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Episode 757: May Maritime Melee

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Episode 756: Latin American Policy, with Dr. Colin Dueck

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Episode 755: Mid-April Free for All

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Episode 754: European Navies' Lessons, with Alessio Patalano

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Episode 753: The Case for Pacific Optimism, with Blake Herzinger

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Episode 752: March NATSEC Free-for-All

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Episode 751: Dmitry Gorenberg on Russia in year five of the war

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Episode 750: Springtime for the PRC with Dean Cheng

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Episode 749: Operation Epic Fury Free for All

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Episode 748: The 21st Century Battleship, with Robert Farley

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Episode 747: Mid-February Free for All

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Episode 746: Budgets, Ships, and the CBO, with Eric Labs - on Midrats

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Episode 745: Mid-Winter Melee...National Defense Strategy et al

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Episode 744: Greenland: Belle of the Ball, with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan

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Episode 743: Palantir's Mike Gallagher and Matt Babin on AI & Shipbuilding Integration

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Episode 742: The Venezuelan Raid

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Episode 741: The Lessons of Pearl Harbor at 84, with John Keuhn

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Episode 740: The Better Part of a Decade and a Half with the Navy & Midrats, with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 739: Pre-Thanksgiving Free for All

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Episode 738: Is the Navy Missing its Moment, with Chris Servello

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Episode 737: Maritime Statecraft and its Future, with Hunter Stires

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Episode 736: Anduril and the Promise of Autonomous Systems - with Chris Brose

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Episode 735: October NATSEC Melee

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Episode 734: Parades, Carriers, and China's Military Signaling, with Dean Cheng

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Episode 733: AUKUS, Australia, Alliances & the Pacific, with Gray Connolly

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Episode 732: Greenland, AUKUS, and the Arctic, with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan

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Episode 731: Russia's Fourth Summer of War, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg

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Episode 730: Mid-August Melee

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Episode 729: High Summer Free For All, from the CNO, to unmanned systems, to ... Austria?

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Episode 728: Non-State Special Operations, with Craig Whiteside and Ian Rice

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Episode 727: The Power & Spirit of Camp David, with Charles Ferguson

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Episode 726: Pre-July 4th Free For All

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Episode 725: Hammer Time

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Episode 724: The Fictional Officer Corps: From Hornblower to Stark - with Claude Berube

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Episode 723: June Free For All - With Lots of UKR Drones

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Episode 722: China's Overseas Bases & the Transition to War, with T.X. Hammes

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Episode 721: Reforming the Pentagon, with Gary Anderson

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Episode720: Sen. Tim Sheehy on the Challenges and Opportunities Revitalizing the Navy

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Episode 719: NATO's Maritime North, with Dr. Sebastian Bruns

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Episode 718: March Free for All

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Episode 717: The Maritime State, with Ross Kennedy

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Episode 716: Mid-March Melee

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Episode 715: Securing Ukraine's Future Security, with Emma Ashford

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Episode 714: The New Administration and China, with Dean Cheng

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Episode 713: Seth Folsom's, Nothing Here Worth Dying For

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Episode 712: Condition of the Navy's Amphibious Fleet And Its Impacts on Marines: the View from GAO

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Episode 711: The Defense Reformation, with Shyam Sankar

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Episode 710: Affordable Approaches to Improve US and Allied Shipbuilding and Ship Repair with Michael Roberts & Bryan Clark

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Episode 709: Midrats 15th Anniversary Show with Claude Berube

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Episode 708: The Icebreaker Imperative, with Peter Rybski

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Episode 707: Who is on the Damascus Road, with Seth Folsom

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Episode 706: The Midrats Horn of Plenty

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Episode 705: the Opportunities With Trump's Return, with Jerry Dunleavy

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Episode 704: A Post-Election Midrats Melee

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Episode 703: Midrats Pre-Halloween Spooktacular!

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Episode 702: Mid October Maritime Melee

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Episode 701: The Pentagon’s Gordian Knot, with Steve Deal

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Episode 700: 20th & 21st Century Lessons with Chinese Characteristics: Toshi Yoshihara

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Episode 699 - September Midrats Free For All

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Episode 698 - The Music Stopped at MSC, with Sal Mercogliano

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Episode 697: Ten Months of Lessons from the Red Sea, with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 696: A Constellation of Challenges, with Emma Salisbury

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Episode 695: The PRC in the Pacific Islands, with Cleo Paskal

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Episode 694: July Free For All!

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Episode 693: European Naval Power With Jeremy Stöhs

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

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

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Episode 690: Fat Leonard, with Craig Whitlock

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Episode 689: Midrats June Melee

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Episode 688: Mid-May Midrats Melee!

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Episode 687: Anglo-American Naval SITREP with Emma Salisbury

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

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Episode 685- April Maritime Melée

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Episode 684: End of March Free For All

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

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

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Episode 681: Midrats March Melee!

