MCA Scuttlebutt

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. We had the recent pleasure of sitting down with director, producer, writer Joshua Caldwell to talk about his newest movie, Mending the Line. The film follows his protagonist, John Colter, a Marine wounded in Afghanistan who meets Ike Fletcher, fly-fisherman and Vietnam veteran, as they both work toward finding something to live for, instead of finding something to die for. Joshua was kind enough to spend time talking with us about his passion for the movie and his passion for fly-fishing, his work with veterans and  PTSD awareness, and how he came to be behind the camera. Check out the interview and stay for the movie. Both are awesome! Mending the Line opened on June 9th so check your local listings for show times. www.bluefoxentertainment.com/films/mending-the-line Enjoy! Website Instagram Twitter <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 82: Mending the Line with Joshua Caldwell first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Modern Day Marine is next week (June 27-29 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C.) and we are excited that the MCA’s Director of Engagement and Outreach, Marta Sullivan, took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to us. Modern Day Marine is going to be a tremendous event and Marta helps break down some of the planning and key events of this three-day conference. At the same time, we had some time to chat and her perspectives on transitioning, being a Marine spouse and her journey in the gun club were really insightful. This was such a fun 42 minutes and I’m so glad that she was able to come on to talk to us. Enjoy! <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 81: Modern Day Marine with a modern-day Marine, LtCol Marta Sullivan, USMC (Ret) first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. SgtMaj Justin LeHew returns to the show to talk about his epic journey. It’s very commonplace these days to use hyperbolic language as part of our everyday vernacular. I’m the worst with that (see what I did there?). And where we may use terms like “awesome” and “amazing” fairly regularly, I’m not sure you can find a more truly amazing person than Justin LeHew. For example, after seeing a neglected and unserviceable POW/MIA flag over his local post office, he realized that there was a lot of work to do to raise awareness for those not forgotten. So, last summer, joined by two fellow Devil Dogs, SgtMaj Coleman “Rocky” Kinzer, USMC (Ret) and veteran Marine, Ray Shinohara, walked 3,365 miles coast-to-coast to raise awareness for MIA service members and raise funds for History Flight. As always, Sergeant Major tells it like it was during the 6 1/2-month trek across the country. There’s no way you don’t come away with something special after listening to this. I dare you! Enjoy! historyflight.com legionofvalor.net <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 80: Lessons Learned on The Long Road with SgtMaj Justin LeHew first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we welcome Amy Forsythe, the author of the book, Heroes Live Here: A Tribute to Camp Pendleton Marines Since 9/11, to the show. Amy is a veteran Marine and award-winning military journalist who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been on assignment for several other overseas missions. Amy started her career as a Marine combat correspondent in 1993 and currently serves as Public Affairs Officer in the Navy Reserve. Her book, Heroes Live Here, showcases the history of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and is filled with more than 150 full-color vivid photographs of memorials and markers with a detailed map showing the location of several important monuments. It also includes reflections and remembrances from those who were stationed there over the past two decades and who still have strong ties to the base. Amy talks to us about her family ties to the Marine Corps, her career, the idea behind the book, and her passion for her Marines and those who deployed from Camp Pendleton in support of the long war. Follow Amy on the links below and check out the book. The photographs are simply stunning. Enjoy! http://www.heroeslivehere.com/ Get the book on Amazon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyforsythe Instagram: http://instagram.com/amyforsythe760 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AmyForsythe Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. Music is “I Am The Hammer” by Soularflair. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 79: Heroes Live Here with Amy Forsythe first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week on MCA Scuttlebutt we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Terry Salman. Terry is the author of the book, What We Give, and the Chairman of New Pacific Metals Corp, and President & CEO of Salman Capital Inc. As President, CEO and Co-Director of Research he helped raise over $20 billion for more than 400 exploration and mining companies. He was the recipient of the 2016 Murray Pezim Award in recognition of his remarkable career in Canadian mining finance and he was inducted to the Cambridge House Resource Hall of Fame in 2018. Mr. Salman is the Chair Emeritus of the Vancouver Public Library Foundation, Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore, and was recently appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to mining exploration and for his generous philanthropy and community activism. But before all these wonderful accomplishments in development and charity, he was a US Marine. Terry served in Vietnam with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines as a 81mm mortar section leader and forward observer. Terry shares with us his experiences being a Canadian coming to the US to step on the yellow footprints, his time in Hawaii, his philanthropic experiences, and what it was like for a Vietnam veteran to return to exact same place where he experienced horrific combat four decades earlier. Terry explains that the ethos the Marine Corps has taught him has been foundational throughout his life. Hope you take away as much wisdom from this conversation as we did. Enjoy! https://www.whatwegivebook.com/ Leatherneck magazine will be featuring an article with Terry Salman in the August addition. Please check it out when it hits the shelves, or at https://www.mca-marines.org/magazines/leatherneck/ Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. Music is “I Am The Hammer” by Soularflair. