Marine Corps Association Podcasts

Aeron Sullivan, who, during his eight years in the Marine Corps, tested the ACV prototypes and developed a wide toolbelt of leadership and decision making skills and has been able to parley that into a successful career of “democratizing” various industries, allowed Vic into his home to talk about all of it. Listen in as The post Scuttlebutt Ep 39: Aeron Sullivan, Marines by Nature are Industrious appeared first on MCA.

GySgt Benjie Manibog, USMC (Ret), was an anti-authoritarian youth turned MARSOC Raider and is the CEO of Thrash-N-Raid, a Southern California skateboard company and Operations Officer of Six Feet Above, a veteran outreach foundation that uses skateboarding to build veteran community. From the fateful day he met a Marine Recruiter who helped him clean up The post Scuttlebutt Ep 38: Benjie Manibog, Making it Happen with Thrash-N-Raid and Six Feet Above appeared first on MCA.

GySgt Raymond Branham, USMC (Ret), is a Quality Engineering Program Manager for the ATACMS system at Lockheed Martin. Anxious to join the Corps, he enlisted at 16, celebrated his 18th birthday at boot camp, spent 21 years in the Marines where he worked on Harriers and Sabreliners, before taking advantage of educational resources to continue The post Scuttlebutt Ep 37: Ray Branham, Enlisted Young to Work on Aircraft, Now at Lockheed Martin appeared first on MCA.

SgtMaj Justin LeHew has stopped by the studio this week to talk about his upcoming adventure, The Long Road, to walk across America along our county’s longest road, US Hwy 20. He’ll be joined by fellow retired SgtMaj Coleman “Rocky” Kinzer, and they are departing from the USS Constitution in Boston on June 6 and The post Scuttlebutt Ep 36: SgtMaj LeHew is Walking Across America with SgtMaj “Rocky” Kinser appeared first on MCA.

This week Vic sits down with Paul Greive, a former ground intelligence officer turned SoCal sustainable, certified wildlife friendly pasture-raised chicken farmer. His company, Pasturebird, is a wholesale pasture poultry operation located just a few miles east of Camp Pendleton, where Paul spent much of his fleet time. Paul talks to us about how his The post Scuttlebutt Ep 35: “Farmer” Paul Greive from Marine Intelligence to Chicken Farming appeared first on MCA.

Col Tim Hough fills in for Vic this week behind the big microphone at Scuttlebutt, and joins Nick and Nancy as they explore the practical effects of Force Design and Talent Management. As one of the key Marines facilitating Amphibious Combat Vehicles to units, Col Hough talks about working with contractors, both at home and The post Scuttlebutt Ep 34: Bringing ACVs to Marines, Talent Management, and Top Gun with Col Hough appeared first on MCA.

Scuttlebutt loves good stories and Kris Battles, the Artist in Residence of the Marine Corps, and combat artist Elize McKelvey join us in studio to talk about capturing the Corps through combat art. We learned a lot, from their Marine Corps journeys, to what art captures that photography doesn’t, why the Marine Corps has an The post Scuttlebutt Ep 33: Capturing the Corps through Art with Kris Battles and Elize McKelvey appeared first on MCA.

Stephen Canty sat down with William to talk about his stunning documentary “Once A Marine” available on Amazon Prime. Canty, who served two tours in Afghanistan, including Marjah, spent seven years on the documentary and takes us on the journey of what it meant to make the film, how to listen to veterans, and the The post Scuttlebutt Ep 32: “Once A Marine” filmmaker Stephen Canty appeared first on MCA.

Dr. Marc DeVore, a Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, is an expert on the political economy of defense, the international arms trade, military innovation, and more joined Vic and William to help us understand Russia’s military and how we were so far off the target when it came to the The post Scuttlebutt Ep 31: Dr. Marc DeVore’s insights on Russia appeared first on MCA.

In this edition of Scuttlebutt Col Woodbridge joins Vic and William to discuss military writing for professional defense journals such as Marine Corps Gazette. Learn the broad strokes from argumentative, fact-supported positioning, to knowing the publication’s audience, to avoiding plagiarism. If you or someone you know is contemplating writing for a military journal, listen in The post Scuttlebutt Writer’s Guide appeared first on MCA.

