

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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Dec 11, 2018 • 39min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 55 - All Marines are Not Advisors
Maj. Rafiel Deon Warfield, USMC, talks about how the Corps needs to create a better screening system for choosing who trains foreign militaries.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/every-marine-not-advisor

Dec 6, 2018 • 36min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 54 - Create an Autonomous Program Office
CAPT Sharif Calfee talks about creating an autonomous program office to fast-track good ideas into fleet capability.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/navy-needs-autonomy-project-office

Nov 26, 2018 • 48min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 53 - The Salty Millennial Revealed
USNI Blog columnist "The Salty Millennial" reveals his true identity and talks about the state of generational tension in the Navy today.
Read his posts on the USNI Blog: https://blog.usni.org/author/the-salty-millennialgmail-com

Nov 18, 2018 • 40min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 52 - China Wants Amphibs
BGEN Bill Bowers, USMC and Dr. Chris Yung talk about China's desire to have amphibious warfare capability.
Read more in Proceedings: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/november/china-has-learned-value-amphibious-operations

Nov 12, 2018 • 40min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 51 - Afshin Molavi Talks China
Afshin Molavi, Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, talks about China and "the new Silk Road" and the defense implications surrounding it.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/october/new-silk-road-runs-through-uae

Nov 7, 2018 • 31min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 50 - David Poyer Talking Military Fiction
David Poyer talks about how he writes and his latest effort "Deep War."
Learn more about "Deep War": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250101105

Nov 4, 2018 • 45min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 49 - Fix Navy Air's Adversary Problem
LCDR Graham Scarbro talks about how to fix Navy Air's bandit problem to avoid sending aviators into combat ill-prepared to fight.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/november/fix-naval-aviations-adversary-problem

Oct 28, 2018 • 36min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 48 - Counter Intelligence Focus
1st Lt. Christian Heller, USMC, talks counter intelligence and how the Marines need to focus on this mission area during both asymmetric and peer conflicts.
Read his prize-winning essay here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/october/make-counterintelligence-main-effort

Oct 16, 2018 • 37min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 47 - Tom Cutler Talks Naval Institute Press
Tom Cutler from the Naval Institute Press talks about his time in the "brown water" Navy in Vietnam, his job as the Gordon England Chair for Professional Naval Books, how raw manuscripts become Naval Institute Press books, the new Chief's Guide, and the latest news from the second deck of Beach Hall.
Learn more about the CPO's guide: https://www.usni.org/press/books/chief-petty-officers-guide-2nd-edition
Learn more about Tom Cutler's service in his "Brown Water, Black Berets," available from the Naval Institute Press: https://www.usni.org/press/books/brown-water-black-berets

Oct 7, 2018 • 48min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 46 - SECNAV Lehman Recounts the Cold War
Former SECNAV John Lehman talks about winning the Cold War at sea and other parts of his tenure during the Reagan years as captured in his new book "Oceans Ventured."
Learn more: https://books.wwnorton.com/books/Oceans-Ventured/