THE ALL MARINE RADIO NEWS HOUR: “Finding 137” & “Finding 138” of the Navy’s investigation into the USS Somerset/15th MEU AAV incident

The “How To Lead” Series is one I’ve wanted to do for a while. The idea is simple: bring outstanding leaders to the podcast and ask them how they DID IT. Ask them about what worked. Ask them if they think that leadership is soooooooo different today. Today’s featured leader is 1stSgt Jason McKinley, USMC (ret). […]

The “How To Lead” Series is one I’ve wanted to do for a while. The idea is simple: bring outstanding leaders to the podcast and ask them how they DID IT. Ask them about what worked. Ask them if they think that leadership is soooooooo different today. Today’s featured leader is Gunner JC Knight, USMC (ret). He’s […]

As President Trump, fresh off his Middle East breakthrough, heads towards a meeting with China’s President Xi… a meeting that will have huge implications for both the US and the Chinese economies… We’ll talk to our expert, Grant Newsham, and get his perspective. Grant has been ALL MARINE RADIO’s Pacific expert for a long time, […]

Col Will Costantini, USMC (ret), is a former “Foreign Area Officer” with subject matter expertise in the Middle East. We’ll get Will’s thoughts on what he believes led to the historic agreement and also what to expect next as a fragile peace plan attempts to find its legs in Gaza. WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE […]

ALL MARINE RADIO host Mike McNamara and MajGen Dale Alford, USMC (ret), discuss Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s unprecedented “All Hands” meeting of General Officers and Senior Enlisted leaders held on Tuesday, September 30th in Quantico, VA. Mac and MajGen Alford review each of Secretary Hegseth’s policy directives. Click HERE to watch the YouTube video.

Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves towards […]

NEVER in the history of the Marine Corps has it needed the leadership abilities of its Staff Non-Commissioned Officer corps more than it does today. In today’s “Talking Point,” Mac expands on the theme of “It’s not my job to parent and life coach young Marines” — something he hears wherever he goes to speak […]

IT’S OUT! Mac’s first book… click HERE! “From Trauma To Joy” — Mac’s first book has been published and is available on Amazon.com! ALSO… LtGen Dave Furness, USMC (ret), and MajGen Dale Alford, USMC (ret) join Mac to discuss their reaction to something Mac hears enlisted leaders say wherever he speaks around the world: “I’m their […]

At 10:09 PM on June 6th of 2022, I received a long email from a guy named Wade Cates.  At 11:15 PM, I woke up, read the email, and told him to call me if he was still awake. We spoke the next day. Wade is a former Marine NCO, he drives a semi-truck for […]