by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 21, 2023 | Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Suicide
At 10:09 PM on June 6th of 2022, I received a long email from a guy named Wade Cates. At 11:15 PM, I woke up, read the email, and told him to call me if he was still awake. We spoke the next day.
Wade is a former Marine NCO, he drives a semi-truck for a living… hauling a lot of steel between Jackson, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Savannah, Georgia. He is rightly proud of his beautiful family and more than loves a good cigar.
The story that you will hear Wade tell is not an easy one to listen to; it’s the story of Juan’s suicide and just some of what his family has dealt with in the aftermath. But in that story, I know you will hear Wade’s depth, his resolve to exit the Valley of the Shadow of Death with his family and ultimately live a great life.
I am proud to call him my friend.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Feb 13, 2023 | China, Current Events, Philippines
Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves toward an amphibious capability. He joined ALL MARINE RADIO today to talk about:
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- What is this balloon thing about?
- The Philippines — President Marcos has turned the former western ally west again… probably not enough has been made about this decision and how it impacts the South China Sea, the “First Island Chain” and the China vs the West equation
- His book: When China Attacks: A Warning to America — to be released on March 28, 2023
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by admin | Jul 24, 2022 | Culture, Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, US Marine Corps, Vietnam
Former Marine 1stLt Karl Marlantes, a decorated infantry officer in Vietnam and now a best-selling author (Matterhorn, What It Is Like to Go to War) joined ALL MARINE RADIO us to discuss how he made sense of the war he fought in after he came home.
Originally published on October 12, 2016. Karl is a deep thinker… and the interview is wonderful in its candor. Mac
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by admin | Jul 23, 2022 | Book Discussions, Combat, Leadership, Vietnam
This interview was originally published on ALL MARINE RADIO in August of 2016 — due to technical errors it has not been available to listeners… enjoy. Mac
Karl Marlantes needs no introduction to most Marines… but in case you don’t know him, here is a brief rundown of who he is from Wikipedia: Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. He has written three books: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2010), What it is Like to go to War (2011), and Deep River (2019). (more…)
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jul 8, 2022 | Current Events
Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves towards an amphibious capability. He joined ALL MARINE RADIO today to talk about:
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