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 712: Condition of the Navy's Amphibious Fleet And Its Impacts on Marines: the View from GAO
Does the US Navy have the right number and mix of amphibious ships, and are those ships being properly maintained?
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent report to Congress explored this …
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent report to Congress explored this …
00:59:27 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
Episode 711: The Defense Reformation, with Shyam Sankar
When a report has an opening like this, you know you have to find a way to get the author on Midrats.
As a nation, we are in an undeclared state of emergency.…This is a hot Cold War II. The West has e…
As a nation, we are in an undeclared state of emergency.…This is a hot Cold War II. The West has e…
01:02:48 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Episode 710: Affordable Approaches to Improve US and Allied Shipbuilding and Ship Repair with Michael Roberts & Bryan Clark
There is almost a cottage industry in appreciating the decades-long shortfall in America’s maritime industrial base for shipbuilding and repair.After more than a decade of self-delusion in labeling t…
00:58:02 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Episode 709: Midrats 15th Anniversary Show with Claude Berube
Happy New Year to everyone…and Midrats is back with you.
Join us today for a broad-ranging discussion for our 15th Anniversary Show with a regular guest since the start, Claude Berube.
The conversation…
Join us today for a broad-ranging discussion for our 15th Anniversary Show with a regular guest since the start, Claude Berube.
The conversation…
00:59:44 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Episode 708: The Icebreaker Imperative, with Peter Rybski
With one of the most militarily and energy strategic states in our union, Alaska, being in the Arctic, and the extensive interests we have on the other side of the planet in Antarctica, do you wonder…
00:56:28 |
Sun 15 Dec 2024
Episode 707: Who is on the Damascus Road, with Seth Folsom
Trying to get your mind around who the actors are in Syria as this 'frozen conflict' from the last decade begins to thaw?If you are concerned about international jihadist organizations, the security …
00:57:16 |
Sun 08 Dec 2024
Episode 706: The Midrats Horn of Plenty
Before everyone dives into a week of family and fasting, time to catch up with Sal and Mark on Midrats.From the retention crisis to some stark comments from senior leaders about the Western Pacific, …
01:00:59 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Episode 705: the Opportunities With Trump's Return, with Jerry Dunleavy
With 63 days until President Trump’s second inauguration and a new national security team lining up, what are the expected opportunities they will be looking to make an impact quickly? What should pe…
00:58:45 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Episode 704: A Post-Election Midrats Melee
Summary
The conversation delves into various themes surrounding innovation, customization, and future planning. It highlights the importance of bespoke solutions in development and addresses the chall…
The conversation delves into various themes surrounding innovation, customization, and future planning. It highlights the importance of bespoke solutions in development and addresses the chall…
00:59:00 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Episode 702: Mid October Maritime Melee
It’s mid-October, and time for another no-hold-barred Maritime Melee from Midrats!You can listen at this link, or via the Spotify widget below.
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01:00:16 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Episode 701: The Pentagon’s Gordian Knot, with Steve Deal
What can be done to reform The Pentagon?
Returning to Midrats to discuss the challenge of real reform to our military bureaucratic establishment will be Steve Deal.
Steve Deal, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.…
Returning to Midrats to discuss the challenge of real reform to our military bureaucratic establishment will be Steve Deal.
Steve Deal, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.…
01:07:56 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Episode 700: 20th & 21st Century Lessons with Chinese Characteristics: Toshi Yoshihara
For the last 23 years, the major powers outside the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been engaged in a series of imperial police actions like in Afghanistan, small wars turning into inextricable…
01:02:33 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Episode 699 - September Midrats Free For All
Summer is over, and it's time to focus on adult things once again.
If it is of interest to from the Pacific to the Red Sea to the Potomac River—we have you covered.
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If it is of interest to from the Pacific to the Red Sea to the Potomac River—we have you covered.
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01:04:57 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Episode 698 - The Music Stopped at MSC, with Sal Mercogliano
Where there appears to be a fair bit of shock and surprise in the general public, for those who have tracked the story closest, the feeling could be found along the spectrum from resignation to disma…
01:05:26 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Episode 697: Ten Months of Lessons from the Red Sea, with Bryan McGrath
If you find a message that is consistent over time, through times of ease and times of challenge, and at each challenge in the real world this message is validated, reinforced, and found to be correc…
01:03:19 |
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Episode 696: A Constellation of Challenges, with Emma Salisbury
Look who we have on a short-turnaround visit to Midrats, Dr. Emma Salisbury!We’re going to cover the waterfront issues in the Anglosphere, but we’ll kick off the discussion with the issues she outlin…
00:56:38 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Episode 695: The PRC in the Pacific Islands, with Cleo Paskal
What has the People’s Republic of China been doing to grow its influence in the Pacific Island nations that proved so crucial in the Pacific theater in WWII, and will be just as important for the nex…
01:02:26 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
Episode 694: July Free For All!
Summary
In this conversation, Sal and Mark discuss various topics related to national security and the military. They start by questioning the purpose and effectiveness of the US presence in the Red S…
In this conversation, Sal and Mark discuss various topics related to national security and the military. They start by questioning the purpose and effectiveness of the US presence in the Red S…
01:03:07 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Episode 693: European Naval Power With Jeremy Stöhs
How have the modern European navies developed since the start of the Cold War, and how are they positioned to address the challenges we see today?
Returning to Midrats this Sunday at 3pm Eastern will …
Returning to Midrats this Sunday at 3pm Eastern will …
00:58:32 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
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