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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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 566
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 318: Best of Bob Work on Global Maritime Power
From shortly after he was The Under and prior to moving on to DepSecDef, Bob Work came on to discuss the broad picture.
When one hangs up the uniform after decades of service, but still wants to contr…
When one hangs up the uniform after decades of service, but still wants to contr…
01:04:55 |
Sun 07 Feb 2016
Episode 317: Naval Presence and National Strategy, with Jerry Hendrix
From the same school as "If you want peace, prepare for war," a global maritime power must maintain a presence at sea. It must design a national strategy in line with its economic capability and poli…
01:00:47 |
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Episode 316: Getting Female Combat Integration Right With LtCol Kate Germano
How do we get combat integration of women right? The quest has moved well away from "if" and in to "how."
With an apparent broad disconnect between biological realities, cultural norms, and political …
With an apparent broad disconnect between biological realities, cultural norms, and political …
01:00:36 |
Sun 24 Jan 2016
Episode 315: Where Next for our Ground Forces, with Paul Scharre
A decade and a half of ongoing ground combat under their belt, what are the hard-won lessons we need to keep, and what should be left behind? Looking forward, what are the challenges our ground force…
01:04:29 |
Sun 17 Jan 2016
Episode 314: 6th Anniversary Expanded Panel on One Question
Yes Shipmates ... we are now in our 6th year of Midrats!
To mark the day, we are going to have a radically different format as a thank you gift to our listeners.
The focus of the show today is one ques…
To mark the day, we are going to have a radically different format as a thank you gift to our listeners.
The focus of the show today is one ques…
01:05:42 |
Sun 10 Jan 2016
Episode 313: Fleet Architecture and Strategic Efficiency with Barney Rubel
How do you balance cost, risk, peacetime habits and wartime requirements in designing and using the world's largest Navy?
How do we maximize the most the utility of our platforms now, and create a fut…
How do we maximize the most the utility of our platforms now, and create a fut…
01:01:38 |
Sun 03 Jan 2016
Episode 312: Best of Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership
While good ideas are often forgotten, bad ideas seem to pop up over an over again - especially the sexy ones that sound so good, but never seem to work well. The answer, of course, is to try again an…
01:01:21 |
Sun 27 Dec 2015
Episode 311: Best of NORTHCOM and Disaster Response
From a 2012 show; everyone knows CENTCOM, many know PACOM or EUCOM ... but what about NORTHCOM?
What is their role in national defense, and what special role does it have inside the United States - sp…
What is their role in national defense, and what special role does it have inside the United States - sp…
01:00:52 |
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Episode 310: Fleet Battle School
How do you design a game that has practical tactical application to the naval tactician? Even more ambitious, how do you make one accessible and understandable with the goal of making it a mobile wa…
01:08:06 |
Sun 13 Dec 2015
Episode 309: Law and the Long War
When a nation of laws goes to war, their laws go with them.
In a decade and a half of fighting terrorism, the laws that define our actions overseas and at home have morphed as the threat and strategy…
In a decade and a half of fighting terrorism, the laws that define our actions overseas and at home have morphed as the threat and strategy…
01:02:50 |
Sun 06 Dec 2015
Episode 308: Best of EMP
With a lot of new listeners in the last year, I thought I would bring back a show from our first year, 2010.
When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a …
When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a …
00:59:39 |
Sun 29 Nov 2015
Episode 307: Our Own Private Petard - Procurement & Strategy with Robert Farley
This Sunday we are going to look at the big pixels that supports the entire national security infrastructure above it.
Using his recent article in The National Interest, The Real Threat to America's M…
Using his recent article in The National Interest, The Real Threat to America's M…
01:03:22 |
Sun 22 Nov 2015
Episode 306: Author Claude Berube on his next book; Syren's Song
This Sunday for the full hour our guest will be author Claude Berube to discuss his second Connor Stark novel, Syren's Song, from Naval Institute Press. From the Amazon page;
"Syren's Song is the seco…
"Syren's Song is the seco…
01:01:51 |
Sun 15 Nov 2015
Episode 305: Fall Free For All
It is that time of the year ... time for a Fall Free For All on Midrats.
No guests, no agenda, open phones, open topics, open mic.
Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" for a fu…
No guests, no agenda, open phones, open topics, open mic.
Join Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "Eaglespeak" for a fu…
01:04:31 |
Sun 08 Nov 2015
Episode 304: Best of the Littoral with Milan Vego
If the requirement is to be able to operate, fight, and win in the Littorals - is the Littoral Combat Ship the answer?
Other nations have the same requirement - yet have come up with different answers…
Other nations have the same requirement - yet have come up with different answers…
01:03:01 |
Sun 01 Nov 2015
Episode 303: China, the Pivot, and the WESTPAC Challenge - With James Kraska
As 2015 starts its final act, where is China heading?
From her Great Wall of Sand in the South China Sea, to economic stress, and her increasingly nervous neighbors, where does the USA and her allies …
From her Great Wall of Sand in the South China Sea, to economic stress, and her increasingly nervous neighbors, where does the USA and her allies …
01:02:53 |
Sun 25 Oct 2015
Episode 302: Best of Fallujah Awakens
How did the US Marine Corps and local tribal leaders turn the corner in Fallujah? Who were the people on the ground, Iraqi and American, who were the catalyst for the change that brought about a sea…
01:01:26 |
Sun 18 Oct 2015
Episode 301: Confessions of a Major Program Manager, w/ CAPT Mark Vandroff, USN
One man's chore is another man's hobby. Another man's dread, is the other's fantasy. Such, in a fashion, is Program Management in the Navy.
To be a good one, step one is to be self-aware. From his lat…
To be a good one, step one is to be self-aware. From his lat…
01:03:30 |
Sun 11 Oct 2015
Episode 300: USS Neosho (AO-23),USS Sims (DD-409) & the Battle of the Coral Sea
Wars are full of accidental battles, unexpected horror, and the valor of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Often lost in the sweeping stories of the Pacific in WWII, there is a story tha…
Often lost in the sweeping stories of the Pacific in WWII, there is a story tha…
01:01:36 |
Sun 04 Oct 2015
Episode 299: Best of USCG and the Arctic with James Holmes
There is a fair bit of talk about the rush for the arctic for economic and strategic reasons - and where there is international interest on the seas, the nations involved need to think about what is …
01:00:56 |
Sun 27 Sep 2015
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