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MCA Scuttlebutt
The Marine Corps Association is dedicated in its mission to support Today’s Marines. Our podcast, Scuttlebutt, seeks to create a forum to encourage and inspire Marines, former Marines, Marine families, and supporters of the Marine Corps to engage with issues that impact Marines and the Corps. Storytelling not only helps us unpack who we are, but brings us into conversation with the world and people around us. We will hear stories from Marines and civilians working to honor, uncover, and restore…
Episodes
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#206: Road to 250 – Vietnam War with Leatherneck Legend Paul Thompson
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for listening and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#205: MDM 2025 – MCWL Sergeant Major, SgtMaj Christopher Singley
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue with our audio-only Modern Day Marine 2025 series. As…
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#204: MDM 2025- GySgt Kevin Harris, SOI-E
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we continue with our audio-only Modern Day Marine 2025 series…
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#203: MDM 2025 – Marine Scout Sniper Heritage Foundation President, Tim Parkhurst
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we begin our audio-only Modern Day Marine 2025 series. As with the…
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#202: Warrior Scholarship and Transitioning into Higher Education with Ryan Pavel
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we welcome Ryan Pavel to the show. Ryan is the CEO of the…
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#201: Road to 250 – WWII Amphibiosity with SgtMaj Justin LeHew
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#200: Capturing the Narrative with 1stSgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. Well, here we are, episode 200. We can say with all sincerity that this…
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#199: Telling the Scout Sniper story with the President of the Scout Sniper Association, Jonathan “JT” Taylor
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Jonathan “JT” Taylor to the show. JT is a retired…
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#198: Shenanigans with the author of the book Surrender, Brian O’Hare
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Brian O’Hare to the show. Using the term “welcome to the…
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#197: Road to 250 – The Interwar Period with Col Chris Woodbridge, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#196: Puncturing the Myths of Modern War with Dr. Ben Connable
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for tuning in an your continued support. This week, we welcome adjunct professor at Georgetown University, executive…
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#195: Catching Up with Old Friends – Will Schick
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for tuning in an your continued support. This week, we have another episode in our segment, Catching Up with Old Friends…
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#194: A Conversation with the Co-Creator of the 6.5 Creedmoor, Dennis DeMille
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the ballistician and co-creator of the 6.5 Creedmore…
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#193: Useful Fiction with August Cole from Modern Day Marine
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This is episode 193. This week, we welcome August Cole to the show. August is the co-author of the books Ghost Fleet and Burn-In…
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#192: Road to 250 – Semper Cinema review of Devil Dogs: Hero Marines of WWI
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#191: World of War(gaming) talks the All-Marine E-Sports Team with GySgt Matthew Springer
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for tuning in and your continued support. This week we bring you another installment of our World of War(gaming) series…
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MDM 2025: Scuttlebutt is going to the YouTubes
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Just wanted to give you all a heads up that our MDM 2025 content will not be released as audio-only podcasts via the Scuttlebutt…
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#190: Strait Talk with Dr. Michael Hunzeker
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we bring you another installment of Strait Talk with Dr. Mike…
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#189: Semper Cinema – David Kniess’ powerful documentary, The Gift
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we bring you another installment of Semper Cinema with our review…
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#188: Road to 250/”This is My Rifle” Spanish-American War historical crossover with Sam Lichtman
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#187: The Marine Corps Fittest Instructor Competition with LtCol Nick Gregson and Kelsie Meade
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome LtCol Nick Gregson and Kelsie Meade to the show. LtCol…
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#186: Capt Riley Tejcek Talks Her Book, Getting Gold, and Enjoying Calendar White Space
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we are very excited to be welcoming back to the show Capt Riley…
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#185: Female Engagement Team (FET) veterans, Riane Donoho and Saje Mrowinski talk the Lioness/FET Program
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Riane Donoho and Saje Mrowinski to the show. Riane and…
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#184: Road to 250 – William Treuting gets into the trenches of Marine Corps history during the Civil War
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#183: CWO5 Jonathan Knauth gets a double okie-doke, tickets to the big game
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Virginia State Park Ranger, photographer, and retired…
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#182: Remembering Iwo Jima with Dr. Robert Burrell
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we recognize the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of…
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#181: Walking the Road to 250 – 1840-1860. Archibald Gillespie and the California Adventure
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#180: How a Museum Exhibit is Made with Kater Miller and Chuck Girbovan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the Outreach Curator and Exhibit Chief from the National…
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#179: Walking the Long Road with SgtMaj Justin LeHew – the history and significance of the Overseas Highway
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, the Long Road takes us across the Overseas Highway with SgtMaj…
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#178: Paul Westermeyer talks the Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps, Archibald Henderson
