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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 572: 2020 Year End Summary Broadcast in Military yesterday
2020 has been a year … that is an understatement. From the maritime and national security perspective what were the bold-faced items that changed the outlook the most. While COVID-19 absorbed much of…
01:13:27 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Episode 571: Naval Primacy is America's Best Strategy, with Jerry Hendrix
When trying to get a grasp on the best way to secure the nation's security and interests, why should Americans look to the sea?
Do American's assume or take for granted what three-quarters of a centur…
Do American's assume or take for granted what three-quarters of a centur…
01:06:22 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Episode 570: From Fleet to the NSC, with Mark Vandroff
Midrats regulars and all sound thinking navalists rejoiced earlier this year when one of our favorites were offered the honor to serve once again - in this case one of our favorite guests and all aro…
01:12:48 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
Episode 569: Best of A long, irregular, and forever war; a discussion with Dan Green
First aired FEB 2018.
In Afghanistan and the global struggle against terrorism, why is this war taking so long? Where are we making progress, where are we stalled, and where are we falling back?
There …
In Afghanistan and the global struggle against terrorism, why is this war taking so long? Where are we making progress, where are we stalled, and where are we falling back?
There …
00:58:44 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
Episode 568: The Problem with Proconsuls; the Combatant Commanders
34 years after Goldwater-Nichols and the rise of the Combatant Commanders (COCOMS), is our national security structures more in line with what we need in the 21 Century, or the Roman Empire’s Procons…
01:03:21 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Episode 567: Carriers: Workhorse & Warhorse with Megan Eckstein & Sam LaGrone
Fewer carriers are deploying more even as repeated warning lights have been going off that we are expending in peace what we will need in war when it comes to personnel and materiel in carrier aviati…
01:04:04 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Episode 566: Post-Election Melee
The 2020 election is over … well, mostly over. Though there are a few threads to clean up, the fabric the next few years natsec policy will be sewn from is pretty well known – so where does that lead…
01:06:24 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Episode 565: Best of The Between the Ears Challenge with Dakota Woods
First airing in July of 2015.
Are the growing feelings of crisis, confusion and strategic drift in the national security arena not so much the result of external challenges, but the result of poor thi…
Are the growing feelings of crisis, confusion and strategic drift in the national security arena not so much the result of external challenges, but the result of poor thi…
01:00:30 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Episode 564: Pre-election Melee
We don't do politics here ... but we do touch on how politics can impact national security issues ... so here we go!
Why has national security almost been a non-issue this election?
What to expect if …
Why has national security almost been a non-issue this election?
What to expect if …
01:09:49 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
Episode 563: The Middle East's Future Imperfect with Steven Cook
In a very rough year, there were sprinkles of renewed optimism about the Middle East as Israel established relations with a few of the Gulf Arab nations, but the Middle East is, and has been, always …
01:04:40 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
Episode 562: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips
Let's go back to October of 2010 for a great pair of guests. First, since the end of US involvement The Vietnam War almost 40 years ago, there are just a few USN Commanding Officers who know what it …
00:59:02 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
Episode 561: Missile Barges and the Modern Auxiliary Cruiser with Chris Rawley
Turning merchant ships in to warships is a story as old as mankind. From war canoe to privateers to auxiliary cruisers fo the modern era - they always fit a certain niche in the drive to control the …
01:01:02 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
Episode 560: Pre-Fall Free For All
Some may call it the silly season, some may call it a quickening, some may just get eye cramps from rolling them all the time ... but here we are under 6-weeks from a national election and from swarm…
01:02:06 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Episode 559: Saving the US Merchant Industry with Captain John Konrad
The neglected American merchant fleet and industry is a problem long standing. The realization of the growing challenge on the other side of the Pacific, and the knowledge of what is needed to suppor…
01:10:34 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
Episode 558: Shipyards & the Maritime Industrial Base, with Maiya Clark
Concerned with the ability of our maritime industrial base to not just build the navy the nation needs, but to help maintain it?
Well, do we have the episode for you! Join us this Sunday at 5pm with o…
Well, do we have the episode for you! Join us this Sunday at 5pm with o…
01:02:52 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Episode 557: Best of Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War
This episode first aired in March, 2016.
In the mid-1930s, Leni Riefenstahl showed the power of the latest communication technology of her time to move opinion, bring support, and intimidate potential…
In the mid-1930s, Leni Riefenstahl showed the power of the latest communication technology of her time to move opinion, bring support, and intimidate potential…
01:02:11 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Episode 556: Space Force – Culture, Ranks and Making the Future
Culture is upstream from performance.
Behind a sometimes playful, sometimes serious, argument about what rank structure the new Space Force should use is the very serious matter of culture.
Culture for…
Behind a sometimes playful, sometimes serious, argument about what rank structure the new Space Force should use is the very serious matter of culture.
Culture for…
01:06:54 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
Episode 555: Best of The Downside of Being the Indispensable Nation
First airing a little over three years ago, and still as timely as ever.
Whenever there is a global crisis, natural disaster or manmade, civilians or of a security related issue - the world turns thei…
Whenever there is a global crisis, natural disaster or manmade, civilians or of a security related issue - the world turns thei…
00:58:46 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
Episode 554: Summer of Our Discontent Melee
In our COVID-19 summer doldrums, what could be better than kicking back with a nice cold drink with the kings of natsec social distancing, Sal & EagleOne for a live Midrats free-for-all?
Come join us …
Come join us …
01:09:16 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
Episode 553: Best of Force Structure & Tipping Points
It may be 7-yrs old, but the points are still spot on.\
What happens when a global maritime power finds itself in a position where it can no longer sustain the global presence it once considered an es…
What happens when a global maritime power finds itself in a position where it can no longer sustain the global presence it once considered an es…
01:02:09 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
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