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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.This show... Read more

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Episode 476: August Cole & P.W. Singer's Ghost Fleet, Best of

Episode 476: August Cole & P.W. Singer's Ghost Fleet, Best of

The best fiction doesn't just entertain, it informs and causes the reader to think.Our guest for the full hour this Sund... Read more

24 Feb 2019

1hr 3mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 159: Best of Counter Narcotics

Episode 159: Best of Counter Narcotics

This week's 3-day weekend "Best of" will reach back to Episode 39 where we talk about the U.S. Coast Guard's role in def... Read more

20 Jan 2013

58mins

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Episode 164: Best of With James D. Hornfischer

Episode 164: Best of With James D. Hornfischer

You're in for a good treat this Best Of. When you mention books on naval history, there are but a few authors whose wor... Read more

24 Feb 2013

59mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 182: Marine Recon Best Of

Episode 182: Marine Recon Best Of

I cannot believe it has been almost 2.5 years since this show. Unquestionably time to have it again. Much of the convers... Read more

30 Jun 2013

59mins

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Episode 170: Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy

Episode 170: Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy

We have heard from industry, military leaders, Marines, and private security providers, this Sunday we are going to look... Read more

7 Apr 2013

1hr 1min

Ranked #6

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Episode 489: US Merchant Marine - Not Ready for War, with gCaptain's John Konrad

Episode 489: US Merchant Marine - Not Ready for War, with gCaptain's John Konrad

What if they gave a war in WESTPAC and we couldn't come?It is easy to talk tactics, weapons, and warship numbers - but o... Read more

20 May 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 173: Back to the Littorals with Milan Vego

Episode 173: Back to the Littorals 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? O... Read more

28 Apr 2013

1hr 4mins

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Episode 204: A Day Without Seapower - Best of

Episode 204: A Day Without Seapower - Best of

Almost two and a half years ago we had a show that is a fitting ago now as it was then.  Almost a decade of involvement ... Read more

1 Dec 2013

59mins

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Episode 516: Making the Fleet Ready for a Peer Challenge, with Bryan McGrath

Episode 516: Making the Fleet Ready for a Peer Challenge, with Bryan McGrath

Keeping a fleet ready for war is a process of years of careful, consistent, and sustained stewardship of both personnel ... Read more

25 Nov 2019

1hr 8mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 201: The 911 Decade Best Of

Episode 201: The 911 Decade Best Of

Going back 14 months, this Veterans Day weekend, let's review the war we have been soaking in. There are certain points ... Read more

10 Nov 2013

1hr 30mins

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Episode 469: Best of James D. Hornfischer & Neptune's Inferno

Episode 469: Best of James D. Hornfischer & Neptune's Inferno

First aired in the second year of the show, still a great listen.When you mention books on naval history, there are but ... Read more

27 Jan 2019

58mins

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Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy's Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes

Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy's Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes

How is our Navy making progress in adjusting how we man, train, and operate our forces following the series of lessons i... Read more

22 Apr 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 467: Military Ethics and the Profession, with Pauline Shanks Kaurin

Episode 467: Military Ethics and the Profession, with Pauline Shanks Kaurin

Where are the lines between what is legal, what is ethical, and what is moral? Who writes these lines and how rigid are ... Read more

16 Dec 2018

1hr 1min

Ranked #14

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Episode 198: Best of the Darkhorse Battalion

Episode 198: Best of the Darkhorse Battalion

This week, we'll go back to 2011 for an interview with one of the better reports from an embed this decade. For those wh... Read more

20 Oct 2013

1hr

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Episode 492: Making a Better Army Staff Officer, with COL Kirk Dorr, USA

Episode 492: Making a Better Army Staff Officer, with COL Kirk Dorr, USA

How does our Army help officers understand military doctrine, history, and theory? How do we ensure that our staffs have... Read more

12 Jun 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 457: Russia's Red Banner Year, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg

Episode 457: Russia's Red Banner Year, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg

From is largest exercise since the end of the Cold War, to Syria, to a revival of covert direct action and  intermediate... Read more

7 Oct 2018

54mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 519: Going Sideways in Afghanistan & Iraq, with Daniel P. Bolger

Episode 519: Going Sideways in Afghanistan & Iraq, with Daniel P. Bolger

In the 5-years since the publication of his book, Why We Lost, each passing day more and more people are starting to loo... Read more

16 Dec 2019

1hr 2mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 271: Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots

Episode 271: Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots

In parallel efforts that in the Navy which led to Top Gun, the US Air Force looked hard at the lessons of air to air com... Read more

15 Mar 2015

1hr 1min

Ranked #19

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Episode 473: The Fort Report on the FITZGERALD Collision with Geoff Ziezulewicz

Episode 473: The Fort Report on the FITZGERALD Collision with Geoff Ziezulewicz

Over 18-months after the deadly collision of the USS FITZGERALD with the Philippine-flagged merchant ship ACX Crystal of... Read more

28 Jan 2019

1hr 3mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 444: The Slow March to FITZGERALD & MCCAIN, with J. C. Harvey, Jr,.

Episode 444: The Slow March to FITZGERALD & MCCAIN, with J. C. Harvey, Jr,.

The conditions that brought us to the series of events in WESTPAC in 2017 did not happen over night. They did not happen... Read more

8 Jul 2018

1hr 3mins

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