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

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

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Episode 678: January Free For All

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Episode 677: Questioning the Carrier with Jeff Vandenengel

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

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

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

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Episode 673: December Maritime Melee

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Episode 672: The State of USN's Combat Logistics Force Ships with James Holmes

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Episode 671: Measuring & Modeling the Naval Presence Mission with Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 670: Rickover Uncensored with Claude Berube

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Episode 669: Fall Maritime Free For All

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Episode 668: The Indo-Pacific Quad in 2023 with Blake Herzinger

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Episode 667: Fading FY23 Free For All!

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Episode 666: The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security - with Alession Patalano

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Episode 665: The Road to the Fall of Kabul, with Jerry Dunleavy

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Episode 664: China's Summer from the Aleutians to Guadalcanal with Dean Cheng

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Episode 663: The US Naval Reserve in Ukraine & More with Chris Rawley

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Episode 662: Grain, Oil, and the Unfreeing of the Seas

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Episode 661: Summer Doldrums Melee

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Episode 660: Mid-Summer Free For All!

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Episode 659: Keeping the US Undersea Advantage, with Bryan Clark

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Episode 658: Strategy for Facing the Chinese & Russian Threat, with Brent Sadler

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Episode 657: Strategy, Uncertainty and the China Challenge

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Episode 656: The Philippine Pact with Claude Berube

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Episode 655: Command Posts - Hunter or Hunted, with Lt Col. Matt. Arrol, U.S.A.

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Episode 654: April Free For All!!!

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Episode 653: the Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts at 35, with Bradley Peniston

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Episode 652: If it Flies, it Dies - with Tom Karako

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Episode 651: NATO's Evolution in Response to the Russo-Ukrainian War

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Episode 650: Keeping America's Dominance at Sea with Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 649: Spring Forward Midrats Melee

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Episode 648: March Maritime Melee

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Episode 647: American Realism in the Russo-Ukrainian War with Rebeccah Heinrichs

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Episode 646: The People's Liberation Army Navy in 2023, with Toshi Yoshihara

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Episode 645: The Navy’s New Mission with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 644: 13th Anniversary Show

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Episode 643: Cyber Lessons of the Russo-Ukrainian War

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Episode 642: A Week of Maritime Good Tidings?

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Episode 641: December Maritime Free For All

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Episode 640: Pre-Thanksgiving Maritime and Natsec Feast!

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Episode 639: Elections Have Consequences

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Episode 638: The Case for a 600 Ship Navy: Now More than Ever with Joseph Sims

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Episode 637: Can You be Realistic About the Real World - with Emma Ashford

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Episode 636: AUKUS at 1-year, with Alessio Patalano

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Episode 635: Mid-September Melee

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Episode 634: Looking West to the Taiwan Strait, with Dean Cheng

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Episode 633: The Use and Misuse of our Military Attachés

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Episode 632: The High Ground in the Western Pacific, with Bryan Clark

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Episode 631: China’s Decade to Win

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Episode 630: July Farewell Maritime Free For All

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Episode 629: Making a Great Maritime Partnership Better, with Emma Salisbury

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Episode 628: Mid-Summer Melee

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Episode 627: America's Maritime Disinterest, with Jimmy Drennan

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Episode 626: Turning the Tables on China with Brent Sadler

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Episode 625: Combined Amphibious Operations in the Indo-Pacific

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Episode 624: Larter, Returning ... You Never Get the Sea out of Your Blood

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Episode 623: the USN's Port Arthur Problem - with Matthew Hipple

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Episode 622: China’s Assassin’s Mace in WESTPAC w/Gerry Doyle & Blake Herzinger

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Episode 621: Russian Military SITREP with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

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Episode 620: War, Pestilence, and Famine - the World's Logistics Falters

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Episode 619: Mid -March Midrats Melee

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Episode 618: China's 2022 with Dean Cheng

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Episode 617: Russo-Ukrainian War Black Sea SITREP

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Episode 616: First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

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Episode 615: Gaming Out WWIII with Michael Cee

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Episode 614: Big Navy vs. Reconnaissance & Strike-Capable Drones

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Episode 613: The Afghanistan Papers, with Craig Whitlock

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Episode 612: Jackson's Navy, with Claude Berube

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Episode 611: Making the Case for Maritime Power with ADM Jamie Foggo, USN (Ret.)

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Episode 610: Presence & Command of the Sea, with Robert “Barney” Rubel, CAPT USN (Ret.)

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Episode 609: The Fat Leonard Podcast with Tom Wright

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Episode 608: Time for a Maritime Department?