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 78: From Marine to Philanthropist with Terry Salman first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week on MCA Scuttlebutt, the World of Wargaming Series continues with author, Marine, and prolific wargamer Major Ian T. Brown. Ian is the operations officer at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare, Marine Corps University. He is also the author of the book, “A New Conception of War: John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare”, which is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Professional Reading List, and wargames so much, he decided to create his own so he would finally have some competition. Ian joins Vic and William to discuss how wargaming has influenced his career as a Marine as well as some of the Marine Corps’ current wargaming initiatives. This is actually take 2 of this interview. Unfortunately, the audio took a total dump on us the first time, and we were really bummed because it was a great interview. But, Ian goes next level and even provides updates from our first conversation, so it was a very nice benefit of going at this twice. Enjoy! Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. Music is “I Am The Hammer” by Soularflair. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 77: World of Wargaming with Major Ian Brown first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. There’s a common  misconception that there are only two types of people that work at NASA: astronauts and scientists. If Hollywood has it right, the only buildings are the control center and the launching pad. And everyone in the control center is sweating profusely and chain smoking. But in reality, it takes a lot more than astronauts and scientists to contribute to mission success at NASA. This week, Vic and Nancy sit down in the studio with veteran Marines Katie Maynard, NASA’s chief of protocol, and Randolph Harris, the deputy chief of enterprise management, to talk about how their Marine Corps training prepared them for their current roles at NASA. Come and join us for a look behind the curtain as we learn that there are a lot more opportunities for veterans at NASA other than just going into space. Enjoy! Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 76: From the Yellow Footprints to NASA first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello Scuttlebutt listeners! This week we are truly honored to have the President and CEO of the MCA, LtGen Charles Chiarotti, USMC (Ret), back on the show. March was the logistics-themed edition of the Marine Corps Gazette, so we thought there couldn’t be any logistician better (or closer to our sound studio) than the former Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics to talk to us about what it means when the Commandant says that logistics is the “pacing function” for operations. As we look to our pacing threat in the Indo-Pacific and first island chain, what does it mean for the Marine Corps’ vision of stand-in forces and expeditionary advanced base operations that logistics, more than any of the other warfighting functions, will dictate our operational reach. LtGen Chiarotti shares with us his views on how we can support distributed operations in a contested environment, what utility emerging tech (read: AI/ML) will have to facilitate distributed operations, and how we need to lean into the current and future generations of Marines, give them the tools, and sit back and be impressed. Ok, enough buzz words and phrases. I’m probably using old ones anyway. This is a great conversation (just because I’m supposed to say that doesn’t mean it’s not true) and I hope you all get as much out of it as William and I did. Enjoy! Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 75: Logistics in a Contested Environment with LtGen Charles Chiarotti first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello Scuttlebutt listeners! This week Vic and Nancy have a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Adam Makos about his book, “Devotion,” about naval aviators LT Tom Hudner and ENS Jesse Brown. Now a major motion picture, starring Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell, Devotion is a powerful story of Hudner’s unsuccessful attempt to save his squadron mate Jesse Brown, the first Black naval aviator, after Brown’s Corsair crashed during a mission to provide air support to Marines fighting on the ground during the Korean War. Hudner received the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. Adam tells us about earning Hudner’s trust so he could write this story of courage, perseverance and friendship. We also talk about some of his other books, namely Voices of the Pacific, an unflinching, brutal, and relentless firsthand chronicle of United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific during World War II. We definitely want to have him back on the show to talk about this one! Enjoy! https://adammakos.com/ https://amzn.to/3lSkDlM https://www.valorstudios.com/ https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/devotion https://www.instagram.com/adammakos Tweets by DevotionMovie Tweets by AdamMakos Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 74: Devotion with Adam Makos first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>

Hello again Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining. On this World of Wargaming episode of MCA Scuttlebutt, William speaks with the CEO and Founder of Nemertes, Johna Till Johnson, on the application of wargaming in the cyber realm. Nemertes is a research-based advisory and consulting firm that analyzes the business value of emerging technologies—which involves developing new means of preventing cyber-attacks. Using lessons gleaned from Nemertes employee Col Don Vandergriff’s experiences in military and as a wargamer, Johna developed “cyberwargaming” to help companies learn how to both deter and defeat potential cyber-attacks. In doing so, her clients must embrace the tenets of the OODA Loop to overcome new threats in a world where threats in the cyber domain are increasingly present. Produced by Vic Ruble, William Treuting, Tai Frazier, and Nancy Lichtman. <p>The post Scuttlebutt Ep 73: OODA Loop and Cyber-wargaming with Nemertes CEO Johna Till Johnson first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>