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Guests: Marine Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the 3D Marine Division's Maj. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, in conversation with Defense One 's Jennifer Hlad . You can view our other 2025 State of Defense interviews  here . 

Guests: Command Sergeant Major JoAnn Nauman , Command Senior Enlisted Leader of Army Special Operations Command, in conversation with Defense One 's Meghann Myers and Ben Watson. Related reading: " Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality ," published April 21, 2025; " Setting Higher Close Combat Standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test ," via RAND resear...

Guests: Defense One 's Meghann Myers and Lauren C. Williams .

Guest: U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George, interviewed by Defense One 's Patrick Tucker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here .

Guest: U.S. Space Force commander Gen. Chance Saltzman, interviewed by Defense One 's Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March,  here .

Guest: U.S. Air Force commander Gen. David Allvin, interviewed by Defense One 's Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March,  here .

Our annual State of Defense interview series begins with a commandant working to balance crisis response and modernization. Learn more about that series here .

Guest: U.S. Army Col. Joshua Glonek, commander 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Related reading: " How two units are learning from each other as the Army moves to modernize ," from Sam Skove reporting in October; " Army embraces Ukraine-style warfare with new all-drone unit ," also via Skove, reporting from Louisiana's Fort Johnson in September; And in reruns there is " Defense One...

Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel discusses his how his service's modernization strategy will shape the future of air combat in an increasingly complex security landscape. Guest: Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel , director of Force Design, Integration and Wargaming at Air Force Futures; he's interviewed by Defense One air warfare reporter Audrey Decker . Related viewing: " AI in the Skies ," January 28, 20...

Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark. Related reading: " Ukraine military-aid donors aim to set Kyiv up through 2027, Pentagon says ," Tucker reported on January 7; And " Kyiv's donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine ," he reported two days later.

We listen back on more than a dozen guests from conversations across 2024.  Guests (in order): Fabian Hinz , research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Bruce Hoffman , senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of " God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America "; Karolina Hird , analyst and Russi...

Guests: Audrey Decker, aerospace reporter for Defense One ; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One . Related reading: Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says 'Multi-headed monster': Biden, Trump officials address China-Russia-Iran coordination 'Shock the system': Startups and DOGE take over Reagan forum Def...

Guests: Brian Potter , Senior Infrastructure Fellow at the Institute for Progress and author of " Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships? " from September 2024; And Nicole Foy , ProPublica's Ancil Payne Fellow, writing on immigration and labor; her report " An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing " was published in October 2024. And don't miss our complementary po...

Guests: Matthew Paxton , president of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Rep. Rob Wittman , R-Va.; Ret. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler , senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation; And Ret. Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery , senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Sources and additional reading: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress ( PDF );...

A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history.  Guests: Elliot Ackerman , author and contributing writer at  The Atlantic ; Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura ; And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker. Sources and additional reading: " Goodbye, My Brother ," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 20...

A retired U.S. admiral shares what he learned from a recent trip to the wartorn country. Guest: Mark Montgomery , a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington and senior director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation.

Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington.  Guest: Sam Skove, staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor. Find Defense One's complete AUSA coverage here .

Audrey Decker explains some of the top developments out of this year's AFA conference outside Washington. Guest: Audrey Decker, Defense One 's air warfare reporter. Extra reading: China's aggressive regional moves open doors for the US, PACAF chief says Air Force wants NGAD to cost no more than an F-35. Is that even possible? Lessons from Ukrainian F-16 crash will shape US training: Air Force gene...

Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference. Related reading: " European officials vow to boost defense production, but some worry it won't be enough ," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 30 from Prague; " The big loophole allowing Russia to access US chips? China ," by Tucker again, reporting from Washington on September 11; And " EU com...

The Army just put a new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test at Fort Johnson. Sam Skove explains what he saw during a recent week long demonstration. You can read more from Sam's coverage of this Army exercise  here .

We revisit some of the bigger takeaways from this year's Farnborough International Airshow.  Guest: Dan Darling , vice president of market insights at Forecast International, a research and consulting firm owned by Defense One 's parent company. You can see all of our Farnborough Airshow coverage, here .

We conclude our 2024 Tech Summit coverage with an interview featuring DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins. Guest: Stefanie Tompkins , Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, here .

Our 2024 Tech Summit coverage continues with a discussion about the future of hypersonic missile research and development. Guest: Frank Peterkin , Principal Director of Directed Energy at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies; And Jarret Lafleur , Senior Advisor to the Principal Director for Hypersonics for Strike Systems Strategy and Policy Office of the Under...

We're sharing some of our notable exchanges from the 2024 Defense One Technology Summit, beginning with the Pentagon's Maynard Holliday. Guest: Maynard Holliday , Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies at the Defense Department. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, here .

What might an invasion of Taiwan look like, and how can allies help the island nation better defend itself?  Guest: Dmitri Alperovitch , chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a geopolitics think-tank in Washington. Sources: " World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century ," by Dmitri Alperovitch, published April 2024;  " Surveying the Experts U.S....