The Proceedings Podcast

CDR Wolf Melbourne talks about how Naval Intelligence needs to take better advantage of tech and big data. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/naval-intelligences-lost-decade

Capt. Trip Barber talks about how the Navy needs to design the fleet for 2030 and beyond. Read Captain Barber's "Proceedings" article at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/january/redesign-fleet

Author Scott Mobley talks about his new book, "Progressives in Navy Blue," which deals with the revolution in critical thought in the officer ranks in the late 1800s. Buy the book at https://www.usni.org/press/books/progressives-navy-blue

The "Top Guns" of the surface Navy explain how they train the fleet for the high-end fights of the future.

Naval expert Bryan McGrath discusses his blog post about arming amphibious ships under the doctrine of "distributed lethality." Read his piece on the USNI Blog: https://blog.usni.org/posts/2018/12/14/increase-fleet-lethality-by-arming-the-amphibs

Retired VADM Barry McCullough talks about the future of the Surface Navy as a preview to this year's SNA convention.

LCDR Jason FIte talks about history's role in making warfighters and Hughes' "six cornerstones" of naval tactics. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/study-past-win-today

Maj. Rafiel Deon Warfield, USMC, talks about how the Corps needs to create a better screening system for choosing who trains foreign militaries. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/every-marine-not-advisor

CAPT Sharif Calfee talks about creating an autonomous program office to fast-track good ideas into fleet capability. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/december/navy-needs-autonomy-project-office

USNI Blog columnist "The Salty Millennial" reveals his true identity and talks about the state of generational tension in the Navy today. Read his posts on the USNI Blog: https://blog.usni.org/author/the-salty-millennialgmail-com

BGEN Bill Bowers, USMC and Dr. Chris Yung talk about China's desire to have amphibious warfare capability. Read more in Proceedings: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/november/china-has-learned-value-amphibious-operations

Afshin Molavi, Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, talks about China and "the new Silk Road" and the defense implications surrounding it. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/october/new-silk-road-runs-through-uae

David Poyer talks about how he writes and his latest effort "Deep War." Learn more about "Deep War": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250101105

LCDR Graham Scarbro talks about how to fix Navy Air's bandit problem to avoid sending aviators into combat ill-prepared to fight. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/november/fix-naval-aviations-adversary-problem

1st Lt. Christian Heller, USMC, talks counter intelligence and how the Marines need to focus on this mission area during both asymmetric and peer conflicts. Read his prize-winning essay here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/october/make-counterintelligence-main-effort

Tom Cutler from the Naval Institute Press talks about his time in the "brown water" Navy in Vietnam, his job as the Gordon England Chair for Professional Naval Books, how raw manuscripts become Naval Institute Press books, the new Chief's Guide, and the latest news from the second deck of Beach Hall. Learn more about the CPO's guide: https://www.usni.org/press/books/chief-petty-officers-guide-2nd-...

Former SECNAV John Lehman talks about winning the Cold War at sea and other parts of his tenure during the Reagan years as captured in his new book "Oceans Ventured." Learn more: https://books.wwnorton.com/books/Oceans-Ventured/

How the U.S. Coast Guard started using social media during disasters. USCGA Cadet Evan Twarog talks about how an idea that took off during Hurricane Harvey has now become fundamental to how the Coast Guard saves lives. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/october/hurricane-ready-coast-guard-adapts-social-media-storm

Using carriers differently in a high-end fight. Retired Naval Aviator Capt. "Barney" Rubel discusses the issues he raises in his Sept. PROCEEDINGS article. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/september/use-carriers-differently-high-end-fight

Maj. Valerie McGuire on Russia's hybrid warfare threat, including computer hacking. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/august/hybrid-warfare-helps-russia-level-playing-field

Navy Capt. Peter Ryan talks about the threat video addiction poses to readiness across the fleet. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/september/technology-new-addiction

Trent Hone talks Navy fighting doctrine changes at the turn of the 20th Century on how they influenced the outcome of World War II. Trent is the author of "Learning War," which was just published by the Naval Institute Press. Buy the book: https://www.usni.org/press/books/learning-war

Undersea explorer Robert Kraft describes his team's recent findings of the wrecks of the LEXINGTON, INDIANAPOLIS, and JUNEAU. (For more check out "Paul Allen's Winning Season" in the Aug. issue of NAVAL HISTORY magazine. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2018/august/paul-allens-winning-season

Discussion about what's needed for the next generation of urban combat featuring an Army major who wrote "Prepare to Fight in Megacities," which appears in the August PROCEEDINGS. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/august/prepare-fight-megacities

Lt. Katelyn Davidson, USN talks about her article on how JOs can fix SWO training. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/july/jos-can-fix-swo-training