Air Force Judge Advocate General's School Podcast

In this episode Maj Davis sits down with Air Force historian Maj Marissa

Kester, author of There From the Beginning, to discuss Air Force women's

history throughout the last century. Maj Davis and Maj Kester discuss the

roles played by women throughout the early history of the country and up

through the Vietnam War and take a look at the laws that slowly defined and

formed the careers women in the military have today.

In this episode we review A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich, a novella by Nobel laureate Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a soviet labor camp in the 1950s, the visceral one-day account of that life was one of the first widely available portraits of life in the Gulag. As such, we review it for what we can learn about our great power competitor Russia by examining this part of that nation’s history and culture.

This is the second of our two-part conversation with Capt Matt Ormsbee about his article titled "Lawcraft: China's Evolving Approach to International Law and the Implications for American National Security," which was published in Fordham Law Review. The article analyzes China's apparent attitudes toward international law, and how that has evolved over the last few decades and what means for the interests of the United States and other nations going forward.

In this episode, we talk with Capt Matt Ormsbee about his article titled "Lawcraft: China's Evolving Approach to International Law and the Implications for American National Security," which was published in Fordham Law Review. The article analyzes China's apparent attitudes toward international law, and how that has evolved over the last few decades and what means for the interests of the United States and other nations going forward.

Montgomery, Alabama is the birthplace of modern air power and the civil rights movement. In this second episode of a two-part series, we continue our discussion with Colonel Jerime Reid regarding unconscious bias and racial disparity in the military justice system.

Montgomery, Alabama is the birthplace of modern air power and the civil rights movement. In this interview with Colonel Jerime Reid, we discuss the intersection of those two things as we explore the recent research showing racial disparity in military justice actions with the U.S. Air Force.

Today we’re talking about Great Power Competition, a term generally used for the United States’ current posture as it relates to China and Russia. The specter is one of three predominant players competing to protect and/or expand their respective spheres of influence over the globe. Today we launch our first podcast in a series of episodes that will introduce, define, and explore this phenomenon. We’ll talk about how it started, where it is, and where it looks like it’s headed, and we’ll talk about why it matters. We’ve assembled experts from various fields to help us understand our competitors better, to help us understand our history better, and in turn to help us understand our role that much better.

Today, a primer on China, with Lt Col Charles Gartland. Currently the Law Chair Director for Air University here at Maxwell Air Force Base, Lt Col Gartland has been studying and writing about China for several years and he agreed to bring his considerable understanding of that competitor to bear to kick off this series.

In this episode, your hosts sit down with Air University Law Chair Lt Col Charles Gartland and discuss The Caine Mutiny, the 1951 Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. We’ll discuss this monumental work of World War II historical fiction and extract its lessons for today on leadership, followership, and the nature of military command.

In this episode, Major Davis guides us through a conversation with Lt Col robert Vorhees and Lt col Justin Swick, two Air Force medical law attorneys, about the Defense Health Agency transition, which has changed the landscape of the Military Health System.

In this episode, Major Davis guides us through a conversation with Lt Col Robert Vorhees and Lt Col Justin Swick, two Air Force medical law attorneys, about the Defense Health Agency transition, which has changed the landscape of the Military Health System.