Everyone here at Scuttlebutt is blown away by the resolve and the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian people as they face down Russian missiles, tanks, and soon, maybe even conscripted soldiers. Nick, Vic, and Will explore the war in Ukraine and some of the directions it has taken and touch on the global interconnectivity of The post Scuttlebutt 29: Ukraine Week 6 appeared first on MCA.

Irony: We pushed back our episode with Col Milburn to cover Ukraine. Now, he is in Ukraine. We sat down with Col Andrew Milburn, USMC (Ret), author of When the Tempest Gathers, writer of articles across the internet, and one of the most interesting humans on the planet. Before he was a Marine, Andrew Milburn The post Scuttlebutt 28: Col Milburn’s Journey appeared first on MCA.

Recently retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Denise Barnes joined Nick, Vic, and William in studio to educate us on an MOS we know so little about: Corrections. The trailblazing Barnes, along with one other, was one of the first women to achieve CW04 within the MOS, and we were lucky to have her because she The post Scuttlebutt 27: Marines in the Brig with CW04 Denise Barnes, USMC (Ret) appeared first on MCA.

In what was originally recorded as an Amphibiosity interview shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our talk about Taiwan’s defensive posture takes on a whole new meaning. In light of Ukraine’s valiant defense, inflicting heavy losses on a numerically superior enemy, we look to the Far East to see if we can’t apply any The post Scuttlebutt 26: Talking Taiwan with Dr. Hunzeker appeared first on MCA.

Nick, Vic, and Will are joined by Col Woodbridge, USMC (Ret), Editor of Marine Corps Gazette and using Clausewitz’ cause for war analyze why the Russians and Ukrainians are each fighting, how it impacts NATO and the EU, and talk about whether or not the US can support a Ukrainian insurgency, should the Russians win The post Scuttlebutt 25: Ukraine Invasion Week 2 appeared first on MCA.

Nick, Vic, and Will dig into Maneuver Warfare and bring everyone up to speed on a long-running segment in The Gazette “Maneuverist Papers” by Marinus. For eighteen months Marinus has been exploring and establishing what Maneuver Warfare is and what it means, lulling the Gazette staff and readers into a sense of ease and familiarity The post Scuttlebutt 24: Marinus’ Maneuverist Paper #19 appeared first on MCA.

Nick, Vic, and Will try to wrap their arms around the situation in Ukraine. Knowing that we can’t keep up with the rapidly evolving situation on the ground, we go over some of the geopolitical history that lead to this point, speculate on where this could lead, and try to paint as complete of a The post Scuttlebutt 23: Russia Invades Ukraine! appeared first on MCA.

Chaplain Captain Rabbi Mendy Stern, USA, joined Vic and Nancy to bring our Four Chaplains series to a satisfying end. He expanded our understanding of the Four Chaplains story, took us through a day of a Chaplain working at Arlington National Cemetery, used his own trailblazing story to expand of religious accommodations in the military, The post Scuttlebutt 22: Four Chaplains Part 4 – CAPT Rabbi Stern appeared first on MCA.

Scuttlebutt’s first ever Mini Pod! In less than 10 minutes, learn about some of what the Coast Guard was contributing to World War II and dig a little bit deeper into the USCGC Escanaba, one of the three Coast Guard vessels escorting the convoy on the night the USAT Dorchester was sunk. Four Chaplains Month The post Scuttlebutt Mini Pod: USCGC Escanaba appeared first on MCA.

COL James Driscoll (Ret) joins Scuttlebutt for the third part in our Four Chaplains Month special. COL Driscoll is the Special Assistant To The President at Wesley Theological Seminary overseeing the military chaplain doctoral program and a hospital chaplain at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare.  This week he takes us on an exploration of chaplaincy from his The post Scuttlebutt 20: Four Chaplains Part 3 – COL James Driscoll, USA (Ret.) appeared first on MCA.