Michael F. McNamara

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ALL MARINE RADIO provides a place where current and former Marines, family members, other veterans and concerned citizens can connect with the culture of the US Marines; while connected, we promote: post-traumatic mental health awareness in order to enhance the quality of life of anyone who can benefit from this discussion. Daily LIVE radio shows each weekday from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Time

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Michael F. McNamara

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THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: we look at the news and celebrate the life of Iwo Jima Veteran — PFC Cal Humphrey, USMC 20.05.2022 1:46:10

One of the great honors I have had in the six years I have done ALL MARINE RADIO is the interview I did with Cal Humphrey. Cal is the uncle of my good friend Jess Humphrey who set the interview up. Cal passed away this week… so we’ll celebrate his amazing life by playing the […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: CSIS’s Mark Cancian discusses Monday’s “On the Future of the Marine Corps: Assessing Force Design 2030” forum 18.05.2022 2:42:06

Here is the link to the CSIS’s forum entitled: ON THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS: ASSESSING FORCE DESIGN 2030 Col Mark Cancian, USMCR (Ret) joined ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss Monday’s forum (cited above)…

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Finland & Sweden make history + “news from the front” for Russia is not good + Will weighs in on Rep Luria’s interview 16.05.2022 1:58:27

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas talk “The Weakness of the Depot” (Russia/Putin – New Yorker) + Rep Elaine Luria is once again making too much strategic, budgetary & shipbuilding sense 13.05.2022 2:23:19

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: ARTICLE: THE WEAKNESS OF THE DESPOT — An expert on Stalin Discusses Putin, Russia and the West, The New Yorker, […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Grant Newsham discusses the Philippine election; Rep Luria’s criticism of US Navy shipbuilding & former Japan PM Abe is prodding Japan to fund it’s defense 11.05.2022 1:34:12

Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Jeff & Tim (former recruiters) discuss the problems all the Armed Services face as their recruiting efforts are failing 09.05.2022 1:34:19

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: Recruiting for the Uniformed Services in the Covid and Post-Covid eras — doomed to failure? With rising obesity rates and […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas discuss 6 articles (Schmidt / Zinni / Van Riper / Newbold / Dake / Krulak-Sheehan-Zinni) that criticize Force Design 2030 03.05.2022 2:04:31

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: Maj John F. Schmitt, USMC (Ret.): The Marines Are Marching toward Irrelevance Gen. Anthony Zinni (Ret.): What is the role […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO NEWS HOUR: The curious case of student loan forgiveness… hmmmm 03.05.2022 1:02:20

THE MENSA BROTHERS: the Mensas answers EIGHT personal questions 29.04.2022 1:48:53

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S QUESTIONS FOR THE MENSA BROTHERS: The Greatest Speech in American History? Your Favorite Steak? The PLACE in Washington DC that you […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: some news & some other stuff 28.04.2022 1:27:13

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Grant Newsham discusses SECDEF’s “weakened Russia” comments + a Chinense Naval Base in the Solomon Islands… it’s coming! 27.04.2022 1:44:20

Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas discuss Sec Autin’s “weakened Russia” comments + former CMC Krulak joins the “Force Design” public debate 26.04.2022 1:10:41

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: Jeff Kenney is absent today What is behind Secretary of Defense Austin’s Call for a ‘Weakened’ Russia? Washington Post Opinion: […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: BIG changes are in store for the way we consume news… Twitter, the NT Times & CNN are about to change & more 25.04.2022 1:34:57

Less advocacy, more journalism. Changes at CNN and New York Times may signal push to the centre Washington Post Opinion: War is a dirty business. Will the Marine Corps be ready for the next one? By Charles Krulak, Jack Sheehan and Anthony Zinni

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensa’s discuss (1) Generals Zinni & Van Riper discuss Force Design 2030 on YouTube; (2) US Navy ship building; (3) Russia vs Ukraine 21.04.2022 1:15:43

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: VIDEO: A Critical Discussion About Force Design General A.M. Zinni, USMC (Ret) — Task & Purpose, April 19, 2022: […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Grant Newsham on (1) Solomon Islands & China deal + (2) Strategic Ambiguity & Taiwan + (3) North Korea missile tests 20.04.2022 1:34:00

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: a Mensa late entry —- What’s is Russia’s next move in their war on Ukraine? 19.04.2022 1:09:17

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: an amazing week of doing Post-Traumatic Winning at Marine Barracks Washington + The Russian try again in Ukraine 19.04.2022 56:16

HERE is the link to the YouTube video of the “A Critical Discussion on Force Design 2030 with LtGen Paul Van Riper and Gen Anthony Zinni“

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: The Mensa’s talk (1) Russian & Ukrainian troop movements — retreating or regrouping? (2) What comes next? 05.04.2022 1:49:22

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: Russian & Ukrainian troop movements — what do they mean? What is next for Russian forces and what is next […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Headlines from the Russia/Ukraine War — retreating or regrouping? 04.04.2022 57:38

Here is John F. Schmitz’s article on Force Design 2030: The Marines Are Marching toward Irrelevance

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas talk discuss “high functioning conformists” and Force Design 2030 01.04.2022 1:05:58

Background articles relative to today’s discussion: General Jack Sheehan’s opinion piece — March 10, 2022: Wasteful Spending, a Shrinking Force and the Marine Corps’s Big Bet LtGen Paul K. Van Riper’s opinion piece — March 21, 2022: Jeopardizing national security: What is happening to our Marips? Col Matt Jones (Ret) opinion piece — March 2022: Modernizing […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Col Mike Marletto, USMC (ret) talks Australia vs China; the Russia vs Ukraine War & the Force Design 2030 debate 31.03.2022 1:10:37

I had heard about Col Mike Marletto while I was deployed to Iraq in 2004 as part of the Division Staff of the 1st Marine Division led by MajGen James Mattis; everyone who spoke of Col Marletto spoke of him with great respect. I finally met Mike when he sent an email to ALL MARINE […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Grant Newsham talks (1) Russian-Ukraine Peace Talks; (2) Soloman Islands news; (3) USMC Force Design debate thoughts; (4) the Philippines steer a middle course & (5) China navigates a Russian War 30.03.2022 1:16:34

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: Khe Sanh Marine Ken Rodgers joins us on Vietnam Veterans Day 29.03.2022 1:14:19

On National Vietnam Veterans Day one of our favorite Veterans joins the program — Ken Rodgers. Ken served with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment during the epic battle of Khe Sanh in Vietnam during 1968. He and his wife Betty have made two documentaries in the last ten years: “Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas frame the unprecedented debate about “Force Design 2030” unfolding in the Marine Corps — led by retired USMC General Officers 28.03.2022 1:23:40

Articles cited in today’s discussion: General Jack Sheehan’s opinion piece — March 10, 2022: Wasteful Spending, a Shrinking Force and the Marine Corps’s Big Bet LtGen Paul K. Van Riper’s opinion piece — March 21, 2022: Jeopardizing national security: What is happening to our Marips? Col Matt Jones (Ret) opinion piece — March 2022: Modernizing the […]

THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: the Mensas talk about feedback from our “GO–Force Design” discussion and that war in Ukraine 25.03.2022 1:34:17

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch join host Mike McNamara for an hour of current events discussion every Thursday here on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: “Retired General Officer Force Design discussion” feedback Ukraine War news: ships sunk & counterattacks