US MARINES AND OKINAWA — ENOUGH EXASPERATION TO GO AROUND: Grant Newsham

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

Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 2

Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), joined the program to discuss his recent article in the Asia Times entitled “US Marines and Okinawa: Enough exasperation to go around

We discuss US Marine presence on Okinawa and Japanese politics relative to that.  Our presence in Guam and Australia and the future of the South China Sea.

Grant also attempts to answer the question — what’s in the future for our Western Pacific allies

SECDEF JAMES MATTIS’S SPEECH TO THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE IN SINGAPORE

Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 1

Secretary of Defense Jame Mattis delivered a speech to Pacific Rim allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense conference in Singapore.  You’ll hear his entire speech today.

His speech is focused on the Pacific Rim; his speech and the Q & A session that follows is certainly worth a listen.

 

Thursday, June 01 2017 — Hour 2: POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH — Curtis Jones, GySgt USMC (ret)

Curtis Jones
GySgt USMC (ret)

Curtis Jones, GySgt USMC (ret), joins us to talk about leadership and his career in the Marine Corps and his problems with Post-Traumatic Stress… and how he found a better place after crossing paths with Daryl Hill who you’ve heard on ALL MARINE RADIO before.