HOW RARE ARE USMC AMTRACK FIRES & HOW DO AAV CREWS REACT TO A FIRE?

Larry Hinkle
Sgt, USMC
Veteran

Larry Hinkle was a Sgt of Amtrack Marines, he joins us to answer our questions relative to yesterday’s AAV fire at Camp Pendleton.

Fires in the crew compartment of an AAV are something that are extremely rare, we’ll talk about how a fire might occur and the measures the AAV crew would take to mitigate any fire in or on the vehicle.

UN SANCTIONS ARE OF MARGINAL USE BUT A NECESSARY STEP: Grant Newsham

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

The United Nations Sanctioned North Korea last week, Japan says that there will be no negotiations until the Korean Peninsula is denuclearized and South Korea is launching cruise missiles from aviation platforms.  Our Pacific Rim specialist Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret) helps us make sense of it.

LIVE FROM RECOVERY OPERATIONS IN HOUSTON: Larry Hinkle

Larry Hinkle
USMC Veteran
Amtracker
YAT YAS

Our Devil Dog who walked across the nation is Larry Hinkle, a former Sgt of Amtrac Marines (and other Marines too), and he’s now doing recovery work in Houston.  He joined us for a visit to discuss the good things that are going on there and the spirit that permeates the effort.

Larry is accepting donations to help with the important work he’s doing in the Houston area, you can donate at http://www.thehump.org/, if you live in the area and want to assist a fellow Marine doing good work, or work with other veterans doing great things in the Houston area, you can contact Larry Hinkle at larry@phaseline.org.