Friday, June 09 2017, Hour 1 James Comey is by all accounts a fine human being but he failed the FBI and his oath to the Nation.   His excuse of being stunned isn’t acceptable.

Friday, June 09 2017, hour 2 Ben Connable of the RAND Corporation and a former machine gunner and intelligence officer in the USMC joined us to talk the issues surrounding the future of Iraq. Ben lays out the complicated path for American strategy makers as they look at ISIS, the future of Syria post-ISIS and possibly …

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Friday, June 09 2017, Hour 3 The Boys discuss the (1) Yankees vs Red Sox series, (2) former FBI Director James Comey’s actions as leader of the FBI and (3) new ammunition for the Marine Corps that pierces body armor.

Thursday, June 08 2017, Hour 1 Former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Armed Service Committee, we listened.

Phil Smith, Col USMC (ret) joins the program as we take a look at the general situation that surrounded the commencement of the Gettysburg Campaign in the late spring of 1863.

Tuesday, June 06 2017,  Hour 1 OUR INAUGURAL EDITION — LEADERSHIP 101:  The Secretary of Defense spoke at the commencement at the USMA at West Point recently and as usual, he had profound things to say to ALL LEADERS present. General Joseph Dunford is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he delivered the …

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Tuesday, June 06 2017, Hour 3 The Boys discuss the 73rd Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.

Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 2 Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), joined the program to discuss his recent article in the Asia Times entitled “US Marines and Okinawa: Enough exasperation to go around“ We discuss US Marine presence on Okinawa and Japanese politics relative to that.  Our presence in Guam and Australia and the future …

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Monday, June 05 2017, Hour 1 Secretary of Defense Jame Mattis delivered a speech to Pacific Rim allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense conference in Singapore.  You’ll hear his entire speech today. His speech is focused on the Pacific Rim; his speech and the Q & A session that follows is certainly worth a listen. …

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Curt “Rudy” Knowles, LtCol USMC (ret) and former F18 pilot, joins the program as our official “F18 Explainer in Residence” and walks us through an investigation into a fatal crash last summer at MCAGCC in Twentynine Palms that occurred during a night strafing run done by a single seat F18. Rudy will explain the term …

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