The Proceedings Podcast
U.S. Naval Institute
The Naval Institute is a private, not-for-profit educational institution whose mission is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach, Ward Carroll, and the Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, Bill Hamblet, talk about what's happening in the Sea Services, latest news from USNI News, stories in Proceedings and Naval History magazines, and interview Naval Institute authors. Deputy Editor Bill Bray joins the cast from time to time as well.
Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach, Ward Carroll, and the Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, Bill Hamblet, talk about what's happening in the Sea Services, latest news from USNI News, stories in Proceedings and Naval History magazines, and interview Naval Institute authors. Deputy Editor Bill Bray joins the cast from time to time as well.
Episodes
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Mar 26, 2021 • 33min
Proceedings Podcast (FTD) Episode 214 - Sea Combat Wings Must Adapt
Master Chief Shane Gibbs and Chief Wayne Papalski discuss why their experiences during 2019 Hurricane Dorian relief efforts made them think that the helicopter sea combat (HSC) community is not ready to operate effectively and efficiently in a wartime environment.
Mar 22, 2021 • 30min
Proceedings Podcast (FTD) Episode 213 - Lethality as Individual Skill
Petty Officer Nicholas Harris builds upon his March "From the Deckplates" article and argues that the fleet's current approach to mission readiness is missing the critical element of "individual lethality."
Mar 8, 2021 • 42min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 212 - China's Desert Storm Education
Retired intel officer Mike Dahm talks about how China took lessons from Operation Desert Storm and remade itself with foreign technology to build a formidable joint military force with expeditionary ambitions.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/march/chinas-desert-storm-education
Mar 4, 2021 • 25min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 211 - A Carrier Sailor Looks Back
Proceedings author Robert Stuart, USNR (Ret.) discusses his experience as a young sailor stationed aboard an aircraft carrier, what he learned, and why naval professionals should be interested in their naval history and heritage. He also offers advice to new Chief Petty Officers.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/standing-ready-korea
Mar 1, 2021 • 30min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 210 - 66 Years of Undersea Surveillance
CAPT Brian Taddiken, USN and LT Kirsten Krock, USN, discuss how 66 years ago one of the Navy’s most secretive communities began. Its members went by the code word SOSUS, which means “Sound Surveillance System.” A new front line in the Cold War, they had one mission: FIND SUBMARINES.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/66-years-undersea-surveillance
Feb 24, 2021 • 1h 10min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 209 - Modly Talks TR COVID Lessons Learned
Former Acting SECNAV Thomas Modly talks about his tenure in the job with a focus on his firing of CAPT Crozier in the wake of the CVN 71 CO leaking a memo to the press about COVID concerns.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/february/lessons-learned-helm-department-navy
Feb 16, 2021 • 43min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 208 - Life and Times of Robert Smalls
CDR B.J. Armstrong, USN discusses his most recent Naval History article about how, in a commandeered Confederate steamer, Robert Smalls piloted himself and other slaves to freedom and garnered the plaudits of a grateful Union Navy.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/hero
Feb 8, 2021 • 48min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 207 - Polar Security Cutter Challenges
Ensign Evan Twarog and Lieutenant (J.G.) Cody Williamson, U.S. Coast Guard discuss how the Coast Guard’s newest icebreakers will need to balance national security, statutory, and scientific research missions while operating in one of the most operationally complex maritime regions of the world.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/polar-security-cutters-will-face-evolving-arctic
Feb 5, 2021 • 36min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 206 - So You Want to Be an Officer?
Proceedings author BMC (Ret.) Jeff Bayless offers solid guidance and advice for those considering pursuing a commission.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/so-you-want-be-officer
Feb 3, 2021 • 44min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 205 - Desert Storm Lessons Learned
Historian Ed Marolda reviews the U.S. Navy's lessons learned during Desert Storm.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/weathering-storm