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Episode 607: The NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan - Hopes & Lessons

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Episode 606: China's Dangerous Decade with Andrew Erickson

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Episode 605: the Navy in Afghanistan at Flood Tide: PRT Khost

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Episode 604: October Natsec Free-For-All

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Episode 603: September Maritime Melee

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Episode 602: The US Navy's Unmanned Programs, with CAPT Captain Pete Small, USN

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Episode 601: All Roads Lead to Kabul

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Episode 600: Shipping in the time of COVID

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Episode 599: American Generalship in the Long War, with Gray Connolly

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Episode 598: Maritime Melee!

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Episode 597: Ukraine & the Eastern Black Sea with CAPT Chris Rawley, USNR

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Episode 596: Mid-Summer SITREP

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Episode 595: Pre-July 4th Melee

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Episode 594: Small Islands in Great Power Competition, with Alexander Gray

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Episode 593: More Patrol Craft, Not Fewer with LCDR Jordan Bradford, USN

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Episode 592: The Modernization Crunch with Hallie Coyne

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Episode 591: May Day Midrats Melee!

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Episode 590: The Lessons of Service Squadron TEN, with Ryan Hilger

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Episode 589: Mid-April Melee

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Episode 588: The Supply Chains that Bind Us, with Ross Kennedy

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Episode 587: Best of USS Neosho (AO-23),USS Sims (DD-409), & the Battle of the Coral Sea

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Episode 586: Focus DOD, Focus – with Thomas Spoehr

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Episode 585: A March Madness Midrats

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Episode 584: Facing Today's China, with Dean Cheng

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Episode 583: The Navalist View from Singapore, with Blake Herzinger

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Episode 582: The Future of European Naval Power with Jeremy Stöhs

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Episode 581: Late Winter Free For All

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Episode 580: Best of Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?

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Episode 579: Military Strategy From the Classroom to the Briefing Room, with Dr. Alissio Patalano

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Episode 578: Best of the Asiatic Fleet of 1941 and its Lessons of Today

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Episode 577: Facing the 3rd Decade of the 21st Century, with James Holmes

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Episode 576: Best of WWI and the Birth of the Modern World

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Episode 575: The Navy's Problems and a Plan to Fix Them, with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 574: Best of Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?

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Episode 573: Best of a Navy of the Gilded Age, with Scott Mobley

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Episode 572: 2020 Year End Summary Broadcast in Military yesterday

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Episode 571: Naval Primacy is America's Best Strategy, with Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 570: From Fleet to the NSC, with Mark Vandroff

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Episode 569: Best of A long, irregular, and forever war; a discussion with Dan Green

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Episode 568: The Problem with Proconsuls; the Combatant Commanders

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Episode 567: Carriers: Workhorse & Warhorse with Megan Eckstein & Sam LaGrone

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Episode 566: Post-Election Melee

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Episode 565: Best of The Between the Ears Challenge with Dakota Woods

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Episode 564: Pre-election Melee

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Episode 563: The Middle East's Future Imperfect with Steven Cook

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Episode 562: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips

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Episode 561: Missile Barges and the Modern Auxiliary Cruiser with Chris Rawley

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Episode 560: Pre-Fall Free For All

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Episode 559: Saving the US Merchant Industry with Captain John Konrad

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Episode 558: Shipyards & the Maritime Industrial Base, with Maiya Clark

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Episode 557: Best of Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War

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Episode 556: Space Force – Culture, Ranks and Making the Future

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Episode 555: Best of The Downside of Being the Indispensable Nation

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Episode 554: Summer of Our Discontent Melee

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Episode 553: Best of Force Structure & Tipping Points

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Episode 552: Time to Get Serious about Seapower Advocacy with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 551: Military Power & Intellectual Property, with Robert M. Farley

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Episode 550: The Future of Australian National Security with Peter Dean

209

Episode 549: What a Navy is For with Sam Tangredi

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Episode 548: Best of Terrorists on the Ocean with CAPT Bob Hein, USN

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Episode 547: China in the Post-COVID-19 World with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro

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Episode 546: Best of Where Youth and Laughter Go; With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan

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Episode 545: June Maritime Melee!

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Episode 544: “Dunkirk and the Little Ships" with Dr. Phil Weir

215

Episode 543: AI, Autonomous Systems, Emerging Tech & the Future of War

216

Episode 542: Best of Clausewitz - now more than ever, with Donald Stoker

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Episode 541: Post COVID-19 China, with Dean Cheng

218

Episode 540: Best of Anniversary of Waterloo with John Kuehn

219

Episode 539: COVID-19 and the defense budget with Todd Harrison

220

Episode 538: End of April Free For All

221

Episode 537: Midrats in the Time of COVID-19 Melee

222

Episode 536: Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?

223

Episode 535: Jones Act: National Security Asset or Liability?

