by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 12, 2017 | Current Events, US Army
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif is 84 years of age, she recently announced that she will run for reelection. How old is too old to serve?
Should Congressmen be able to serve with conditions like Alzheimer disease?
The United States Military Academy at West Point has a crisis on its hand that has been on display recently, pictures of a 2LT wearing garb and showing signs about supporting communism.
An incredible letter was written recently by a retired U.S Army Lieutenant Colonel, former West Point Cadet and current West Point Faculty member Robert M. Heffington that excoriates the leadership of the United States Military Academy.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 12, 2017 | Current Events, Politics, US Navy
One of the best interviews I’ve read as I’ve kept track of the U.S. Navy’s collision issues appeared recently on the inmilitary.com and was entitled “The Real Reason the US Navy Keeps Hitting Merchant Vessels” — Wes O’Donnell conducted the interview joined us to discuss it.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 12, 2017 | Hazing
John Ubaldi
MGySgt USMC (ret)
Founder, The Ubaldi Reports
How does the Marine Corps deal with “hazing”? We’ll begin a long series of conversations about the subject with most enlisted Marines.
John Ubaldi was an 0311 and 0369 (infantryman and Infantry Plt Sgt) we’ll here his thoughts on these questions:
(1) What is hazing in the Marine Corps?
(2) Why do Marine haze?
(3) Who hazes?
(4) Who is the key to minimizing (knowing it won’t be eliminated) the amount of hazing that Marines experience?
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by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 11, 2017 | Current Events
Mike McDowell
Executive Director
The Soldiers Project
The Executive Director of The Soldiers Project, Michael McDowell, joined us to talk mental healthcare and the exciting things going on at The Soldiers Project.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Oct 10, 2017 | Current Events, Marine Corps Gazette
The Editor & Publisher of the Marine Corps Gazette is Chris Woodbridge, Col USMC (ret). Woody joined the program to talk about the October 2017 edition of the Gazette and it’s Combat Service Support theme.
As usual, we’ll also talk current events with Woody who is a candid guest. Great stuff.
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