Are the issues involved in local politics different from the issues we talk about in national issues?  Gunner is involved in a local election and we’ll talk about that.

GunTalk also breaks out!  We talk the Springfield 1903, throwing mortar rounds in World War II and having them explode!  And, mortar rounds exploding in tubes as seen in videos shot by bad guys as they shot them in Iraq.

We’ll talk about the news of the day:

* The Iraqi Army moves on Kurdish controlled Kirkuk

* Bowe Bergdahl, US Army, pleads guilty this morning to “desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.”

* Operations in Raqqa are entering its final stages

John Kelly, General USMC (ret) and White House Chief of Staff held his first Press Conference since taking that position.  He performance got high marks from the media as an example of how a “leader” interacts with the media.  It is certainly worth a listen.

 

Most of us hate going to the doctor when we have signs of being ill, Mike talks about how he got over that.

How we consume media in an age when it comes to us on cell phones 24 hours a day is becoming a problem, as more and more people are finding that life isn’t better with more news coming to them more ofter — we’ll talk about it.

A ton of news going on today, we’ll focus rats forcing the Commissary at MCB Twentynine Palms to shut down, the changes to “Phase 4” of USMC Recruit Training where Drill Instructors where do more talking to recruits and shed the “knife edge” aura of the previous 11 weeks.

Montana Man joins us to update us on the colonoscopy that he completed this morning — another case of a “post-colonoscopy” euphoric high!

We’ll talk the news of the day and there is a bunch of it today!

* Americans turned away at a Special Forces firm base in Syria

* A Marine “white nationalist” sergeant who plead guilty to trespassing when he and another Marine unfurled a white nationalist banner from a building in August is due to be promoted.  How?

* Rats have closed the 29 Palms Commissary!!!!!

* HAZING:  “…is a symptom is a greater problem in an organization, lack of leadership at the SSgt & Sgt level…”

The ALL MARINE RADIO Head Chef joins us to give advice on how to make better marinara sauce and chicken fried steak!

We’ll also do some sports predicting with the”Swami,” who was 8 out of 11 last week!

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians last night 5-2, thus advancing to the American League Championship Series.  We NEED to talk about it.

We’ll also begin a series of interviews that deal with the subject of “hazing.”  We’ll look at these questions:

(1)  What is hazing in the Marine Corps?

(2)  Why do Marine haze?

(3)  Who hazes?

(4)  Who is the key to minimizing (knowing it won’t be eliminated) the amount of hazing that Marines experience?

 

How does the Marine Corps deal with “hazing”?  We’ll begin a long series of conversations about the subject with most enlisted Marines.

John Ubaldi was an 0311 and 0369 (infantryman and Infantry Plt Sgt) we’ll here his thoughts on these questions:

(1)  What is hazing in the Marine Corps?

(2)  Why do Marine haze?

(3)  Who hazes?

(4)  Who is the key to minimizing (knowing it won’t be eliminated) the amount of hazing that Marines experience?

One of the best interviews I’ve read as I’ve kept track of the U.S. Navy’s collision issues appeared recently on the inmilitary.com and was entitled “The Real Reason the US Navy Keeps Hitting Merchant Vessels” — Wes O’Donnell conducted the interview joined us to discuss it.