by Michael F. McNamara | Aug 23, 2017 | Afghanistan, Current Events
Aaron B. O’Connell
Col USMCR
Dr. Aaron O’Connell is an Associate Professor of history at the The University of Texas at Austin and the Editor of Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan. O’Connell is 22-year veteran of the Marine Corps Reserve who left active duty as a Colonel. Before joining UT, O’Connell also served as Director of Defense Policy and Strategy in President Obama’s and President Trump’s National Security Council. He served in Afghanistan from 2010-2011 as a Special Advisor to General David Petraeus and was also a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon.
Aaron joins the program to give his thoughts on President Trump’s Afghanistan policy speech delivered Monday night at Forty Meyer in Arlington Virginia. DON’T MISS THIS.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Aug 22, 2017 | Afghanistan, Current Events, Politics
John Ubaldi
MGySgt USMC (ret)
Founder, The Ubaldi Reports
John Ubaldi, MGySgt USMC (ret) is the head man at Ubaldi Reports, he joined us to comment on President Trump’s speech on the future of Afghanistan.
Listen as someone who has fought in Afghanistan reacts to our new direction there.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Aug 21, 2017 | Current Events, US Navy
Montana Man
aka Rob Schwarz
LtCol USMC (ret)
On a tough day for the Department of the Navy we talk about collisions at sea and what to do with Confederate Monuments and the names of US Army bases named for Confederate Generals with two retired Marine Officers: Col Phil Smith, USMC (ret) and LtCol Rob Schwarz, LtCol USMC (ret).
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by Michael F. McNamara | Aug 21, 2017 | Current Events, US Navy
Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
We talk the USS McCain collision, what to do with Confederate monuments and what to do about US Army Bases named for Confederate Generals with Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret).
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by Michael F. McNamara | Aug 18, 2017 | Current Events
Alex Hollings
Former Sgt, USMC
SOFREP Contributing Editor
Two extremist movements have dominated our news this week — white supremacists on one side and groups that will violently confront them when they choose to publicly assemble on the other side. We’ll talk to former Marine and current sofrep.com Contributing Editor Alex Hollings about these events and get his thoughts on white supremacist gatherings and the left-wing groups that will violently confront them when they speak in public.
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