The Proceedings Podcast
Summary: The Naval Institute is a private, not-for-profit educational institution whose mission is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security. Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach, Ward Carroll, and the Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, Bill Hamblet, talk about what's happening in the Sea Services, latest news from USNI News, stories in Proceedings and Naval History magazines, and interview Naval Institute authors. Deputy Editor Bill Bray joins the cast from time to time as well.
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Podcasts:
Chief Boatswain's Mate Phillip Null, USCG, discusses his submission that won third prize the General Prize Essay Contest that deals with the thesis that presence without authorization is not a deterrent. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/may/fallacy-presence
LCDR Evan Karlik discusses how algorithmic warfare will require an energetic focus on software updatability, not today’s overwhelming emphasis on ship types and totals. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/may/diving-platform-centric-mind-set
USCG Seaman Adam Lavigne identifies shortfalls in USCG Aviation Survival Technician candidate training and suggests a framework to improve their fitness and that of other USCG members.
Experiencing heart palpitations and chest pains, Captain Rob Francis convinced himself they were the result of medications he was taking or something he ate—until he was in full cardiac arrest. His message: Take care of yourself. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/march/warrior-spirit-fickle-heart
CDR "Heed" Scarbro, USN talks about how a crippling Japanese attack put the boat and her crew in peril, leaving them to fight for their sub and their lives. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/april/last-cruise-halibut
The Ilteris brothers, Captain Steve and Commander Mike, discuss how a 21st-century antisubmarine task group could bring the fleet a substantial increase in capability, operational flexibility, and lethality. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/april/resurrect-hunter-killer-group
Historian Andy Blackley talks about the naval defeat inflicted by Japan in the 1890s that left China with wounded pride that has influenced how that country is rebuilding its Navy today. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/april/enduring-legacy-war-jiawu
On the 60th anniversary of the operation, historian Norman Friedman talks about how the failed Bay of Pigs operation gave a black eye to the nascent Kennedy administration—and generated a perilous escalation of Cold War tensions.
China expert Zi "Mike" Yang explains how a military commander and political commissar serve side by side to achieve both military and political objectives aboard Chinese warships. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/march/chinas-dual-command-sea
ADM Charles Richard, USN, STRATCOM Commander, talks about the need to refocus on strategic deterrence in the wake of 20 years of the Pentagon focusing on asymmetric threats in the Middle East. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/february/forging-21st-century-strategic-deterrence
Master Chief Shane Gibbs and Chief Wayne Papalski discuss why their experiences during 2019 Hurricane Dorian relief efforts made them think that the helicopter sea combat (HSC) community is not ready to operate effectively and efficiently in a wartime environment.
Petty Officer Nicholas Harris builds upon his March "From the Deckplates" article and argues that the fleet's current approach to mission readiness is missing the critical element of "individual lethality."
Retired intel officer Mike Dahm talks about how China took lessons from Operation Desert Storm and remade itself with foreign technology to build a formidable joint military force with expeditionary ambitions. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/march/chinas-desert-storm-education
Proceedings author Robert Stuart, USNR (Ret.) discusses his experience as a young sailor stationed aboard an aircraft carrier, what he learned, and why naval professionals should be interested in their naval history and heritage. He also offers advice to new Chief Petty Officers. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/standing-ready-korea
CAPT Brian Taddiken, USN and LT Kirsten Krock, USN, discuss how 66 years ago one of the Navy’s most secretive communities began. Its members went by the code word SOSUS, which means “Sound Surveillance System.” A new front line in the Cold War, they had one mission: FIND SUBMARINES. More here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/66-years-undersea-surveillance