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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#177: Mac Caltrider talks his book, Double Knot and using writing as a way to remember
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Mac Caltrider to the show. Mac is a veteran Marine…
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Corps Voices Season 2: Col Michael Shupp Reflects on Fallujah 20 Years Later
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners, today we have another episode from our series of Fallujah bonus content. These episodes are part of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah…
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#176: Nate Boaz talks meaning, sacrifice, and Running Toward Fire
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we get the pleasure of having Nate Boaz back on the show for a…
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Corps Voices Season 2: Col Michael Del Palazzo Reflects on Fallujah 20 Years Later
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners, today we have another episode from our series of Fallujah bonus content. These episodes are part of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah…
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#175: LtCol Tom Schueman and Nate Boaz talk PB Abbate and Staying Left of Bang with Veteran Suicide
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome LtCol Tom Schueman and Nate Boaz back to the show. Tom…
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#174: Road to 250 Part 2 – Barbary Pirates, The Battle of Derna, and the Shores of Tripoli with Dr. Mike Miller
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we continue our Road to 250 segment, celebrating the Marine Corps’…
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Corps Voices Season 2: SSgt Luis Agostini Reflects on Fallujah 20 Years Later
Hey Scuttlebutt listeners, today we have another episode from our series of Fallujah bonus content. These episodes are part of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah…
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#173: Six Days in Fallujah updates with Victura Founder and CEO, Peter Tamte
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, as a continuation of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah II/Operation…
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Corps Voices Season 2 with Col Ben Venning, USMC
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we’re featuring the first of a series of bonus episodes we’ll be…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 172: Corps Voices Season 2 with Col Willie Buhl, USMC (Ret.)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, as a continuation of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah II/Operation…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 171: Catching Up with Old Friends with Jeremiah Workman
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Jeremiah Workman back to the show. Jeremiah is a veteran…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 170: Washington’s Marines with MajGen Jason Q. Bohm, USMC (Ret.)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we begin our newest segment, Road to 250, in celebration of the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 169: Artist Preservation Group with SgtMaj Mike Stelzel, USMC (Ret.)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the founder of the Artist Preservation Group—Mike…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 168: PreVeteran Founder, LtCol Jason C. Anderson, USAF (Ret.)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the founder of PreVeteran and retired Air Force LtCol…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 167: Marine Corps Shooting Team
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome the Marine Corps Shooting Team’s Capt John Bodzioch and…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 166: Elliot Ackerman
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Elliot Ackerman to the show. Elliot is a veteran Marine…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 165: Hanger 4 with LtCol Isaac Lee , USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Isaac Lee to the show. Isaac Lee is a retired Marine…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 164: Commandant’s Planning Guidance 2024
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we dive into the 39th Commandant’s Planning Guidance. Last month…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 163: Ukraine Update with Col Chris Woodbridge
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. It’s been a while since we did an update on the war in Ukraine and as the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 162: Running Toward Fire with Nate Boaz
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Nate Boaz and his wife, Martha Contreras on the show…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 161: The Bottom Line Up Front with Sarah Kallassy
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Sarah Kallassy to the scuttlebutt. Sarah is a veteran…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 160: Semper Cinema with William Treuting
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we have another installment of Semper Cinema, where we talk to our…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 159: SgtMaj Justin LeHew
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome our Amtracker in Residence, SgtMaj Justin LeHew back to…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 158: Behind the Camouflage with Marta Sullivan
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week welcome the MCA’s Director of Engagement and Outreach, Marta…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 157: World of Wargaming with Don Vandergriff
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. World of Wargaming returns as William interviews returning guest Don…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 156: Military to Civilian Transition with Cheryl Cross
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. Speaking of outstanding support, our guest this week is a strong supporter of…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 155: When Colonialism Wins with Jose Torres
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. We’re back after a brief hiatus. Thank you for sticking with us and for your continued support. Well, after going radio dark we…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 154: Col Chris Jackson, USMC (Ret) and Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (IA)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week we had the pleasure of welcoming Col Chris Jackson, USMC (Ret)…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 153: Lawfare and the Law of Armed Conflict with LtCol Robert “Butch” Bracknell, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. On this episode we are happy to welcome LtCol Robert “Butch” Bracknell…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 152: Strait Talk with Dr. Michael Hunzeker
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us for another segment of Strait Talk. Dr. Michael Hunzeker comes to the scuttlebutt and learns us up on what…