THE GAZETTE’S MOST POPULAR SEARCHES, CHARLOTTESVILLE AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS ON OUR NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS? Chris Woodbridge

Chris Woodbridge
Col, USMC (ret)
Marine Corps Gazette
Editor & Publisher

Chris Woodbridge, Col USMC (ret), is the Editor and Publisher of the Marine Corps Gazette, joined us to talk about the August issue of the magazine but we got side tracked by a discussion about the magazine, it’s most popular searches and Charlottesville.

Interesting question:  Will the monuments at Gettysburg be next?

 

WHAT WOULD CHINA DO? Grant Newsham

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

Would China actually allow the Korean Peninsula to fall into western hands if North Korea struck first or would they intervene?

Could Chine effect a regime change in North Korea if it so chose?

Will India go to war over the territorial disagreement that has Chinese and Indian troops facing each other?

Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret) joins us to talk about it.

Investing in Marines — Getting the best return: Carl Forsling

Carl Forsling
Maj USMC (ret)

Carl Forsling is a retire Marine Osprey pilot , businessman and a writer for the website Task & Purpose.  He joined the program to talk about his article that won the Marine Corp Gazette’s 2016 Kiser Family Irregular Warfare Essay Contest with his entry entitled:  Investing in Marines: Getting the Best Return.

Carl also discusses how a MV-22 Osprey executes a controlled water landing.

NORTH KOREA UPDATE: Grant Newsham

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

Is it folly to expect China to intervene in North Korea?

What do real “sanctions” look like? 

We’ll talk about all of this with Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), a former intel officer and Pacific Rim expert.  WARNING:  Grant is not optimistic about the role China will play or that North Korea will cease and desist.