Larry Hinkle
Sgt, USMC
Veteran
Larry Hinkle was a Sgt of Amtrack Marines, he joins us to answer our questions relative to yesterday’s AAV fire at Camp Pendleton.
Fires in the crew compartment of an AAV are something that are extremely rare, we’ll talk about how a fire might occur and the measures the AAV crew would take to mitigate any fire in or on the vehicle.
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Grant Newsham
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Senior Researcher
Col USMC (ret)
The United Nations Sanctioned North Korea last week, Japan says that there will be no negotiations until the Korean Peninsula is denuclearized and South Korea is launching cruise missiles from aviation platforms. Our Pacific Rim specialist Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret) helps us make sense of it.
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Larry Hinkle
USMC Veteran
Amtracker
YAT YAS
Our Devil Dog who walked across the nation is Larry Hinkle, a former Sgt of Amtrac Marines (and other Marines too), and he’s now doing recovery work in Houston. He joined us for a visit to discuss the good things that are going on there and the spirit that permeates the effort.
Larry is accepting donations to help with the important work he’s doing in the Houston area, you can donate at http://www.thehump.org/, if you live in the area and want to assist a fellow Marine doing good work, or work with other veterans doing great things in the Houston area, you can contact Larry Hinkle at larry@phaseline.org.
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The Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the President’s plan to end DACA today after a six-month delay. The central question to all of this is will be — will Congress be able to enact legislation to address this pressing American issue? Or, will the gridlock that got Donald Trump continue? We’ll talk about it.
We’ll also talk current event in North Korea.
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Jerry Durrant
Col, USMC (ret)
Jerry Durrant, Col USMC (ret) joined us to talk about his time as a LCpl in Vietnam in 1970 as well as his thoughts on Iraq today.
He is currently part of a private company that does military education for the Iraqi military. He has interesting things to say about where Iraq is and what is next for the war-torn nation.
He raises concerns about Sunni’s being eliminated from the Iraqi military, the upcoming Kurdish referendum and genuine surprise at the visit Muqtada al Sadr made to Saudi Arabia recently.
Durrant is a great representative of the Marine Corps and a thoughtful guest.
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