LEADERSHIP 101: SECDEF James Mattis and General Joseph Dunford USMC

James Mattis
Secretary of Defense

Tuesday, June 06 2017,  Hour 1

OUR INAUGURAL EDITION — LEADERSHIP 101:  The Secretary of Defense spoke at the commencement at the USMA at West Point recently and as usual, he had profound things to say to ALL LEADERS present.

General Joseph Dunford is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he delivered the keynote address at commence of this year’s graduating class at the US Air Force Academy — his address is outstanding.

Gen Joseph Dunford, USMC
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Command

US MARINES AND OKINAWA — ENOUGH EXASPERATION TO GO AROUND: Grant Newsham

Grant Newsham
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Senior Researcher
Col USMC (ret)

Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 2

Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), joined the program to discuss his recent article in the Asia Times entitled “US Marines and Okinawa: Enough exasperation to go around

We discuss US Marine presence on Okinawa and Japanese politics relative to that.  Our presence in Guam and Australia and the future of the South China Sea.

Grant also attempts to answer the question — what’s in the future for our Western Pacific allies

SECDEF JAMES MATTIS’S SPEECH TO THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE IN SINGAPORE

Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 1

Secretary of Defense Jame Mattis delivered a speech to Pacific Rim allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense conference in Singapore.  You’ll hear his entire speech today.

His speech is focused on the Pacific Rim; his speech and the Q & A session that follows is certainly worth a listen.