Episodes
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.
Published 10/25/24
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.
Published 10/25/24
Host Bill Hamblet talks with author Mick Ryan about his latest book on the war between Russia and Ukraine (Naval Institute Press, 2024).
Published 10/15/24
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.
Published 10/02/24
Convincing China that a war for Taiwan will certainly become protracted would be a strong deterrent.
Published 09/18/24
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.
Published 09/18/24
Podcast host and Proceedings Editor-in-Chief Bill Hamblet and Deputy Editor Bill Bray discuss highlights from the September issue.
Published 09/09/24
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.
Published 09/04/24
Vice Admiral Dan Cheever talks to host Bill Hamblet about the demand for aircraft carriers, aircraft readiness, safety, sailors, and modernization.
Published 09/04/24
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.
Published 09/04/24
The head of Naval Air Training discusses changes underway to undergraduate pilot training in the Navy.
Published 08/29/24
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.
Published 08/28/24
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.
Published 08/22/24
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.
Published 08/08/24
Host Bill Hamblet talks with Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz about recruiting, retention, and the Marine Corps warfighting culture.
Published 07/23/24
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.
Published 07/15/24
Host Eric Mills and Chris Hemler discuss the Battle of Saipan as a turning point in the Pacific Theater.
Published 07/12/24
Bill Hamblet, Bill Bray, and Brian O'Rourke discuss highlights from the July issue.
Published 07/09/24
Host Bill Hamblet talks with retired Navy Captain Sam Tangredi, Leidos Chair of Future Warfare Studies at the Naval War College, about the impact of AI on future conflicts.
Published 07/08/24
Host Bill Hamblet talks with two of the winners of the 2023 Leadership Essay Contest—Coast Guard Lieutenant Matthew J. Nagle and Lieutenant Commander Drew Stafford.
Published 07/05/24
Host Bill Hamblet interviews former CENTCOM Commander General Frank McKenzie Jr., U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), about his latest book from the Naval Institute Press.
For more information on "The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century," visit: www.usni.org/press/books/melting-point
Published 06/14/24
Bill Hamblet and Brian O'Rourke discuss highlights from the June issue of Proceedings.
Published 06/12/24
Host Eric Mills and author Ed Offley discuss Operation Neptune, the most epic undertaking in the annals of amphibious warfare that unleashed a tidal wave of manpower onto France’s shores that marked the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.
Published 06/07/24