Yesterday Mac was at the Marine West Expo and gave his “Post Traumatic Winning” pitch with lots of members of the Marine Crops League present.  We’ll talk about it.

TODAY’S TOPICS:

* Cyrus West Field — after four unsuccessful attempts — raised new funds and made new arrangements to lay the telegraph cable that would link North America and Europe. In 1866, the British ship Great Eastern succeeded in laying the first permanent telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean. READ MORE HERE.

Col Jeff Kenney, USMC (ret) and Maj Tim Lynch, USMC (ret) joined ALL MARINE RADIO to talk current events and on the list the craziness involved in Virginia state political leaders, Syria & Afghanistan.

Sometimes you have to laugh at all the crazy stuff in the news, and today we do.

The President’s quote last night was half correct… we’ll talk about it.

the AG of Virginia has his own “blackface” controversy… but it’s different from the Governor’s… we’ll talk about it.

The 2019 Marine West Expo begins tomorrow at Camp Pendleton and MajGen Mike Regner, USMC (ret) joined ALL MARINE RADIO to talk about what he’s excited to see.  Mike is the Director Of Government Affairs and Military Expos at Marine Corps League and a Senior Mentor in the Marine Corps — we’ll talk his career, leadership and this year’s expos.

Alex Heatherington is the “Show Director” for the 2019 Marine West Expo which opens tomorrow at Camp Pendleton, he joined us to talk about the ACV which will be on display there as well as other show content that are of great interest to Marines.  We’ll talk about it.

The President made no “unforced errors” in his 2019 State of the Union speech which was popular with the American public, pulling down a 76% approval rating (CBS poll).  We’ll talk about it.

TODAY’S TOPICS:

* Listeners write:  “Guys, as you have gone around and done your thing, what is has been the biggest surprise for each of you?”

* The State of the Union… ugh!

Our guy Alex Hollings of fightersweep.com and newsrep.com fame joined us to discuss the following topics:

* OPINION: thoughts on the Virginia Governor’s problem with a picture in his medical school yearbook where he is either in “blackface” or a “KKK” costume.

* The United States has officially withdrawn from the bilateral INF Treaty with Russia.  Why?  Implications for future treaties with Russia & China?

* Comparing military strength numbers and why we’re not doing it right.

* China and Russia are so far behind us on stealth, but the media keeps trying to fool us into thinking otherwise

* Tin foil hat theory of the week: the US is lying about being behind China & Russia in hypersonic technology

* The art of the possible:  shooting down ICBM’s with fighter jets — how would it work?