The Mensa Brothers: Thoughts on the Peace Talks, The Pope, The Blockade, and what’s next?

Retired Marine Infantry Officers Col Will Costantini, Major Tim Lynch, and host Mike McNamara discuss the latest developments related to the war in Iran. TODAY’S TOPICS: Thoughts on the US-Iran “peace talks” that took place over the weekend in Pakistan Thoughts on the Pope and his comments Thoughts on blockading the Strait of Hormuz What […]

Retired Marine Infantry Officers Col Will Costantini, Major Tim Lynch, and host Mike McNamara discuss the latest developments related to the war in Iran. TODAY’S TOPICS: Were you surprised that the Iranians agreed to a ceasefire?  Do you think that the ceasefire will lead to something permanent? CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE YOUTUBE […]

Three retired Marine Infantry Officers… Col Will Costantini, Major Tim Lynch, and host Mike McNamara discuss the war in Iran. Today’s topics: The rescue of the F-15E Weapons Officer — details still emerging from his evasion of Iranian civilians, military, and militia units, and the amazing operation that rescued him — we’ll talk about it. When […]

Two retired Marine Infantry Officers, Col Will Costantini, USMC (ret), and Maj Tim Lynch, USMC (ret), join Maj Mike McNamara, USMCR (ret), today on ALL MARINE RADIO. With apologies for the technical issues in this broadcast…  TODAY’S TOPICS: Does regime change happen in the near term… or will that happen at a later date… after […]

Three ONE retired Marine Infantry Officer, Maj Tim Lynch, USMC (ret), the lone Mensa Brother to show up today… joins Maj Mike McNamara, USMCR (ret) today on ALL MARINE RADIO. TODAY’S TOPICS: General observations on the past week’s events The Strait of Hormuz problem — how does it get resolved? The 11th MEU heads west […]

Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, paid a formal visit to the White House yesterday, which included a State Dinner. The timing of the event was deliberate, to reinforce US/Japan relations BEFORE President Trump was supposed to head to China. We’ll ask Col Grant Newsham, USMC (ret), to explain how, given the following, Japan won’t support […]

Four retired Marine Infantry Officers — Colonel Will Costantini, Colonel Jeff Kenney & Major Tim Lynch, and host Mike McNamara discuss the war in Iran. Today’s topics: Kharg Island — now that we’ve struck it… what do we do next? A Marine Expeditionary Unit is enroute to the North Arabian Sea —  how will they […]

Grant Newsham is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy. He is also a Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political, and economic matters. Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel and was the first US Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. He […]

“Once over lightly…” as they used to say in my barbershop. Here is what Mac, Tim Lynch & Will Costantini, all retired Marine Corps officers, are talking about today. A POLL QUESTION: Should the President of the United States ever say… “No boots on the ground…” or remove any option during a war? How do […]

As we consider how the war in Iran will be concluded, we hear a lot about the “ethnic groups of Iran,” but few people understand where these groups are located inside of Iran, or how large they are, or what their history with the Iranian Government is. Major Tim Lynch, USMC (ret), will solve that […]