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Episode 534: Best of Seapower as a National Imperative, with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 533: Obedience, with Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin

226

Episode 532: Unmanned and Unafraid - the Present & Future at Sea

227

Episode 531: Best of Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War

228

Episode 530: Best of Towards a 350 Ship Navy, with Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 529: Russia's 2020, with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

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Episode 528: Kido Butai at Pearl Harbor

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Episode 526: Best of Undersea Lawfare with RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) and CAPT Palmer, USN

232

Episode 527: Pre-Valentine's Day Melee

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Episode 525: Watching the Surface Force with David Larter

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Episode 524: Mid-January Melee

235

Episode 523: Stress Tested a Sealift Surge? How'd it go?

236

Episode 522: 10th Anniversary Show: Decade Review and Looking Forward

237

Episode 521: Best of the South African Border War and its Lessons, with LT Jack McCain

238

Episode 520: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips

239

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

240

Episode 518: Holding the Line with Guy Snodgrass

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Episode 517: Best of Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., Captain, USN (Ret)

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

243

Episode 515: Building a Thinking Force: the Navy’s CLO, John Kroger

244

Episode 514: Best of Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy

245

Episode 513: Naval Aviation with Kevin Miller

246

Episode 512: Best of the Union and Confederate Navies, with James M. McPherson

247

Episode 511: Baltic Security with Dr. Sebastian Bruns

248

Episode 510: A Half-Baked Navy with Jimmy Drennan and Blake Herzinger

249

Episode 509: Larger Navy? How About Better USCG Instead?

250

Episode 508: Best of Confessions of a Major Program Manager, w/ CAPT Mark Vandroff, USN

251

Episode 507: Goldwater–Nichols; Problems and Solutions, Best Of

252

Episode 506: Afghanistan in its 18th Year: at the Personal Level

253

Episode 505: Sea Shepherd, Public/Private Partnership and Protecting our Seas

254

Episode 504: Best of Baltic Security with Bruce Acker and Dan Lynch

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Episode 503: Missile Defense at Sea and Ashore with Tom Karako

256

Episode 502: Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots, Best of

257

Episode 501: 21st Century Patton, With J. Furman Daniel III, Best of

258

Episode 500: The War in Yemen, with Katherine Zimmerman

259

Episode 499: No Summer Break for NATO with Jorge Benitez

260

Episode 498: Mid July Free For All

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Episode 497: The Once, Past, and Future Strait of Hormuz & Gulf of Oman

262

Episode 496: Best of Battle School

263

Episode 495: Countering China in the South China Sea with Hunter Stires

264

Episode 494: Small Boats and Daring Men: with CDR BJ Armstrong, USN

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Episode 493: The fight against malaria with RADM Tim Ziemer, USN (Ret.) - Best of

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

267

Episode 491: Early Summer Melee

268

Episode 490: Best of Fisheries as a Strategic Maritime Resource

269

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

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Episode 488: Best of The Outlaw Ocean with Ian Urbina

271

Episode 487: Taiwan and the Challenge of Modern Strategic Defensive Posture

272

Episode 486: Waiting on a National Strategy with Dr. David Gioe

273

Episode 485: Best of the American Military in WWI

274

Episode 484: Best of Strategic Discipline & the Building of a New National Strategy

275

Episode 483: Quō Vādis, USNR?

276

Episode 482: Who Will Run the Navy of the 2020s?

277

Episode 481: Best of USS Neosho (AO-23),USS Sims (DD-409), & the Battle of the Coral Sea

278

Episode 480: Best of The Battle of Jutland & the Time of the Battleship with Rob Farley

279

Episode 479: One Nation Under Drones, with John Jackson

280

Episode 478: "Five Ocean Navy Strategy" with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) & Dr. Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 477: Afghanistan & the Long War with Bill Roggio

282

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

283

Episode 475: The US Navy's Face Mission; Naval Presence - History & Present Use

284

Episode 474: Outlaw Ocean Best of

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

286

Episode 472: Undersea Lawfare w/RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) & CAPT Palmer, USN - Best of

287

Episode 471: Over the horizon, under the radar, & in your MEZ: ASCM & ASBM

288

Episode 470: Ninth Anniversary Midrats Show ... LIVE!

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

290

Episode 468: Best of Undersea Lawfare

291

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

292

Episode 466: The USN's Labs, Research Facilities, and Ranges with Mark Vandroff

293

Episode 465: Russian, Ukraine, and the Challenge for the West, with Emma Ashford

294

Episode 463: Audience, Approach, and Obstacles in Military Communications

295

Episode 462: Fleet Battle School - Best of

296

Episode 461: Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War - Best of

297

Episode 460: Patience & Resilience of the Long War at 17, with Craig Whiteside

298

Episode 459: Crimes of Command with Michael Junge

299

Episode 458: Maritime Insurgency and Counterinsurgency with Hunter Stires

300

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

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Episode 456: European Naval Power, with Jeremy Stöhs

