The Joint Geeks of Staff

For a very special Episode 42, the Joint Geeks are back to tell you exactly what they've been doing the last few months and talk about what's ahead!

Check out this article about on-orbit construction: https://www.space.com/space-force-picks-arkisys-to-build-satellites-in-orbit

Our thanks to the Naval Academy Museum for sponsoring us. Our intro and outro music was composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.

Dr. Claude Berube, Director of the US Naval Academy Museum and one of the founding hosts of the Joint Geeks of Staff, discusses history, naval history, and the original Star Trek with Dr. John Fahey, historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Upcoming episodes with the full Joint Geeks team will discuss the latest seasons of the Mandalorian, Star Trek Picard and more.

On this week’s episode of the Joint Geeks of Staff, Ian sits down with Dan Kimball for his NavyCon talk about lessons in leadership, policy, and consequences from the Horizon game series. They talk about some enduring lessons for leaders and great powers while exploring a world of giant robot dinosaurs that eat people for fuel! Come with us and enjoy the ride!

Our thanks to the Naval Academy Museum for sponsoring us. Our intro and outro music was composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.

Ian’s black hole of the week can be found here: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/tiktok-marine-general-tryon-leadership/

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are Ian Boley (@ibboley). Our guest is Dan Kimball, who can be found on Instagram @therealdankimball

Reagan’s War Stories: Fiction and Policymakers

On this week’s episode of the Joint Geeks of Staff, Ian and Claude sit down with West Point professor Ben Griffin to discuss his new book, Reagan’s War Stories: A Cold War Presidency. Together, we discuss how fiction shaped Reagan’s policymaking, the role of science fiction authors in the missile defense debates of the day, and what place fiction can occupy in the midst of global turbulence. Also on this episode, Claude gives some crystal-clear advice to museums everywhere, and Ian sets up the next episode with a chilling preview of the world to come…

Our thanks to the Naval Academy Museum for sponsoring us. Our intro and outro music was composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.

Ben’s book can be found here: https://www.usni.org/press/books/reagans-war-stories or on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Reagans-War-Stories-Cold-Presidency-ebook/dp/B09V33LLN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

On this week’s episode of the Joint Geeks of Staff, hosts Cory Hollon and Thomas Harper welcome special guest Jason Beck. Jason is a DoD civilian working in the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. With NAVYCON on hiatus this year for logistical reasons, we’ve decided to record a series of shows featuring the people you would have heard at the convention. Jason leads us off with his presentation, Fragmented Power: Bounty Hunters and State Sovereignty in Star Wars and The Mandalorian. We discuss the role of state legitimacy, the monopoly of violence, and the liminal state of bounty hunters in the galaxy far, far away.

Jason's paper is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S6o9PyueWa4KvtUV0aD7lDL76J7puOmojFy7HLf68T8/edit?usp=sharing

Our thanks to the Naval Academy Museum for sponsoring us. Our intro and outro music was composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon on Twitter) and Thomas Harper (@thomasLharper on Twitter)

DragonCon 2022 Panel 2: Star Wars: The Law of War

The Joint Geeks are back for Season 3, and this time we’re live! This is our second panel from DragonCon 2022. Tom, Ian, and Cory are moderated by Clara and joined by a wonderful convention audience! We discuss the reasons for the law of war and delve into the case of the Death Star 2 plumbers. Legitimacy, proportionality, deterrence, and Cory’s resemblance to R2D2 are all up for discussion!

Our thanks to the Naval Academy Museum for sponsoring us. Our intro and outro music was composed and performed by Greg Mutersbaugh.

Tom’s contextual clips:

Toast to Operation Cinder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0urU5N5_OE&t=1s

Mon Mothma v. Saw Gerrera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGhVX8VuQM

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Clara Boley, Tom Harper (@thomasLharper), Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon), and Ian Boley (@ibboley).

The Joint Geeks are back for Season 3, and this time we’re live! This is our first panel from DragonCon 2022. Tom, Ian, and Cory are joined by Will Hudson and Kent Newland and a wonderful convention audience! We discuss how the galaxy far, far away dealt with the challenges of fielding a military. From leadership to recruitment to clones to conscription, we dig into what worked, what didn't, and why things might have changed along the way.

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Tom Harper (@thomasLharper), Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon), Ian Boley (@ibboley). We’re joined by Kent Newland (Insta: @justkentbob) and William Hudson (Insta: @hotdogAC92).

In the Season 2 finale, the gang sits down to review a difficult year and share what kept them going without burning out. Part 2 discusses the importance of faith, the need for authentic leadership, and times science fiction has helped the gang recover from burnout.

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Ian Boley (@IBBoley), Clara Boley, Eric Muirhead (@Starfleethist), and Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon).

Burnout Part 1

In the Season 2 finale, the gang sits down to review a difficult year and share what kept them going without burning out. Part 1 discusses Kenobi's portrayal of burnout, the nature of mentorship, and the too-often toxic seductiveness of service for the national security community

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Ian Boley (@IBBoley), Clara Boley, Eric Muirhead (@Starfleethist), and Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon).

“Into the Garbage Chute, Flyboy!” Why You Don’t See Air Forces in Science Fiction (Part 2)

Ian and Cory sit down with Nick Narbutovskih for a two-parter about air power in science fiction and combined arms. In part 1 they talk about the high-level stuff–why does the Air Force exist? What makes AF special operations forces special? What does an air force do to help out on the ground?

Part 2 gets into topics like operating with coalition partners, managing information flow in the air, and the need to rule the electromagnetic spectrum.

Also in this episode, Nick takes pity on Ian, Cory talks about why the Air Force loves his dissertation, and Ian calls Cory out for leaving his messages on read…

Check out Nick’s work and social media links here! https://narbutov.com/

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The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Ian Boley (@IBBoley) and Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon). Nick Narbutovskih (@NNarbutovskih) was our guest.