by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 26, 2017 | Current Events, Leadership, PBS -- The Vietnam War, Vietnam
Capt Tom Draude, USMC
Republic of Vietnam, 1970
Advisor to Vietnamese Marines
With 1stLt Tri (who had graduated from the The Basic School, Quantico VA)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret) has watched each episode of the Ken Burns series “The Vietnam War” that is airing on PBS he joined us to share his thoughts on the series. Like many, he has watched with interest the interviews with North Vietnamese Army soldiers and Viet Cong fighters; he’s also been keenly interested in how the experience of those who lost family members has been conveyed to the audience.
Draude also talks candidly about post-Vietnam Marine Corps life and how many officers put the experience away and didn’t speak of it, even with subordinates, which in retrospect was a mistakes.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jun 13, 2017 | Leadership
Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tuesday, June 13 2017, Hour 1
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joins the program to talk “Leadership at the Point of Confrontation” and while we fail so often.
How do senior leaders fortify junior leaders to face the challenges that will face them in their careers?
Small unit leaders in 3/5 faced this exact situation in 2006 out side of Fallujah, read about it here.
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by Michael F. McNamara | May 23, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, Iraq, ISIL
Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joins us to discuss the effect of President Trump’s visit to the Middle East on the Sunni – Shia dynamic in the region, a region that will continue to see upheaval as ISIL is defeated in the region and the fate of Syrian Leader Bashar al Assad is determined.
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by Michael F. McNamara | May 2, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, History, Leadership
Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joins the program to discuss if the United States can peacefully coexist with fundamental Islamic nations that seek to export their way of life.
During that discussion we also talk about Tom’s #1 Combat Lesson for Leaders: know yourself.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Apr 11, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, ISIL, Russia, Syria
Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude joins ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss the current state of Syria after the U.S. Navy strike last week.
Will Russia standby Syria after their use of WMD?
Should the U.S. fear a Russian-Syrian-Iranian alliance from a military perspective?
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