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U.S. Naval Institute
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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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Nov 8, 2023 • 33min
EP. 364—Fortunate Victory: Operation Urgent Fury
Eric Mills talks with Ed Offley about his article on the invasion of Grenada and the legend of a payphone call for air support.

Nov 8, 2023 • 47min
EP. 363: Counterinsurgency to the Shores of Tripoli
"Countering maritime insurgencies in the gray zone is not a new mission—indeed it was the U.S. Navy’s founding mission."
Bill Hamblet talks with Captain B. J. Armstrong, U.S. Navy, about his feature article for the Maritime COIN project, from the October 2023 issue of Proceedings.

Oct 23, 2023 • 43min
EP. 362: Different But Equal
Lieutenant Commanders Andrea Howard and Emma McCarthy, U.S. Navy, discuss deckplate culture as two of the first females in the submarine community.

Oct 23, 2023 • 32min
EP. 361: Explosive Ordnance Disposal: A Small Navy Community Punching Above Its Weight
Host Bill Hamblet talks with LCDR 'Mikey' Golankiewicz about service in the EOD community, and her experience in the Chinese spy balloon recovery mission.

Oct 11, 2023 • 39min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 360: Fifteen Founders
Naval History Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills talks with Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired) about the 150th Anniversary of the Naval Institute, and the influential founding members who started the organization.

Oct 10, 2023 • 36min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 359: Air Denial Lessons from Ukraine
Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Bowsher discusses his recent article on air denial: why it’s important and why the Marine Corps needs the capability to impose it.

Oct 10, 2023 • 36min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 358: Major General Martin on the Importance of Mental Health Advocacy
Major General Gregg F. Martin offers a candid account of his personal journey with undiagnosed mental illness and offers suggestions on what can be done within and outside the armed forces to treat mental illness.

Sep 15, 2023 • 30min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 357: Redesign the SWO Junior Officer Pipeline
Revamping the JO training pipeline could increase surface warfare officer retention and expertise.

Sep 15, 2023 • 37min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 356: Management Makes Warfighting Possible
Host Bill Hamblet and U.S. Navy Commander DeVere Crooks discuss the importance of maintaining the readiness of a globally mobile warfighting team.

Sep 11, 2023 • 44min
Proceedings Podcast EP. 355: Honda Point Remembered
One night. Seven destroyers wrecked. An unprecedented peacetime loss for the Navy: a look back at the Honda Point 100 years later.
Co-authored by Former Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite, and former naval officer Charles Robbins, this piece is featured in the latest issue of Naval History Magazine. To read the article, visit: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/october/honda-point-remembered
This month's episodes of the Proceedings Podcast are sponsored by Textron Systems: https://bit.ly/3PwKBYb