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Navy Milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" discuss leading issues and developments for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and related national security issues.

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When it comes to appreciating the importance of our Founders emphasis on a free press - in few areas is that as apparent than in national security. A free people in a Representative Republic need the best information in order to be an... more

In times of peace, no other service has a more sustained presence overseas, and a requirement for a deeper understanding of the parts of the world we sail in, than the Navy. In wartime, double it. Military officers see the world differently than... more

What makes a class of warship a success, a failure, or a missed opportunity? What fundamentals consistently result in a success, and what common threads need to be avoided in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past?... more

They're back; ICBM, IRBM, SRBM. Strategic forces. Long range strike and long range counter-air. Some real old ones are coming back in to the lexicon: ABM. Some new ones have joined the party as well - ASBM and super sonic ASCM.... more

The naval experience is fertile ground for an author of both fiction and non-fiction. How does real world experience inform that author, and how does fiction and non-fiction writing inform those serving today? Our guest for the full hour will be... more

We have the war with us in Afghanistan that is winding down one phase, and the global security environment in front of us. What is going on now, and what are the options in the near and medium term that the national security decision makers... more

Time to look back to this time last year for our best of from July 2011. _____________________ This nation has been served by those who come home, and those who never make it back. Some have had their stories preserved and... more

As a growing maritime power, when China looks east, southeast, and south - how does it see its neighbors? Even more importantly - how do its neighbors see it? Is Russia even a top-tier concern? Our guest for the full hour will be... more

Of course it is returning ... in the form of a Best of Midrats for this Father's Day Weekend. Going back to Episode 79, let's ponder. If you look to the performance of the US Navy in World War II - those ships came in the... more

What is a "crisis in leadership? In an organization that prizes the Type-A personality that takes risk combined with a strong intellect - yet at the same times asks from it silence and order - what happens when each end loses faith... more

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