

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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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

Jan 25, 2021 • 35min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 204 - Surface Force Master Chief Update
Paul Kingsbury hosts FORCMs James Osborne and Kevin Goodrich and dives into force COVID impacts, CPO Initiation, and changes to the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist program.

Jan 22, 2021 • 49min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 203 - Former VJCS Looks Back at Desert Storm
ADM James A. Winnefeld, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reminisces about his first time on the Joint Staff at the outset of Desert Storm. What did those days teach him that he used on active duty after that? And what lessons should the U.S. military take from Desert Storm as we focus on the return to great power competition?
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/operation-desert-storm-30-years-later-my-view-joint-staff

Jan 14, 2021 • 32min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 202 - Unleash Enlisted WTIs
LT Kyle Cregge discusses how to use enlisted sailors as warfare tactics instructors.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/unleash-enlisted-sailors-wtis

Jan 4, 2021 • 39min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 201 - SWO Boss Speaks!
VADM Kitchener, CNSP ("The SWO Boss"), talks about new warfighting initiatives for the surface force.
More: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/what-got-us-here-wont-get-us-there

Dec 30, 2020 • 41min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 200 - Highlights of the First 199 Episodes
Ward and Bill review the highlights of the first 199 episodes of the podcast and tee up soundbites from notable guests.

Dec 18, 2020 • 54min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 199 - Lessons from Elmo Zumwalt
CDR Joel Holwitt discusses how CNO Zumwalt’s personnel policies and focus on sea control in the lean budget years of the 1970s can offer lessons to the present-day Navy.

Dec 6, 2020 • 45min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 198 - Commandant on Marines Fighting Subs
Gen. David Berger, USMC, 38th Commandant, joins the podcast to talk about the Marine Corps might play an important role in ASW as the service refocuses on being a Fleet Marine Force.
More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/november/marines-will-help-fight-submarines

Dec 2, 2020 • 53min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 197 - Manning Still Matters, A Fleet Perspective
Three years following the Comprehensive Review, Retired Fleet Master Chief Paul Kingsbury picks up the discussion where Proceedings author John Cordle left off in his Dec 2019 blog piece titled, Manning Matters. Ward, Paul, John, and current USFF Fleet Master Chief, Rick O’Rawe discuss the causes and impacts of chronic shortfalls in fleet manning and offer some solutions.

Nov 29, 2020 • 31min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 196 - SPACECOM SEL Speaks!
Retired Fleet Master Chief Paul Kingsbury hosts Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott Stalker, current senior enlisted advisor for the Commander of the newly established U.S. Space Command to talk about current priorities and the importance of space as a warfare domain.