302

Episode 455: Task Force Violent, Best of with Andrew deGrandpre

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Episode 454: Best of 21st Century Sims

304

Episode 453: Best of Barney Rubel and Navy Strategy

305

Episode 452: Partnership, Influence, Presence and the role of the MSC

306

Episode 451: A Navy of the Gilded Age, with Scott Mobley

307

Episode 450: 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas B. Modly

308

Episode 449: Ethics, Professionalism, Education & the Military Professional

309

Episode 448: AI, Machine Learning and Their Future Role in Military Operations

310

Episode 447: The Changing Landscape for the Military Journalist with Sam LaGrone

311

Episode 446: July Maritime Natsec Melee

312

Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better

313

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

314

Episode 443: Marines in the Offensive Against ISIS

315

Episode 442: Midrats Mid-Summer Free For All

316

Episode 441: Father's Day With Stephen Roderick

317

Episode 439: American Strategic Myths Through the Lens of Star Wars

318

Episode 437: Fighting the Great War at Sea, with Dr. Norman Friedman

319

Episode 435: STEM and the Education of a Navy Leader

320

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

321

Episode 431: Turkey Moves in the Syrian Civil War in Afrin

322

Episode 430: Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. USN

323

Episode 429: Making Sense of Natsec's Madness with Phil Ewing

324

Episode 428: Battleflags, Korean Battles, and the Joys of Unexpected Archeology

325

Episode 427: Midrats March Madness ... well, mostly Navy talk

326

Episode 426: An Eye on the Fleet with Chris Cavas

327

Episode 423: A long, irregular, and forever war; a discussion with Dan Green

328

Episode 421: Sealift, Logistics, & MSC with Salvatore Mercogliano

329

Episode 420: Surface Readiness; History, Causes, & Cures with Kevin Eyer

330

Episode 416: The Carrier as Capital Ship with RADM Thomas Moore, USN - Best of

331

Episode 415: 2017 Review ... and 2018 Preview

332

Episode 414: Best of Anti-Access Area-Denial (A2AD) with Sam Tangredi

333

Episode 413: Global Naval Power at the End of the 2nd Decade of the 21st Century

334

Episode 411: Making a Better War College

335

Episode 410: Encore Interview with Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret)

336

Episode 409: USS FITZGERALD & MCCAIN Collisions; Observations with Bryan McGrath

337

Episode 408: NavyCon: Science Fiction's Important Role in National Security

338

Episode 406: America's First General Staff, with John Kuehn.

339

Episode 405: Best of Then VADM Moran on Personnel Policy & Leadership

340

Episode 404: Best of Clausewitz with Donald Stoker

341

Episode 403: Hezbollah, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and What's Next

342

Episode 402: Mid-September Melee

343

Episode 401: Reporting on a Navy in Crisis, With David Larter

344

Episode 400: Best of Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots

345

Episode 399: The Asiatic Fleet of 1941 and its Lessons of Today

346

Episode 398: No, I Won't Shut-up and Color - Best of

347

Episode 397: Migrants, NGOs & the Mediterranean with Claude Berube, Chris Rawley

348

Episode 396: Best of DD214, Unpacked Boxes & the road ahead

349

Episode 395: Best of 21st Century Sims

350

Episode 394: A Midsummer's Thucydides with Kori Schake

351

Episode 393: Building the right carrier; heavy, medium, or light with Tal Manvel

352

Episode 392: So, You Want 355 Ships? The State of the Question with Will Beasley

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Episode 391: Best of Claude Berube & Syren's Song

354

Episode 390: Summer Solstice Free For All

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Episode 389: Stephen Roderick, author of, The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey

356

Episode 388: On Tactics, with B.A. Friedman

357

Episode 387: Looking at the Chinese Navy at 2030, with Patrick Cronin

358

Episode 386: Best of SEALS in the Long War

359

Episode 385: Springtime for Russia?

360

Episode 384: Best of WWI and the Birth of the Modern World

361

Episode 383: The Downside of Being the Indispensable Nation

362

Episode 382: The Road to Mosul to Raqqa, and What's Next for the Islamic State

363

Episode 381: Abolishing of the USAF, with Robert M. Farley, Best of

364

Episode 380: Commanding the Seas; the Surface Force with Bryan Clark - Best of

365

Episode 379: WWI Best Of with Chris Dougherty

366

Episode 378: China & the Challenge in the Cyber Domain

367

Episode 377: Too Many SWOs at Sea?

368

Episode 376: WESTPAC's Progress with Toshi Yosihara

369

Episode 375: Strategic Discipline & the Building of a New National Strategy

370

Episode 374: The American Military in WWI, Best of

371

Episode 373: End of February Free For All

372

Episode 372: Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?

