Getting combat advising right in the long-term: Gil Barndollar & Sam Long

Gil Barndollar
Capt, USMC

Sam Long
Capt, USMC

Gil Barndollar & Sam Long were advisors in Afghanistan.  They wrote a Marine Corps Gazette article entitled “Putting the First Team on the Field: Irregular warfare and Marine Combat Advisors” — we’ll talk about the article with both authors.

Marinara sauce, chicken fried stead & this week’s Pastrami Swami sports picks!

Kim Holmes
AMR Head Chef
Sports Betting “Expert”

The ALL MARINE RADIO Head Chef joins us to give advice on how to make better marinara sauce and chicken fried steak!

We’ll also do some sports predicting with the”Swami,” who was 8 out of 11 last week!

Age and medical limits for Congress and a leadership crisis at the United States Military Academy

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.

Wes O’Donnell: The Real Reason the US Navy Keeps Hitting Merchant Vessels

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.

MARINE CORPS HAZING: MGySgt John Ubaldi, USMC (ret)

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?