Ranked #1
Episode 476: August Cole & P.W. Singer's Ghost Fleet, Best of
Episode 476: August Cole & P.W. Singer's Ghost Fleet, Best of
The best fiction doesn't just entertain, it informs and causes the reader to think.Our guest for the full hour this Sund... Read more
24 Feb 2019
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #2
Episode 159: Best of Counter Narcotics
Episode 159: Best of Counter Narcotics
This week's 3-day weekend "Best of" will reach back to Episode 39 where we talk about the U.S. Coast Guard's role in def... Read more
20 Jan 2013
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58mins
Ranked #3
Episode 164: Best of With James D. Hornfischer
Episode 164: Best of With James D. Hornfischer
You're in for a good treat this Best Of. When you mention books on naval history, there are but a few authors whose wor... Read more
24 Feb 2013
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59mins
Ranked #4
Episode 182: Marine Recon Best Of
Episode 182: Marine Recon Best Of
I cannot believe it has been almost 2.5 years since this show. Unquestionably time to have it again. Much of the convers... Read more
30 Jun 2013
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59mins
Ranked #5
Episode 170: Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy
Episode 170: Stolen Seas; Tales of Somali Piracy
We have heard from industry, military leaders, Marines, and private security providers, this Sunday we are going to look... Read more
7 Apr 2013
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1hr 1min
Ranked #6
Episode 489: US Merchant Marine - Not Ready for War, with gCaptain's John Konrad
Episode 489: US Merchant Marine - Not Ready for War, with gCaptain's John Konrad
What if they gave a war in WESTPAC and we couldn't come?It is easy to talk tactics, weapons, and warship numbers - but o... Read more
20 May 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #7
Episode 173: Back to the Littorals with Milan Vego
Episode 173: Back to the Littorals with Milan Vego
If the requirement is to be able to operate, fight, and win in the Littorals - is the Littoral Combat Ship the answer? O... Read more
28 Apr 2013
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #8
Episode 204: A Day Without Seapower - Best of
Episode 204: A Day Without Seapower - Best of
Almost two and a half years ago we had a show that is a fitting ago now as it was then. Almost a decade of involvement ... Read more
1 Dec 2013
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59mins
Ranked #9
Episode 516: Making the Fleet Ready for a Peer Challenge, with Bryan McGrath
Episode 516: Making the Fleet Ready for a Peer Challenge, with Bryan McGrath
Keeping a fleet ready for war is a process of years of careful, consistent, and sustained stewardship of both personnel ... Read more
25 Nov 2019
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #10
Episode 201: The 911 Decade Best Of
Episode 201: The 911 Decade Best Of
Going back 14 months, this Veterans Day weekend, let's review the war we have been soaking in. There are certain points ... Read more
10 Nov 2013
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1hr 30mins
Ranked #11
Episode 469: Best of James D. Hornfischer & Neptune's Inferno
Episode 469: Best of James D. Hornfischer & Neptune's Inferno
First aired in the second year of the show, still a great listen.When you mention books on naval history, there are but ... Read more
27 Jan 2019
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58mins
Ranked #12
Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy's Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes
Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy's Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes
How is our Navy making progress in adjusting how we man, train, and operate our forces following the series of lessons i... Read more
22 Apr 2018
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #13
Episode 467: Military Ethics and the Profession, with Pauline Shanks Kaurin
Episode 467: Military Ethics and the Profession, with Pauline Shanks Kaurin
Where are the lines between what is legal, what is ethical, and what is moral? Who writes these lines and how rigid are ... Read more
16 Dec 2018
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1hr 1min
Ranked #14
Episode 198: Best of the Darkhorse Battalion
Episode 198: Best of the Darkhorse Battalion
This week, we'll go back to 2011 for an interview with one of the better reports from an embed this decade. For those wh... Read more
20 Oct 2013
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1hr
Ranked #15
Episode 492: Making a Better Army Staff Officer, with COL Kirk Dorr, USA
Episode 492: Making a Better Army Staff Officer, with COL Kirk Dorr, USA
How does our Army help officers understand military doctrine, history, and theory? How do we ensure that our staffs have... Read more
12 Jun 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #16
Episode 457: Russia's Red Banner Year, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg
Episode 457: Russia's Red Banner Year, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg
From is largest exercise since the end of the Cold War, to Syria, to a revival of covert direct action and intermediate... Read more
7 Oct 2018
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54mins
Ranked #17
Episode 519: Going Sideways in Afghanistan & Iraq, with Daniel P. Bolger
Episode 519: Going Sideways in Afghanistan & Iraq, with Daniel P. Bolger
In the 5-years since the publication of his book, Why We Lost, each passing day more and more people are starting to loo... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #18
Episode 271: Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots
Episode 271: Red Flag and the Development of USAF Fighter Pilots
In parallel efforts that in the Navy which led to Top Gun, the US Air Force looked hard at the lessons of air to air com... Read more
15 Mar 2015
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1hr 1min
Ranked #19
Episode 473: The Fort Report on the FITZGERALD Collision with Geoff Ziezulewicz
Episode 473: The Fort Report on the FITZGERALD Collision with Geoff Ziezulewicz
Over 18-months after the deadly collision of the USS FITZGERALD with the Philippine-flagged merchant ship ACX Crystal of... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #20
Episode 444: The Slow March to FITZGERALD & MCCAIN, with J. C. Harvey, Jr,.
Episode 444: The Slow March to FITZGERALD & MCCAIN, with J. C. Harvey, Jr,.
The conditions that brought us to the series of events in WESTPAC in 2017 did not happen over night. They did not happen... Read more
8 Jul 2018
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1hr 3mins