

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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Jan 30, 2018 • 48min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 16 - ADM Scott Swift Talks Command and Control
ADM Scott Swift, PACFLT Commander, talks about "Mastering the Art of Command and Control," his article in the February issue of PROCEEDINGS. The admiral also offers an update on PACFLT's readiness in the face of ongoing regional threats like North Korea.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/february/master-art-command-and-control

Jan 23, 2018 • 44min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 15 - CAPT Will McGee, USMC, Talks Training Exercises
In this episode of the PROCEEDINGS Podcast, Bill and Ward talk to CAPT Will McGee, USMC, about his article titled "The Exercise Has No Clothes" featured in the January issue of the magazine. CAPT McGee explains some of what he wrote in the piece regarding how training exercises don't replicate real-world scenarios to the degree they should.
Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/january/exercise-has-no-clothes

Jan 16, 2018 • 46min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 14 - CDR Salamander on the State of the Surface Navy
In this episode Commander Salamander joins Bill and Ward to talk about the most recent report regarding the FITZGERALD and MCCAIN mishaps and Sal's USNI Blog post that suggests the surface Navy isn't showing the right signs of learning lessons from these tragedies.
Read him on the USNI Blog: https://blog.usni.org/posts/tag/cdr-salamander

Jan 8, 2018 • 47min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 13 - Fix TACAIR Pilot Retention
In this episode Bill and Ward talk to LCDR Tony Kochanski, a Growler pilot who just got out to fly with a commercial carrier. Tony wrote an article titled "To Fix TACAIR Pilot Retention, Follow the Money," a discussion about flight pay disparities, that appears in the January issue of PROCEEDINGS.
Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/january/fix-tacair-pilot-retention-follow-money

Jan 1, 2018 • 48min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 12 - What Happened To Our Surface Forces?
Ward and Bill discuss the January issue of Proceedings with Fleet Master Chief Paul Kingsbury, U.S. Navy, and drill down into Captain Kevin Eyer’s definitive article “What Happened To Our Surface Forces?”
Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/january/what-happened-our-surface-forces

Dec 18, 2017 • 45min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 11 - CAPT Kevin Eyer on the LCS
In this episode of the PROCEEDINGS Podcast, Bill and Ward are joined by CAPT Kevin Eyer, USN (Ret.), surface warfare expert, to talk about the state of the Littoral Combat Ship in the wake of the recent CRS report on the program.

Dec 5, 2017 • 45min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 10 - Mishap in the WestPac
In this episode Bill calls into Beach Hall from Newport, RI to chat with Ward about the findings from the C-2 mishap in WestPac, the USNI Defense Forum in DC, transgender troops, and more.

Nov 28, 2017 • 50min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 9 - Risqué Skywriting and the Future of SWO Training
In this episode Bill and Ward talk about the fallout from the Growler sky writing incident over Washington state and the future of SWO training. Call-in guest is CDR Tom Ulmer, USN, the current Naval Institute fellow and former Gator ship CO.

Nov 14, 2017 • 45min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 8 - Train Them Like Marines
Bill and Ward talk to Sgt. Maj. Mike Burke, USMC, about his article titled "Let's Train Them Like Marines" in the November issue of Proceedings.
Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017/november/lets-train-them-marines

Nov 7, 2017 • 47min
Proceedings Podcast Episode 7 - Fat Leonard
USNI News editor Sam LaGrone joins Bill and Ward in the studio to talk about current events including the latest surrounding the budget and "Fat Leonard" scandal.