This podcast first aired in December 2015How do you design a game that has practical tactical application to the naval tactician? Even more ambitious, how do you make one accessible…
0:00:00 - Opening 0:08:12 - Jim Webb Sr. 2:58:26 - Jim Webb Jr. 3:18:59 - How to Stay on The Path. 3:49:31 - Closing Gratitude. Support this podcast at —…
Since WWII, how has the Navy's understanding of responsibility, accountability, and culpability changed? Returning to Midrats for the full hour will be Michael Junge, author of the book, Crimes of Command, which looks…
The outlaw and lawless ocean, non-state actors, intimidation, and hostile acts short of war - security on the high seas involves a lot more than fleet actions.From the South China…
Loyalty goes both ways, the old saying goes. One shows loyalty up the chain, because one expects the same in the other direction. They system, however, is built upon the…
Our best of this week asks the question: who was "The Gun Doctor," the officer who over a century ago led the revolution in naval gunnery, the development of torpedo…
The last quarter of the 19th Century, the Gilded Age, was a period of breathtaking change in society, technology, politics and industry. This rapid change helped drive the intellectual and…
Especially in the last two years, those reporting on defense issues in the United States have seen a significant change in access to people and information compared to the relatively…
The conditions that brought us to the series of events in WESTPAC in 2017 did not happen over night. They did not happen in one PCS cycle, or under one command climate.…
In the last few months a lot has been written about learning how to fight a conventional land battle again after years of a focus on counterinsurgency. Fighting against an enemy…
0:00:00 - Opening. 0:09:45 - "The General Principles of War", by Fredrick The Great. 1:54:52 - Final Thoughts and take-aways. 1:55:55 - Support. 2:41:57 - Closing Gratitude. Support this podcast…
