The Proceedings Podcast

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.

EP. 422: Seapower in the Spanish Civil War

The struggle for sea control throughout Spain’s bitter civil war involved other European powers and led to many naval historical “firsts” in the years leading up to World War II. Eric Mills talks with author Leonard Heinz about his article in the latest issue of Naval History magazine.

11-21
40:25

EP. 421: Storming the Beaches: The Marine Corps and Army Must Integrate Armor in Future Amphibious Ops

Host Bill Hamblet talks with U.S. Army Major Austin T. Schwartz about his prize-winning article in the Marine Corps essay contest.

11-14
30:21

EP. 420: Essential Films for Shipyard Leadership

Host Bill Hamblet talks with Navy Captain Joel Holwitt about the films that taught him important leadership lessons that can be applied in the shipyard.

10-25
45:23

EP. 419: Diverging Views, One Destination

The first two Marine aviators had uniquely different careers that embodied the two central characteristics of Marine Corps aviation. Retired Marine Corps Major Fred H. Allison shares their story with host Eric Mills.

10-25
28:23

EP 418: The War for Ukraine, A Conversation with Mick Ryan

Host Bill Hamblet talks with author Mick Ryan about his latest book on the war between Russia and Ukraine (Naval Institute Press, 2024).

10-15
31:14

EP. 417: Jim Holmes on the Navy's New NavPlan

James Holmes, former U.S. Navy surface warfare officer and J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College, talks with Bill Hamblet about the CNO's newly released NavPlan.

10-02
26:57

EP. 416: No One Should Think the War Will Be Short

Convincing China that a war for Taiwan will certainly become protracted would be a strong deterrent.

09-18
37:24

EP. 415: Battle of Leyte Gulf - A Conversation with Drachinifel

British naval historian Drachinifel speaks with Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet about the Battle of Leyte Gulf going into the 80th anniversary of the momentous battle.

09-18
36:32

EP. 414: September Review

Podcast host and Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet and Deputy Editor Bill Bray discuss highlights from the September issue.

09-09
37:49

EP. 413: Navy F-35C Update from Lockheed Martin

Jim Gigliotti, retired Navy captain and F-35C Program Manager from Lockheed Martin talks with Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet about the F-35C Lightning II.

09-04
22:51

EP. 412: Commander, Naval Air Forces, talks carriers, FA-18, F-35, unmanned, and readiness.

Vice Admiral Dan Cheever talks to host Bill Hamblet about the demand for aircraft carriers, aircraft readiness, safety, sailors, and modernization.

09-04
18:59

EP. 411: Tailhook Leaders Discuss #Hook24, TOPGUN, and Naval Aviation Training

Navy FA-18 Pilots CDR Kristen Findlay and LT Mark Jbeily talk about this year’s Tailhook Symposium, TOPGUN training, and changes to carrier qualification.

09-04
14:17

EP. 410: CDR, Naval Air Training talks about the Flight School Factory

The head of Naval Air Training discusses changes underway to undergraduate pilot training in the Navy.

08-29
19:46

EP. 409: Mysteries of the K-129

The disappearance of a Soviet submarine in the Pacific—and the CIA’s clandestine effort to retrieve the wreck—remains one of the most intriguing chapters in the story of the Cold War. Host Eric Mills gets an inside account from Navy Reserve Captain Jack G. Newman, a former submarine officer who was there.

08-28
46:46

EP. 408: The Evacuation of Sicily in WWII

Host Eric Mills and Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kerg discuss Operation Lehrgang: the Axis evacuation of German and Italian forces from Sicily in August 1943, following the Allied invasion known as Operation Husky.

08-22
52:11

EP. 407: The Navy's Shipbuilding Dilemma

Bill Hamblet and Brian O'Rourke discuss current issues the Navy faces in expanding the fleet, and encourage readers to join the discussion by writing for Proceedings.

08-08
36:59

EP. 406: Everybody Fights: A Conversation with SMMC Carlos A. Ruiz

Host Bill Hamblet talks with Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz about recruiting, retention, and the Marine Corps warfighting culture.

07-23
39:56

EP: 405: The Soft Cyber Underbelly of the U.S. Military

Lessons from the Israel-Hamas conflict reveal you are more vulnerable to cyber threats than you know. Host Bill Hamblet talks with Marine Corps Major W. Stone Holden, about his prize-winning essay for the Information Warfare Essay Contest, sponsored by Booz Allen.

07-15
32:07

EP. 404: Seizing Saipan

Host Eric Mills and Chris Hemler discuss the Battle of Saipan as a turning point in the Pacific Theater.

07-12
29:09

EP. 403: July Issue Review

Bill Hamblet, Bill Bray, and Brian O'Rourke discuss highlights from the July issue.

07-09
42:01

Cam

The phone repeatedly going off in the background is really distracting.

09-15 Reply

Cam

Lots of background noise and conversation - distracting.

07-16 Reply

Cam

Great content but... rough audio on the front half and the lip smacking was distracting.

04-03 Reply

zane de takdal

From the title, one would get the impression that the subject concerned a history of naval operations in the Black Sea; alas and alack, one is presented with a stifling lecture on the faddish ethnic palaver that America's ruling class marinates in. I suppose a treatise concerning the salubrious nature of sodomy on the high seas is next in the series, with an encomium on the (hidden) contribution of lesbian-feminist Seabee's to victory in the Pacific War as a chaser. The American military has become quite the perverse joke to much of the world these days; pray that your "leadership" doesn't elect to get in a scuffle with a foreign opponent that, unlike the impoverished societies that you have been waging slaughter games over the past several decades, has the means to fight back. It won't end well for you.

05-20 Reply

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