Brass Tactics

Recapping the recent US involvement with the Middle East***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: Google Gerini image creator.

Discussing the Zelenskyy press fiasco***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: Google image creator.

Talking through some of the implications of VP Vance's Munich Conference Speech***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: ChatGPT mage creator.

Wondering what the U.S. plans with Gaza and the war in Ukraine? So are we... What will the DOD look like after it faces the might of DOG?***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: Bing image creator.

What will the DOD look like after it faces the might of DOG?***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: Unknown

Pete and Joe return with a once over of what they think this year will bring. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google Bing AI

Pete and Joe go over what was discussed at the recent military history conference Peter attended in Berlin. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google Gemini AI

Pete and Joe discuss CJADC2 and some of the related buzzwords floating around the defense community today. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google Gemini AI

Pete, Matt, and Joe discuss prospects of how the ongoing war in Ukraine might end.***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google Gemini AI

Pete and Joe talk their analysis of the air defense and artillery perspectives of the Kursk offensive. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google Gemini AI

Pete and Joe talk their analysis of the Kursk offensive. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google AI

Pete and Joe talk the uncomfortable wait for an Iranian response to the Israeli surgical strike. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Crisis” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: Jim Lange (1926–2009). The Road Back, 1970s. Published in the Daily Oklahoman, 1970s [Library of Congress (030.00.00) LC-DIG-ppmsca-38572]

Pete and Joe talk the latest National Defense Strategy review. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Achilles” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound

Brass Tactics goes to the bookshelves for our reading list recommendations. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

It has been a while since we bored you with some military theory so we thought we could take a swing at the principles of war this week. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Brass Tactics goes to the war movies! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The cast discusses asymmetric warfare with a special focus on how balloons have been used for tactical advantages consistently since their inception. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Pete, Joe, and Matt revisit force projection from a new perspective: the cost of deploying military force. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe and Pete bring on their friend Matt to talk about force projection--a linchpin in the US national security strategy ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe and Pete discuss the Iranian retaliation strike after a two-week hiatus. Welcome to the world Joe's new baby! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe and Pete get around to their own perspective on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Today's conflict in that region can clearly be traced to misguided approaches to foreign policy in the previous century. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe's better half steps in this week to talk about J.C. Wylie's old and underrated book, Military Strategy: A Theory of Power Control. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week, Joe and Pete talk about China's Grand Strategy while reviewing Rush Doshi's book: The Long Game.***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sean once again joins Pete and Joe to discuss the modern American Military-Industrial Complex and breakdown the ongoing debate on what to do about it. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Pete and Joe discuss the Carlson-Putin interview and the different perspectives from which listeners can learn about Russia, Ukraine, and even the United States. ***All opinions expressed are those of the individuals alone and no other entity’s*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week, Charles Faint, Chair for the Study of Special Operations at the Modern War Institute and founder of the Havok Journal: Voice of the Veteran Community, joins Pete and Joe to discuss some of the most basic framing tools for understanding foreign policy: the elements of national power. ***All opinions belong solely to those who expressed them and reflect the positions of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe and Pete finish up discussing the evolution of warfare . ***All opinions expressed are those solely of those individuals and no other entity's*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** This is the first of a two-part episode which looks at the history of warfare through a theory called "Revolutions in Military Affairs." Sorry for the late posting and audio quality issues-we had a devil of a time battling the audio software gremlins this week and lost. HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN EPISODE? LET US KNOW @BRASS.TACTICS More links and information on our website https://brasstacticspodcast.com/home ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ***photo credit voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com

***ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ALONE AND NO OTHER ENTITY's*** On this conversation with our colleague, Sean Marquis, we discuss the history and drivers of national security innovation, in particular where the "next big thing" ideas come from and the role that the military-industrial complex plays in it. For links and details, please visit brasstacticspodcast.com/home. Have an episode or topic request? Send it to us on Instagram @brass.tactics ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ***Photo Credit DoD Flickr

***ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND NO OTHER ENTITIES*** Thank you for giving our very first episode a listen! Since this was our first episode, we wanted to start off by putting US foreign policy tendencies in a historic and cultural context. Why does the United States of America seem compelled to intervene in conflicts happening all around the world when they seem to be none of America’s business? Well, there are two reasons: 1) the nature of war as a human condition, and; 2) a lingering reflex from the Cold War. Interested? Great! Have a listen, leave a review, and connect with us through Instagram @brass.tactics with any questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes! For links to other resources from the episode, check our website: https://brasstacticspodcast.com/home ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/