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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.

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Update frequency: every 10 days
Average duration: 62 minutes
Episodes: 566
Years Active: 2012 - 2025

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Episode 692: Russia in Year Three of the War, with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

In a news cycle dominated by the attempted assassination of former President Trump, give yourself a break with an update on the Russian military in year three of the Russo-Ukrainian War, with regular…

00:58:02 | Mon 15 Jul 2024

Episode 691: Ethics & Ethical Failure in the Profession of Arms, with Dr. Pauline Shanks-Kaurin

Law. Ethics. Morality. Character.

What do these words mean, and why are they important in the profession of arms. That is the subject of this week’s Midrats.

We have just the right person to dig in to …

01:06:48 | Mon 24 Jun 2024

Episode 690: Fat Leonard, with Craig Whitlock

Anyone even remotely around the Navy or the national defense area in DC and the Pacific knows this two words, “Fat Leonard” and the unprecedented impact it has had on the navy as an institution and i…

01:07:54 | Mon 10 Jun 2024

Episode 689: Midrats June Melee

Hope you enjoy the new audio quality for this month's melee!

We kick things off with an overview of the Gaza Pier debacle, the Eisenhower deployment extension, the Constellation Class frigate purgator…

01:01:23 | Mon 03 Jun 2024

Episode 688: Mid-May Midrats Melee!

Midrats returns for a broad-reaching discussion on maritime and national security issues from the Gaza Beaches to the South China Sea!

My audio was a bit poppy early in the show, but it gets better.

Me…

01:10:54 | Mon 20 May 2024

Episode 687: Anglo-American Naval SITREP with Emma Salisbury

Just as they share a common tradition going back to before the American Revolution, the United State's Navy and Britain's Royal Navy, today both nations' navies share a similar challenge of prioritiz…

01:02:50 | Mon 29 Apr 2024

Episode 686: China's Steady Game, with Dean Cheng

For the first two decades of this century, as the West and her friends were distracted by small wars in Central Asia and the Middle East, the People's Republic of China slowly, deliberately, and stea…

01:03:57 | Mon 15 Apr 2024

Episode 685- April Maritime Melée

For navalists from Souda Bay to San Diego, April has started not with a whimper, not a grin - but with a scream.

For the full hour, we'll start in Baltimore, review the latest revelations about shipbu…

01:03:20 | Mon 08 Apr 2024

Episode 684: End of March Free For All

For our last podcast of March, come join us for and open-ended free-for-all format to look at the national security environment as we head in to April.

From the water cannons off the Philippines to th…

01:07:34 | Mon 25 Mar 2024

Episode 683: The Urgent Need for U.S. Maritime Reform with William Cahill

If people are policy and policy shapes decisions, then that is the start in understanding why a nation like the USA wound up neglecting what should be a core sector of not just its economy, but its s…

01:03:18 | Mon 18 Mar 2024

Episode 682: Seablindness, from the Mother Country to her Children

Especially for the Royal Navy, it was assumed the military leaders, politicians, and the general population understood that they were island nations and that their security and prosperity depended on…

01:11:15 | Sun 10 Mar 2024

Episode 681: Midrats March Melee!

Feel like the chaos from the Black Sea, Red Sea, South China Sea and various places ashore seems just too much to keep track of?

Well, if you need an hour to catch up and ponder as Sal & Eagle One wil…

01:18:36 | Mon 04 Mar 2024

Episode 680: The Military-Industrial Complex Wears a White Hat

From the February 12th guest post over at Sal's substack, our guest today opened with a firm point;"..the combat performance of U.S. Navy destroyers in the Red Sea against a variety of weapons employ…

01:04:47 | Mon 26 Feb 2024

Episode 679: The Eternally, Irreplaceably Vulnerable: Aircraft Carrier at War

The vulnerability of aircraft carriers is nothing new. They are vulnerable not just because of how they are designed - really just a thin hulled ship full of fuel and explosives - but because of what…

01:07:31 | Mon 12 Feb 2024

Episode 678: January Free For All

Feel like there is too much going on in the national security world to keep up with?

Well, let your heart not be troubled. Mark & Sal will deliver a full hour of discussion of not just what's breakin…

01:06:42 | Mon 29 Jan 2024

Episode 677: Questioning the Carrier with Jeff Vandenengel

If we are approaching the end of the almost century-long age of the aircraft carrier, for the United States Navy, what are some of the options we could have in fleet designed to execute the Navy's mi…

01:01:28 | Sun 21 Jan 2024

Episode 676: The Philippines and the People's Republic at Center Stage

While everyone is focused on the Red Sea or the goings on in Ukraine, there are serious developments between The Philippines and the Peoples Republic of China that is not going to wait for the other …

01:03:11 | Sun 14 Jan 2024

Episode 675: The Allied State of Play at Sea with Kori Schake

From moving grain to the world markets from the Black Sea to global trade through the Red Sea, and the People’s Republic of China’s unabashed bullying of The Philippines and the nations surrounding t…

01:04:09 | Sun 07 Jan 2024

Episode 674: Where is the "International" in "International Order" - with Elbridge Colby

With a few exceptions on the sidelines by Japan and France, what has been clearly apparent in the last two months has been the absence of the International Community's presence in the Red Sea to enfo…

00:56:09 | Sun 10 Dec 2023

Episode 673: December Maritime Melee

With Thanksgiving behind us and another month of the Holiday Season to go, it's time to catch up on the goings on at the waterfront with a special guest calling in who we decided to hijack and keep f…

01:04:17 | Mon 04 Dec 2023

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