Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach and Marketing, 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 and Co-director of Outreach Paul Kingsbury join the cast from time to time as well.
Episodes
Proceedings Podcast Episode 221: Sailor Heart Attack Warnings and Prevention
26 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 220: Last Cruise of the Halibut
20 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 219: Resurrect the Hunter-Killer Group
14 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 218: Legacy of China's Naval Defeat at the Yalu River
09 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 217: Debacle at the Bay of Pigs
06 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 216: China's Dual Command at Sea
02 April 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast Episode 215: STRATCOM on Deterrence
30 March 2021
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.
Proceedings Podcast (FTD) Episode 214: Sea Combat Wings Must Adapt
26 March 2021
Master Chief Shane Gibbs and Chief Wayne Papalski discuss why helicopter sea combat community is not ready to operate effectively and efficiently in a wartime environment.
Proceedings Podcast (FTD) Episode 213: Lethality as Individual Skill
22 March 2021
Petty Officer Nicholas Harrison builds on his March "From the Deckplates" article and argues that the fleet's current approach to mission readiness is missing "individual lethality."
Proceedings Podcast Episode 212: China's Desert Storm Education
09 March 2021
Retired naval intelligence officer Mike Dahm talks about how China took lessons from Operation Desert Storm and remade its military with foreign technology.