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 672: The State of USN's Combat Logistics Force Ships with James Holmes
How is a maritime power like the United States going to be able to sustain a fight against a land power with four times its population, a larger Navy, and is located on the other side of the Pacific?
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01:02:14 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Episode 671: Measuring & Modeling the Naval Presence Mission with Jerry Hendrix
You're heard people talk - and on occasion argue - about "presence" as a naval mission, but what exactly is it? What does that actually mean for our nation and what role does it have in promoting its…
01:05:41 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Episode 670: Rickover Uncensored with Claude Berube
There are few naval leaders who had a legendary reputation and such a long running - and not uncontroversial - record of service as Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN.
Talk to any submarine officer or sur…
Talk to any submarine officer or sur…
01:06:36 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
Episode 669: Fall Maritime Free For All
Fall is in the air ... so Sal and EagleOne return to the podcast to get you caught up now that FY24 is behind us.
We'll cover the waterfront.
Links mentioned during the show:
We'll cover the waterfront.
Links mentioned during the show:
01:03:01 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Episode 668: The Indo-Pacific Quad in 2023 with Blake Herzinger
Since its first formation in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or "Quad" of the Australia, India, Japan and the United States of America has continued to evolve in to something that isn't a f…
00:58:35 |
Sun 17 Sep 2023
Episode 667: Fading FY23 Free For All!
While almost all the intellectual energy in the American military establishment is focused on the end of the FY potlatch of spending before fiscal year 2024 kicks off in under three weeks, it's time …
01:08:14 |
Sun 10 Sep 2023
Episode 666: The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security - with Alession Patalano
Today we’re going to discuss a helpful solution to the simple reality in our busy world that it is difficult to build a culture of understanding of any challenge unless those involved in addressing t…
01:04:31 |
Sun 27 Aug 2023
Episode 665: The Road to the Fall of Kabul, with Jerry Dunleavy
We are two years since the greatest national humiliation since the Fall of Saigon almost half a century ago.
The negotiated surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban, retreat to Kabul, and withdraw from…
The negotiated surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban, retreat to Kabul, and withdraw from…
01:07:24 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Episode 664: China's Summer from the Aleutians to Guadalcanal with Dean Cheng
What better way to recover from mid-August heat than to kick back and listen to Midrats as we check in on what the People's Republic of China is up to.
This Sunday live is returning guest Dean Cheng.D…
This Sunday live is returning guest Dean Cheng.D…
01:00:50 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Episode 663: The US Naval Reserve in Ukraine & More with Chris Rawley
In mid-July, a rather normal letter from the White House delivered at an awkward time about the authorization to activate 3,000 reservists to support operations in Europe enabling aid to Ukraine got …
01:01:42 |
Sun 06 Aug 2023
Episode 662: Grain, Oil, and the Unfreeing of the Seas
This week we were reminded, again, that the world relies on the free flow of goods at market prices across its oceans to maintain a reasonable standard of living.
Most of the world consumes more food …
Most of the world consumes more food …
01:02:14 |
Sun 23 Jul 2023
Episode 661: Summer Doldrums Melee
EagleOne and Sal pick up last weeks conversation to catch up on the conversation of the latest national security and maritime topics at hand.
As always on the melee format, join us live with the open …
As always on the melee format, join us live with the open …
01:12:25 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Episode 660: Mid-Summer Free For All!
It's too darn hot to do anything outside, so stay inside and put your mind to work!
EagleOne and Sal start the show with the discussion of books they plan to use to help overcome the mid-summer heat a…
EagleOne and Sal start the show with the discussion of books they plan to use to help overcome the mid-summer heat a…
01:08:37 |
Sun 09 Jul 2023
Episode 659: Keeping the US Undersea Advantage, with Bryan Clark
For generations, a great comparative advantage the United States has enjoyed at sea is the superiority of its submarine force.
It has become simply an assumption in our war planning to the point it is…
It has become simply an assumption in our war planning to the point it is…
01:02:28 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Episode 658: Strategy for Facing the Chinese & Russian Threat, with Brent Sadler
By 2030, the People's Republic of China is expected to have a navy of 425 warships, up significantly from their 360 today - already larger than the United States Navy.
In spite of her struggles ashore…
In spite of her struggles ashore…
01:03:37 |
Sun 11 Jun 2023
Episode 657: Strategy, Uncertainty and the China Challenge
From the abstract of the article in the Naval War College Review Winter 2023 Edition, Strategy, Uncertainty, and the China Challenge;
"Despite China’s increasing aggressiveness, its intentions are in…
"Despite China’s increasing aggressiveness, its intentions are in…
01:01:33 |
Sun 04 Jun 2023
Episode 656: The Philippine Pact with Claude Berube
You're in for a treat this Midrats with a regular since 2010 returning to the podcast, Claude Berube.
Claude will be with us the full hour to discuss his third novel in the Connor Stark series, The Ph…
Claude will be with us the full hour to discuss his third novel in the Connor Stark series, The Ph…
01:05:11 |
Sun 21 May 2023
Episode 655: Command Posts - Hunter or Hunted, with Lt Col. Matt. Arrol, U.S.A.
For generations, the US military’s senior leadership in the field had no reason to worry about being on the receiving end of enemy fires at their command posts. Even at the company level but especial…
01:02:03 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Episode 654: April Free For All!!!
It's a maritime and natsec free for all on Midrats!
No fixed topic, open chat room and open studio line for those who are joining us live.
From some rather strange comments in congressional briefing ro…
No fixed topic, open chat room and open studio line for those who are joining us live.
From some rather strange comments in congressional briefing ro…
01:06:00 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Episode 653: the Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts at 35, with Bradley Peniston
History, heritage, ethos, and institutional culture are more than just books, lectures, static displays, songs, stories and rituals - they are part of a tapestry that define the characteristics of an…
01:01:48 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
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