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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 238: The Horn of Africa - still the front lines, with RDML Krongard, USN
A special time this week, 2pm Eastern, in order to have a reasonable time for our guest on the other side of the world.
This week we are going to visit an AOR that may have dropped of a lot of people'…
This week we are going to visit an AOR that may have dropped of a lot of people'…
01:02:25 |
Sun 27 Jul 2014
Episode 237: Military Sealift Command; Past, Present & Future
When it comes to all things maritime, sometimes one Sal is not enough.
Whatever confession of maritime strategy you adhere to, there is one linchpin that all will survive or fail on - the Military Sea…
Whatever confession of maritime strategy you adhere to, there is one linchpin that all will survive or fail on - the Military Sea…
01:05:28 |
Sun 20 Jul 2014
Episode 236: Best of Where are the Carriers
"Where are the Carriers?"
Whenever the expected unexpected happens on the globe, that is the question that is often asked first. As our nation also faces one of its greatest budget crisis - it is als…
Whenever the expected unexpected happens on the globe, that is the question that is often asked first. As our nation also faces one of its greatest budget crisis - it is als…
00:49:38 |
Sun 13 Jul 2014
Episode 235: Best of "Unbroken" and the Intrepid Project
Louis Zamperini passes away earlier this week, so I can see of no better best of show for the July 4th weekend.
This nation has been served by those who come home, and those who never make it back.
Som…
This nation has been served by those who come home, and those who never make it back.
Som…
01:01:22 |
Sun 06 Jul 2014
Episode 234: Asking the right questions to build the right leaders
Is the profession of arms, as the Navy believes it is, primarily a technical job for officers - or is it something else?
To create the cadre of leaders one needs, do you train them as empty vessels th…
To create the cadre of leaders one needs, do you train them as empty vessels th…
01:03:25 |
Sun 29 Jun 2014
Episode 233: Global Combat Fleets' Development With Eric Wertheim
From the USA, Europe, Russia, to the South China Sea, nations continue to signal where their priories are by what type of fleet they are building.
What capabilities are they expanding, and what capab…
What capabilities are they expanding, and what capab…
01:06:21 |
Sun 22 Jun 2014
Episode 232: Father's Day Best of With Stephen Rodrick
In case you missed it the first time, especially for those whose fathers served in uniform, you owe it to yourself to listen to our interview with Stephen Rodrick about his book, The Magical Stranger…
00:33:22 |
Sun 15 Jun 2014
Episode 231: Best of Journalism at War
From November of 2011: They share the hazards, smell the smells; all that is needed so that those at home may understand what their countrymen are doing in the far reaches of the world on their behal…
00:59:13 |
Sun 08 Jun 2014
Episode 230: Summer Kickoff Free For All
Now that Summer is on the way and that there are more national security issues being produced from the South China Sea to the Dardanelles than can be consumed locally - that sounds like the perfect t…
01:01:21 |
Sun 01 Jun 2014
Episode 229: Memorial Day Weekend Best of With Zumwalt and Grant
This Memorial Day Weekend we are reaching back to a 2010 episode where we look back at the Vietnam War and then look forward to the next decade's Fleet options for our Navy. 50 years in 1 hour. Our g…
00:59:34 |
Sun 25 May 2014
Episode 228: A US Military Intellectually Geared for Defeat?
Since WWII, have we developed an officer corps that has not only developed a record of defeat, but has become comfortable with it?
Is our military leadership structurally unsound?
In his recent article…
Is our military leadership structurally unsound?
In his recent article…
01:03:27 |
Sun 18 May 2014
Episode 227: Mother's Day Best of with Jeannette Haynie and Robyn Roche-Paull
For the career minded Naval professional, to have a chance for the greatest advancement and promotion, you have to push and push hard. The reputation you build in your first 10 years sets the tone fo…
00:57:03 |
Sun 11 May 2014
Episode 226: Quo vadis Putin's Novorossiya, with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg
So far in 2014, the big lesson is what people have known for centuries; in Eurasia you cannot ignore Russia. The cliché is accurate, Russia is never as weak or as strong as she seems.
What do the deve…
What do the deve…
01:04:12 |
Sun 04 May 2014
Episode 225: The Long War Becomes a Teenager, with Bill Roggio
It hasn't gone anywhere, the Long War, that is.
People may be suffering whiplash having to look back to Europe in the middle of a Pacific pivot, and the Arab spring wilted in to extremism and bloodshe…
People may be suffering whiplash having to look back to Europe in the middle of a Pacific pivot, and the Arab spring wilted in to extremism and bloodshe…
01:03:56 |
Sun 27 Apr 2014
Episode 224: Best of Russia
A lot of people were surprised when Russia came back on stage this year - but not Midrats listeners.
This Easter, let's go back 100 episodes to our interview with Midrats resident Russia go-to-guy, Dm…
This Easter, let's go back 100 episodes to our interview with Midrats resident Russia go-to-guy, Dm…
00:59:29 |
Sun 20 Apr 2014
Episode 223: 12 Carriers and 3 Hubs with Bryan McGrath
"Where are the carriers?" Regardless of the writing, talking, and pontificating about "Why the carriers?" - when there is a real world crisis - leaders still ask, "Where are the carriers."
Since we w…
Since we w…
01:05:31 |
Sun 13 Apr 2014
Episode 222: USS PONCE (AFSB(I)-15) Lessons with CAPT Jon P. Rogers, USN
As with most concepts and good ideas, you really don't know what you need and how you need to do it until you put Sailors to task and head to sea.
The idea of an Afloat Forward Staging Base has, in a …
The idea of an Afloat Forward Staging Base has, in a …
01:03:05 |
Sun 06 Apr 2014
Episode 221: Officer Retention with VADM Bill Moran & CDR Guy Snodgrass
This Sunday, join our guests Vice Admiral Bill Moran, USN, Navy Chief of Naval Personnel, and Commander Guy Snodgrass, USN, Prospective Executive Officer of Strike Fighter Squadron ONE NINE FIVE, in …
01:05:32 |
Sun 30 Mar 2014
Episode 220: CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell
The Chief of Naval Operation's Rapid Innovation Cell (CRIC) was established in 2012 in order to provide junior leaders with venue to identify and rapidly field emerging technologies that they see nee…
01:03:30 |
Sun 23 Mar 2014
Episode 219: The USMC Post-QDR with Dakota Wood
With the new defense budget out, new QDR out, the withdraw of maneuver forces from Afghanistan, rising interest in INDO-PAC operations, and a resurgent Russia: after over a decade of COIN and land wa…
01:04:03 |
Sun 16 Mar 2014
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