Professional Military Education

Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession with Dr. Leonard Wong

Jun 3, 2018

My guest is Dr. Leonard Wong a research professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. In February 2015, he co-authored a paper with Stephen Gerras called “Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession.” The interview explores how a culture of “ethical laziness” has...

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging with Sebastian Junger

May 20, 2018

In this interview, I talk to Sebastian Junger. Sebastian wrote Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. Sebastian is also the author of The Perfect Storm, which was made into a major film. His films include the award-winning documentaries Restrepo and Korengal.

Sebastian Junger began his career as a journalist in war town...

John Boyd, Maneuver Warfare, and MCDP-1 (Part 2) with Major Ian Brown

Apr 29, 2018

MCDP1: Warfighting is four chapters, and the total length is around 100 pages. The book is affectionately termed a "two crapper", which means that a person can finish it in two-bathroom trips. Warfighting describes a way of thinking about war. It is not a checklist or a technical manual. It gives a mental framework that...

John Boyd, Maneuver Warfare, and MCDP-1 (Part 1) with Major Ian Brown

Apr 22, 2018

What is “maneuver warfare”? Who is Air Force Colonel John Boyd, who throughout the late 1970s and 1980s found a captive audience in the Marine Corps leadership?

In Episode 11, Major Ian Brown discusses the evolution of the Marine Corps' doctrinal publication, MCDP-1: Warfighting. Furthermore, he focuses on the...