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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Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tuesday, June 13 2017, Hour 1
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joins the program to talk “Leadership at the Point of Confrontation” and while we fail so often.
How do senior leaders fortify junior leaders to face the challenges that will face them in their careers?
Small unit leaders in 3/5 faced this exact situation in 2006 out side of Fallujah, read about it here.
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Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joins the program to discuss if the United States can peacefully coexist with fundamental Islamic nations that seek to export their way of life.
During that discussion we also talk about Tom’s #1 Combat Lesson for Leaders: know yourself.
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Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude joins ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss the current state of Syria after the U.S. Navy strike last week.
Will Russia standby Syria after their use of WMD?
Should the U.S. fear a Russian-Syrian-Iranian alliance from a military perspective?
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Tom Draude
BGen USMC (ret)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret), joined ALL MARINE RADIO to talk:
(1) The Pentagon’s policy of not discussing troop movements
(2) Why are we in Syria? To remove Assad? To defeat ISIS? Are we certain?
Tom also discuss “close combat” in Vietnam and recounts an battle during which he gave the command to “fix bayonets.”
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