

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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Sep 9, 2024 • 38min
EP. 414: September Review
Podcast host and Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet and Deputy Editor Bill Bray discuss highlights from the September issue.

Sep 4, 2024 • 23min
EP. 413: Navy F-35C Update from Lockheed Martin
Jim Gigliotti, retired Navy captain and F-35C Program Manager from Lockheed Martin talks with Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet about the F-35C Lightning II.

Sep 4, 2024 • 19min
EP. 412: Commander, Naval Air Forces, talks carriers, FA-18, F-35, unmanned, and readiness.
Vice Admiral Dan Cheever talks to host Bill Hamblet about the demand for aircraft carriers, aircraft readiness, safety, sailors, and modernization.

Sep 4, 2024 • 14min
EP. 411: Tailhook Leaders Discuss #Hook24, TOPGUN, and Naval Aviation Training
Navy FA-18 Pilots CDR Kristen Findlay and LT Mark Jbeily talk about this year’s Tailhook Symposium, TOPGUN training, and changes to carrier qualification.

Aug 29, 2024 • 20min
EP. 410: CDR, Naval Air Training talks about the Flight School Factory
The head of Naval Air Training discusses changes underway to undergraduate pilot training in the Navy.

Aug 28, 2024 • 47min
EP. 409: Mysteries of the K-129
The disappearance of a Soviet submarine in the Pacific—and the CIA’s clandestine effort to retrieve the wreck—remains one of the most intriguing chapters in the story of the Cold War. Host Eric Mills gets an inside account from Navy Reserve Captain Jack G. Newman, a former submarine officer who was there.

Aug 22, 2024 • 52min
EP. 408: The Evacuation of Sicily in WWII
Host Eric Mills and Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kerg discuss Operation Lehrgang: the Axis evacuation of German and Italian forces from Sicily in August 1943, following the Allied invasion known as Operation Husky.

Aug 8, 2024 • 37min
EP. 407: The Navy's Shipbuilding Dilemma
Bill Hamblet and Brian O'Rourke discuss current issues the Navy faces in expanding the fleet, and encourage readers to join the discussion by writing for Proceedings.

Jul 23, 2024 • 40min
EP. 406: Everybody Fights: A Conversation with SMMC Carlos A. Ruiz
Host Bill Hamblet talks with Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz about recruiting, retention, and the Marine Corps warfighting culture.

Jul 15, 2024 • 32min
EP: 405: The Soft Cyber Underbelly of the U.S. Military
Lessons from the Israel-Hamas conflict reveal you are more vulnerable to cyber threats than you know.
Host Bill Hamblet talks with Marine Corps Major W. Stone Holden, about his prize-winning essay for the Information Warfare Essay Contest, sponsored by Booz Allen.