The Proceedings Podcast

Acting MCPON Russell Smith talks morale, manpower, and career paths.

USCG Petty Officer talks sleep deprivation: Petty Officer Second Class Erica Rands-Howard, USCG, talks about her experiences as a brand new member of a cutter crew when she worked "double 4-to-8" watches, which broke her more than breaking her in. Read about her experiences in https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/july/break-sailors-dont-break-them

Don Walsh talks diving to 36,000 feet and other amazing adventures he had as one of the first "hydronauts" in the early '60s. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2011/september/oceans-dr-piccard-and-his-wonderful-electric-submarines

Writer and futurist August Cole calls into the PROCEEDINGS Podcast to talk about "Automated Valor," his short work of fiction that was exclusively published in the May issue of PROCEEDINGS, and a host of other topics including the future of warfighting and military procurement. Read automated valor at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/may/automated-valor

Longtime PROCEEDINGS Editor-in-chief Fred Rainbow looks back on his Naval Institute career on the eve of his departure from the USNI team.

CAPT Jamie McGrath calls into the show from the Naval War College to discuss his article in the June PROCEEDINGS titled "Would Nimitz Win a Midway Today?" McGrath talks about relative shipbuilding capacity and how Roosevelt made it happen in the '30 and how it can't happen today. Read his article at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/june/would-nimitz-win-midway-today

VADM Joseph Aucoin, USN (Ret.) calls into the PROCEEDINGS Podcast to discuss his recent article in the magazine titled "It's Not Just the Forward Deployed," which outlines his issues with the Comprehensive Review written following the two collisions at sea last summer that killed 17 sailors. Read his article at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/april/its-not-just-forward-deployed

Professor James Holmes calls into the show to discuss the "five faces of Chinese sea power" and the roots of Mao's naval strategy. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/june/visualize-chinese-sea-power

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen joins Bill and Ward in the studio to talk about his article from the April issue of PROCEEDINGS regarding adjustments to the surface warfare officer career path in the wake of last summer's collisions at sea. Read his article at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/april/we-can-fix-swo-career-path

Capt Andrew Jampoler, USN (Ret.) calls into the show to talk about his article in the May PROCEEDINGS about how last summer's collisions at sea and the Fat Leonard scandal are related and reflect poorly on the state of leadership and the profession at large. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/may/2017-tested-naval-profession

Maj. Nick Nappi, USMC, calls in from Hawaii to talk to Bill and Ward about how each of the Pacific allies might react in the event of a hot war with China. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/may/will-they-fight-china

Lt. (j.g.) Andrea Howard, USN, talks to Bill and Ward about the history of tactical nuclear weapons and the state of current thought with respect to their use. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/april/tactical-nuclear-weapons-are-back

Bill and Ward talk to Lt. Joseph Hanacek, USN, about his article in the April PROCEEDINGS titled, "Presence is Not Deterrence," in which he makes a distinction between "active" and "latent" suasion and suggests the Navy is doing too much of the latter while assuming it covers the former. Read the article at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/april/presence-not-deterrence

Bill and Ward talk to retired Navy Capt. Sam Tangredi about his article in the April PROCEEDINGS dealing with the future of amphibious warfare. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/april/amphibs-sea-control-and-power-projection

In this episode, Bill and Ward talk to U.S. Coast Guard commanders Timothy Kerze and Dana Brooke Reid about their article in the March PROCEEDINGS about how cutters might be mod'd to fight the "home game" against peer threats. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/march/rewrite-playbook-maritime-homeland-defense

Capt. John Cordle, USN (Ret.) talks to Bill and Ward about his most recent PROCEEDINGS article, titled "It's All About the Sailors," which deals with the challenges of training at sea and making sure sailors get enough rest to be effective and safe. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/march/it-all-about-sailors

In this episode of the PROCEEDINGS Podcast, Bill and Ward talk to Lt(j.g.) Daniel Stefanus, USN, a surface warfare officer who's won several USNI essay contests in recent years, on his techniques for writing about issues facing the Navy and leadership in the fleet in general.

In this episode Navy SEAL Colin Supko talks about his combat experience and how it's served him as he created Patriot List, his startup business. Colin also discusses innovation with Bill and Ward and gives his recommendations for how DoD could improve its warfighting capability by being more business-friendly. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/january/industry-vs-govern...

This week CAPT Pete Pagano, USN (Ret.) joins Bill and Ward to talk about how the Navy needs to update its training process to prepare for near-peer threats. And Meagan of the Naval Institute Press stops by to preview the USNI Press spring catalog. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/february/have-we-forgotten-how-fight

USNI News senior writer Megan Eckstein joins Bill and Ward to talk about the roll-out of the DoD budget and the U.S. Navy's latest shipbuilding plan. https://news.usni.org/

In this episode Bill and Ward talk to VADM Tom Moore, USN, NAVSEA Commander, live from WEST 2018. Admiral Moore discusses the status of CVN 78, the future of LCS, how NAVSEA has supported 7th Fleet in the wake of last summer's mishaps, and the need for a defense budget.

ADM Scott Swift, PACFLT Commander, talks about "Mastering the Art of Command and Control," his article in the February issue of PROCEEDINGS. The admiral also offers an update on PACFLT's readiness in the face of ongoing regional threats like North Korea. Read more at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/february/master-art-command-and-control

In this episode of the PROCEEDINGS Podcast, Bill and Ward talk to CAPT Will McGee, USMC, about his article titled "The Exercise Has No Clothes" featured in the January issue of the magazine. CAPT McGee explains some of what he wrote in the piece regarding how training exercises don't replicate real-world scenarios to the degree they should. Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/201...

In this episode Commander Salamander joins Bill and Ward to talk about the most recent report regarding the FITZGERALD and MCCAIN mishaps and Sal's USNI Blog post that suggests the surface Navy isn't showing the right signs of learning lessons from these tragedies. Read him on the USNI Blog: https://blog.usni.org/posts/tag/cdr-salamander

Ward and Bill discuss the January issue of Proceedings with Fleet Master Chief Paul Kingsbury, U.S. Navy, and drill down into Captain Kevin Eyer’s definitive article “What Happened To Our Surface Forces?” Read it at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/january/what-happened-our-surface-forces