construction, digging in the mothball fleet, extending service life of existing ships, and even …
01:00:04 |
Sun 09 Jul 2017
Episode 391: Best of Claude Berube & Syren's Song
From our live show in November of 2015, the full hour with author Claude Berube to discuss his second Connor Stark novel, Syren's Song, from Naval Institute Press. From the Amazon page;
"Syren's Song …
"Syren's Song …
01:01:04 |
Sun 02 Jul 2017
Episode 390: Summer Solstice Free For All
The days are too long and hot to spend all your Sunday outside, to pour some iced tea and join us live for a free for all!
We’re going to cover the maritime and national security breaking news from th…
We’re going to cover the maritime and national security breaking news from th…
01:06:03 |
Sun 25 Jun 2017
Episode 389: Stephen Roderick, author of, The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey
For our Father's Day Best of we will replay an interview with Stephen Roderick, author of, The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey into His Father's Life.
Rodrick is a contributing writer for The NYT Ma…
Rodrick is a contributing writer for The NYT Ma…
00:34:13 |
Sun 18 Jun 2017
Episode 388: On Tactics, with B.A. Friedman
In the Western concept of the military art, there is a food chain. The Political feeds Strategic; Strategic the Operational; Operational the Tactical.
Among the military chatting classes, there is a l…
Among the military chatting classes, there is a l…
00:59:27 |
Sun 11 Jun 2017
Episode 387: Looking at the Chinese Navy at 2030, with Patrick Cronin
2030 is as close to us today as 2004, only 13 years.
As we look at various ways to maintain a Navy at t level at which we have become accustomed, the People’s Liberation Army Navy of China is building…
As we look at various ways to maintain a Navy at t level at which we have become accustomed, the People’s Liberation Army Navy of China is building…
01:03:15 |
Sun 04 Jun 2017
Episode 386: Best of SEALS in the Long War
In an arch that spans the immediate post-Cold War era through the Iraq War, what are the observations & lessons a front-line leader at the tactical level and, for those who are injured in service to …
01:00:55 |
Sun 28 May 2017
Episode 385: Springtime for Russia?
To say that the profile of Russia since the American elections last fall has increased in the minds of Americans would be an understatement.
Outside the 24-hr news cycle, there have been significant …
Outside the 24-hr news cycle, there have been significant …
01:03:57 |
Sun 21 May 2017
Episode 384: Best of WWI and the Birth of the Modern World
A hundred years on, in 2014 what insights can we gain from the war that started 100 years ago in August of 2014? What are some of the lessons we need to remember in all four levers of national power;…
01:02:17 |
Sun 14 May 2017
Episode 383: The Downside of Being the Indispensable Nation
Whenever there is a global crisis, natural disaster or manmade, civilians or of a security related issue - the world turns their eyes to the United States of America.
The indispensable nation. The onl…
The indispensable nation. The onl…
01:00:36 |
Sun 07 May 2017
Episode 382: The Road to Mosul to Raqqa, and What's Next for the Islamic State
Except for a few final holdouts and mopping up, the siege of Mosul is almost over and the wrecked city back in the hands of allied Iraqi factions. Soon the attention will turn west as the investment …
01:03:25 |
Sun 30 Apr 2017
Episode 381: Abolishing of the USAF, with Robert M. Farley, Best of
In concept, execution, and ability to effectively provide its part of the national defense infrastructure, has a separate Air Force served this nation well, and does it make sense to keep it a separa…
00:59:30 |
Sun 23 Apr 2017
Episode 380: Commanding the Seas; the Surface Force with Bryan Clark - Best of
How do we build the future surface fleet to ensure our forces maintain the ability to access to all regions of the world's oceans that our vital to our national interests?
Our guest to discuss this an…
Our guest to discuss this an…
01:02:37 |
Sun 16 Apr 2017
Episode 379: WWI Best Of with Chris Dougherty
When faced with the promise of a conflict with a limited mission and a strangely ill-defined Strategic and Operational design - what do we need to keep in mind not just from recent history, but the l…
01:05:28 |
Sun 09 Apr 2017
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