We've had some cool guests, such as entrepreneur Gary Vee [apple.co/3CZsssN], who spoke about empathetic leadership, motivation, and the value of failing.
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We had @PaulRieckhoff for Episode 56. As you'd expect, he had MUCH to say about the end of the war in Afghanistan, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and the need for veterans to reach out for help: apple.co/2Y1dDXB
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Here's one for Cold War history / Richard Nixon buffs: Michael Dobbs (one of our few return guests ) came on to talk about the final days of the Nixon administration. This was a riveting conversation on the coverup that brought down a presidency: apple.co/3AYCTfo
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Episode 29: 1983 - The World's Most Dangerous Year tells the largely unknown story about how Soviet misunderstanding around a NATO training exercise almost led to global nuclear war: apple.co/3l1GiF3
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Episode 31 is among our most downloaded.
@101stAASLTDIV veterans from the Battle of Hamburger Hill tell the story of one of the most controversial & misunderstood moments of the Vietnam War. apple.co/3igdmqX
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Episode 23 features master storyteller and podcast king Dan Carlin on deterrence, post-WWII Soviet philosophy, and the origins of the Cold War: apple.co/2XYdRi2.
As you'd expect, this one is a riveting discussion.
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Early on we had on MSNBC's Joe Scarborough to talk about Harry Truman. Joe had just published his book on the Truman Doctrine and explained why our 33rd POTUS matters today.
#TDIDCH: Aug 23, 1973 – Nixon SecDef James Schlesinger announced the “Total Force Policy” as the new doctrine of American military preparedness. The policy integrated the Active, Guard, & reserve forces into a homogeneous fighting force.
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Schlesinger’s policy coincided with the end of the draft, the end of the Vietnam War, and the start of Richard Nixon's All Volunteer Force.
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The American war in Vietnam was fought primarily with active-duty forces. Neither LBJ nor Nixon mobilized the Reserves and National Guard in large numbers and instead relied on the draft.
It's Episode 6⃣ of Dragon Jobs, a weekly show in which our host, Matt Visser, tries his hand at the hardest jobs in the 18th Airborne Corps.
In Episode 6, Matt visits our Parachute Riggers on Fort Bragg.
Here's the first of 5 segments.
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In Part 2⃣of this episode of Dragon Jobs, Matt Visser, tries to pack a chute for the first time in 5+ years. Parachute Riggers are required to pack a T-11 main parachute in 60 minutes (though experienced Riggers can do it in 25 minutes). Let's see how long it takes Matt
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Matt Visser, 18 Airborne Corps Public Affairs Officer, is the host of Dragon Jobs, a weekly TV show released here every Sunday at 10AM Eastern.
Today he meets Army Parachute Riggers (MOS 92R), Soldiers who pack or repair cargo and personnel parachutes for the airborne
This year, the 70th anniversary of our reactivation, we're reflecting on the key moments from the Corps' lifetime
One of those moments: the no-notice deployment of 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division to Vietnam. This is a part of that story that has not yet been told
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During the Vietnam War, the Corps HQ sent the entire 101st Airborne to the war in 1967.
For the war, the 101st was an operational HQ under Military Assistance Command-Vietnam and no longer an XVIII Airborne Corps unit.
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President Lyndon Johnson kept the XVIII Airborne Corps HQ and the 82nd Airborne Division out of the war and on Fort Bragg as part of a "rapid deployment force" in the event we had to fight the Soviets in Europe.
#TDIDCH: July 26, 1947 – POTUS Harry Truman signs into law the National Security Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation in American history. Most of provisions will not take effect until September 18, 1947.
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The visionary National Security Act was a MASSIVE restructuring of the American government and military. It served as the framework for today's military and for most foreign policy making ever since.
The bill did the following:
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1⃣Established the Department of Defense with its own Secretary to oversee and unify the Army & Navy.
With the burgeoning Cold War with the Soviet Union, Truman knew we could no longer isolate land and sea power in separate departments.