373

Episode 371: Rice Bowls, Silos, & Firewalls - the National Security Bureaucracy

374

Episode 370: The SECNAV's In Basket With James Holmes

375

Episode 369: The Future of America's Military at Risk, with Bob Scales

376

Episode 368: Best of Barney Rubel on Small Ships, Flotillas & Naval Supremacy

377

Episode 367: Best of USMC Force RECON with Alexander Martin

378

Episode 366: Is it Time for a General Staff?

379

Episode 365: Best of Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership

380

Episode 364: Best of Stephen Phillips and The Recipient's Son

381

Episode 363: The South African Border War and its Lessons, with LT Jack McCain

382

Episode 362: Towards a 350 Ship Navy, with Jerry Hendrix

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Episode 361: Where Youth and Laughter Go; With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan

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Episode 360: Best of IA, E-2, FEF, EDU & the 21C Career Path w/CAPT Herb Carmen

385

Episode 359: A Foreign Policy Short List for the New CINC, with Mackenzie Eaglen

386

Episode 358: Seapower as a National Imperative, with Bryan McGrath

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Episode 357: Goldwater–Nichols; Problems and Solutions

388

Episode 356: Fall Free For All Spooktacular!

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Episode 355: Best of Bryan McGrath on carriers, distributed lethality, & 2015

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Episode 354: The Aden Effect, with Claude Berube - Best of

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Episode 353: Best of Disruption, Disfunction & Leadership with Peter Munson

392

Episode 352: Building Resilience in the Face of Man Made & Natural Threats

393

Episode 351: Best of J. Michael Barrett & a New Middle East Realism

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Episode 350: 21st Century Patton, With J. Furman Daniel III

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Episode 349: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips

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Episode 348: Best of USS PONCE (AFSB(I)-15) Lessons with CAPT Jon P. Rogers, USN

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Episode 347: Baltic Security with Bruce Acker and Dan Lynch

398

Episode 346: The Farsi Island Incident – Is the Navy a Learning Institution?

399

Episode 345: Fisheries as a Strategic Maritime Resource

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Episode 344: Fallujah Awakens with Bill Ardolino - Best of

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Episode 343: Best of the Union and Confederate Navies, with James M. McPherson

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Episode 342: Turkey ,Erdoğan & its Miltary - with Ryan Evans

403

Episode 341: Russia in 2016 with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

404

Episode 340: China's Maritime Militia with Andrew Erickson

405

Episode 339: Best of Milan Vego and the Littorals

406

Episode 338: Trans-national terrorism and the Long War with Bill Roggio

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Episode 337: Best of the Navy in the US Civil War

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Episode 336: 21st Century Knox and The Historical Imperative

409

Episode 335: War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Schoolhouse at Sea

410

Episode 334: CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, Jr and David Sears Best of

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Episode 333: The Battle of Jutland & the Time of the Battleship with Rob Farley

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Episode 332: August Cole, Author of Ghost Fleet

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Episode 331: Mother's Day Best Of

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Episode 330: Terrorists on the Ocean with CAPT Bob Hein, USN

415

Episode 329: Spring Time Free For All

416

Episode 328: Best of Expeditionary Fleet Balance

417

Episode 327: Best of the Big Man Theory

418

Episode 326: Undersea Lawfare with RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) and CAPT Palmer, USN

419

Episode 325: Best of NORTHCOM and Disaster Response

420

Episode 324: Best of Force Structure & Tipping Points

421

Episode 323: Building a Navy in Peace That Wins at War

422

Episode 322: Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War

423

Episode 321: The Year of the Monkey in the South China Sea w/Toshi Yoshihara

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Episode 320: Late Feb Free For All

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Episode 319: Best of STRAT

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Episode 318: Best of Bob Work on Global Maritime Power

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Episode 317: Naval Presence and National Strategy, with Jerry Hendrix

428

Episode 316: Getting Female Combat Integration Right With LtCol Kate Germano

429

Episode 315: Where Next for our Ground Forces, with Paul Scharre

430

Episode 314: 6th Anniversary Expanded Panel on One Question

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Episode 313: Fleet Architecture and Strategic Efficiency with Barney Rubel

432

Episode 312: Best of Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership

433

Episode 311: Best of NORTHCOM and Disaster Response

434

Episode 310: Fleet Battle School

435

Episode 309: Law and the Long War

436

Episode 308: Best of EMP

437

Episode 307: Our Own Private Petard - Procurement & Strategy with Robert Farley

438

Episode 306: Author Claude Berube on his next book; Syren's Song

439

Episode 305: Fall Free For All

440

Episode 304: Best of the Littoral with Milan Vego

441

Episode 303: China, the Pivot, and the WESTPAC Challenge - With James Kraska

442

Episode 302: Best of Fallujah Awakens

443

Episode 301: Confessions of a Major Program Manager, w/ CAPT Mark Vandroff, USN

444

Episode 300: USS Neosho (AO-23),USS Sims (DD-409) & the Battle of the Coral Sea

445

Episode 299: Best of USCG and the Arctic with James Holmes

446

Episode 298: Warrior Writers Exhibit at the Naval Academy Museum

447

Episode 297: The Outlaw Ocean with Ian Urbina

448

Episode 296: Best of Norman Friedman

449

Episode 295: NATO Goes Back to Fundamentals - With Jorge Benitez

450

Episode 294: Best of Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton

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Episode 293: Russia and the Nuclear Shadow: 2015’s Revivals with Tom Nichols

