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Scuttlebutt Ep 62: Miles Vining and Battle at Lake Changjin
January 05, 2023

Miles Vining returns to recount his experiences working as a historical consultant for the 2021 Chinese film, “The Battle at Lake Changjin.”  Grossing over $900 million, “The Battle at Lake

Scuttlebutt Ep 61: Jeremiah Workman
December 12, 2022

This week we welcome to the show, Navy Cross recipient and author of the book, Shadow of the Sword, Jeremiah Workman to talk to us about his amazing journey from

Scuttlebutt Ep 60: Missing Marines with Geoff Roecker
November 22, 2022

Writer Geoff Roecker joined us in studio recently to talk about how the search for information about a family member’s death on Saipan in 1944 led him to become a

Scuttlebutt Ep 59: “Bravo Company” by Ben Kesling
November 15, 2022

Ben Kesling—journalist, author, and Marine combat veteran—joined us to discuss his newly released book, “Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath.” “Bravo Company” recounts the exper

Scuttlebutt Ep 58: “We Came In Peace” Talking about Beirut and Making a Documentary
October 23, 2022

Join us for the 39th anniversary of the devastating bombing of the Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut as we talk to Elisa Camera and Michael Ivey about their documentary project

Scuttlebutt Ep 57: Sound, Noise, Hearing, How to Pronounce Tinnitus. Audiology
October 17, 2022

Dr. Theresa Schulz (LtCol Air Force Ret.) and Dr. Amy Boudin-George are some of the most preeminent hearing experts in the country and they have devoted their pursuits to helping

Scuttlebutt Ep 56: “Radioman” by Andy Hesterman and Rob Einaudi
October 11, 2022

Andy Hesterman and his lifelong friend Rob Einaudi joined us on Scuttlebutt to chat it up about Andy’s broad-reaching experiences from 25 years in the Marine Corps and some of

Scuttlebutt Ep 55: Ukrainian Counteroffensive
October 04, 2022

It is hard to believe that in 8 short months, Ukraine has gone from having a lightly armed and trained Territorial Defense Force, to defending its capital city from one

Scuttlebutt Ep 54: Old Breed General
September 29, 2022

Hello everyone. Recently we welcomed to the studio Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, authors of “Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in

Scuttlebutt Ep 53: At Dawn of Airpower with Dr. Larry Burke
September 20, 2022

National Museum of the Marine Corps Aviation Curator Dr. Larry Burke joined us on Scuttlebutt this week to talk about Marine Corps Aviation. Dive into the very birth of aviation