452

Episode 292: The Force of the Future w/Acting Under SECDEF Brad R. Carson

453

Episode 291: Chattanooga, Omar, Nigeria & Kurdistan, Long War Hour w/Bill Roggio

454

Episode 290: Best of USS COLE (DDG-67)

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Episode 289: Best of Lawfare and the Long War

456

Episode 288: The Between the Ears Challenge

457

Episode 287: Best of NATO Looking Forward

458

Episode 286: A Restless Russia and its Near Abroad with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

459

Episode 285: Best of Pacific Air in WWII

460

Episode 284: 200th Anniversary of Waterloo with John Kuehn

461

Episode 283: The Foreign and Defense Policy Terrain for the '16 Election

462

Episode 282: Summer Kick-off Free For All

463

Episode 281: Best of Sammy B,; No Higher Honor

464

Episode 280: Best of NATO in Afghanistan, With Stephen Saideman

465

Episode 279: Air Diplomacy, Air-Sea Battle, & the PAC Pivot Best of

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Episode 278: Betrayal, leadership, loyalty, and redemption: Task Force VIOLENT

467

Episode 277: Manpower, Modernization, and Motivation - an Hour with VADM Moran

468

Episode 276: 21st Century Ellis - Edited by B.A. Friedman

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Episode 275: Best of John C. Harvey, Jr, ADM USN (Ret.)

470

Episode 274: Best of Kenya and East Africa

471

Episode 273: Partnership, Influence, Presence and the role of the MSC

472

Episode 272: Naval Professionalism; up, down, and back again - with Will Beasley

473

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

474

Episode 270: Best of Post Retirement Lessons

475

Episode 269: National Strategy and the Navy's Proper Role in it

476

Episode 268: 21st Century Sims

477

Episode 267: Samuel B. Roberts and Operation Praying Mantis, best of

478

Episode 266: East Africa & CJTF-HOA with Major General Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., USA

479

Episode 265: Bryan McGrath on carriers, distributed lethality, & 2015 overview

480

Episode 264: The American Military in WWI

481

Episode 263: Best of the Union and Confederate Navies

482

Episode 262: The fight against malaria with RADM Tim Ziemer, USN (Ret.)

483

Episode 261: Midrats 5th Anniversary Show Free For All

484

Episode 260: Best of Offshore Balancing the Indian Ocean

485

Episode 259: The Islamic State - rise & world view, with Craig Whiteside

486

Episode 258: COIN, Cyber, and Lawfare: the continuity of war in to 2015

487

Episode 257: Clausewitz - now more than ever, with Donald Stoker

488

Episode 256: Best of the Navy in the US Civil War

489

Episode 255: Commanding the Seas; the Surface Force with Bryan Clark from CSBA

490

Episode 254: John A. Nagl; 13 Years in to the War

491

Episode 253: The Fleet we Have, Want, and Need - with Jerry Hendrix

492

Episode 252: Officers walking the line and knowing their place

493

Episode 251: DEF2014 wrapup, & the budding question of veteran entitlement

494

Episode 250: Fall Free For All

495

Episode 249: Best of Lawfare

496

Episode 248: Anti-Access Area-Denial (A2AD) with Sam Tangredi

497

Episode 247: Best of The Authors

498

Episode 246: When the short snappy war goes long, with Chris Dougherty

499

Episode 245: The Carrier as Capital Ship with RADM Thomas Moore, USN, PEO CVN

500

Episode 244: Long War update with Bill Roggio

501

Episode 243: Best of Bob Work

502

Episode 242: Lost Opportunities: WWI and the Birth of the Modern World

503

Episode 241: Personnel Policy & Leadership, with VADM Bill Moran, USN

504

Episode 240: Best of a Return to a Constitutional Military

505

Episode 239: The best of the NGO in Africa with Alex Martin

506

Episode 238: The Horn of Africa - still the front lines, with RDML Krongard, USN

507

Episode 237: Military Sealift Command; Past, Present & Future

508

Episode 236: Best of Where are the Carriers

509

Episode 235: Best of "Unbroken" and the Intrepid Project

510

Episode 234: Asking the right questions to build the right leaders

511

Episode 233: Global Combat Fleets' Development With Eric Wertheim

512

Episode 232: Father's Day Best of With Stephen Rodrick

513

Episode 231: Best of Journalism at War

514

Episode 230: Summer Kickoff Free For All

515

Episode 229: Memorial Day Weekend Best of With Zumwalt and Grant

516

Episode 228: A US Military Intellectually Geared for Defeat?

517

Episode 227: Mother's Day Best of with Jeannette Haynie and Robyn Roche-Paull

518

Episode 226: Quo vadis Putin's Novorossiya, with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg

519

Episode 225: The Long War Becomes a Teenager, with Bill Roggio

520

Episode 224: Best of Russia

521

Episode 223: 12 Carriers and 3 Hubs with Bryan McGrath

522

Episode 222: USS PONCE (AFSB(I)-15) Lessons with CAPT Jon P. Rogers, USN

523

Episode 221: Officer Retention with VADM Bill Moran & CDR Guy Snodgrass

524

Episode 220: CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell

525

Episode 219: The USMC Post-QDR with Dakota Wood

526

Episode 218: Abolishing of the USAF, with Robert M. Farley

527

Episode 217: Best of the Journalist at War

528

Episode 216: Maritime Strategy and Control of the Seas with Seth Cropsey

529

Episode 215: February Free For All

530

Episode 214: Best of the Hill Staffer

531

Episode 213: Best of Skippy-San on Japan, and Bob Taylor's 13XX

532

Episode 212: NATO in Afghanistan with Stephen M. Saideman

533

Episode 211: 4th Anniversary Free For All

534

Episode 210: John Kuehn & Joint Operations from Cape Fear to the South China Sea

535

Episode 209: Kenya and East Africa with Alexander Martin

536

Episode 208: Best of the General Board

537

Episode 206: Small Ships, Flotillas & the Requirements of Naval Supremacy

538

Episode 205: A 21st Century Navy With John C. Harvey, Jr, ADM USN (Ret)

539

Episode 204: A Day Without Seapower - Best of

540

Episode 203: Bob Work and Global Maritime Power

541

Episode 202: Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton

542

Episode 201: The 911 Decade Best Of

543

Episode 200: Navy SEALs in the Long War

544

Episode 199: Best of Budget Choices

545

Episode 198: Best of the Darkhorse Battalion

546

Episode 197: Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership

547

Episode 196: RDML Kirby, USN, CHINFO

548

Episode 195: The Pacific Pivot Ground Element

549

Episode 194: DD214, Unpacked Boxes & the road ahead

550

Episode 193: Best of VADM Miller & Victor Davis Hanson

551

Episode 192: No, I Won't Shut-up and Color

552

Episode 191: Lawfare, Long War & Labor Day Best of

553

Episode 190: Crowdsourcing the Admin Overhead

554

Episode 189: The Union and Confederate Navies

555

Episode 188: Best of Offshore Balancing With TX Hammes

556

Episode 187: From I to C of the BRIC with Toshi Yoshihara

557

Episode 186: Best of The Korean War

558

Episode 185: Getting "Next" Right with John Nagl

559

Episode 184: The Big Man Theory

560

Episode 183: Best of the Authors

561

Episode 182: Marine Recon Best Of

562

Episode 181: Summer Solstice Melee

563

Episode 180: Russia for Father's Day

564

Episode 179: CIMSEC and the Marketplace of Ideas

565

Episode 178: USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS: Operation PRAYING MANTIS

566

Episode 177: Memorial Day Best of

567

Episode 176: Fallujah Awakens with Bill Ardolino

568

Episode 175: Mothers Day Best Of

569

Episode 174: The New Shipbuilding Plan

570

Episode 173: Back to the Littorals with Milan Vego

571

Episode 172: The War Returns to CONUS

572

Episode 171: The State of Naval Supremacy with Seth Crospey

573

Episode 170: Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy

574

Episode 169: Best of Kirk Lippold & Steve Phillips

575

Episode 168: USCG and the Arctic

576

Episode 167: Intellectual Integrity, PME, & NWC

577

Episode 166: Expeditionary Fleet Balance

578

Episode 165: USNI's VADM Daly & Naval History in 100 Objects

579

Episode 164: Best of With James D. Hornfischer

580

Episode 163: February Free For All

581

Episode 162: Air Diplomacy, Air-Sea Battle, & the PAC Pivot

582

Episode 161: Best of Defense Against Piracy

583

Episode 160: CHINFO & Peter J. Munson

584

Episode 159: Best of Counter Narcotics

585

Episode 158: 3rd Anniversary Show

586

Episode 157: Force Structure & Tipping Points

587

Episode 156: New Years Best Of COIN and Surface Navy Media

588

Episode 155: Best of China & its Neighborhood

589

Episode 154: Offshore Control & Asia/Pacific with TX Hammes

590

Episode 153: NATO and the Challenge of Relevance

591

Episode 152: Navy Next, Interrupted