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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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Scuttlebutt Ep 151: Semper Sustainable with Jordan and Laura Green of J&L Green Farms
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. One of the things we try to focus on here is people’s stories. All of the nitty-gritty details, so let’s…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 150: MajGen William Seely, USMC
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Not sure there is a lot I can say that the name of this week’s guest doesn’t say for itself. We are ……
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Scuttlebutt Ep 149: Catching Up with Old Friends – LtCol Tom Schueman
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. MDM 2024 is behind us now and it was a wonderful time. Huge thank yous to all of you who tuned in ……
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Scuttlebutt Ep 148: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – Closing Thoughts with LtGen Charles Chiarotti
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Closing time here at Modern Day Marine 2024. This was a…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 147: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – Sebastian Bae
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. We bring you more World of Wargaming here on Day 3 of…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 146: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – Aldric Stockton
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024. This expo is so large…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 145: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – Ross Douglas
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024. One of the enduring…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 144: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – CWO5 Jason Pierce
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024 brings us an amazing…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 143: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 3 – LtCol Janet Keech, USMC (Ret)
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. We have a great start to Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 142: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – Col Tim Barrick, USMC (Ret)
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! We bring World of Wargaming to Day 2 of Modern Day…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 141: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – LtGen Thomas Conant, USMC (Ret)
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 2 of Modern Day Marine 2024 awesomeness…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 140: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – Col Jacob Robinson
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 2 of Modern Day Marine 2024. A reoccurring theme…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 139: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – Alyson Schumacher
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 2 of Modern Day Marine 2024. Nancy and William…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 138: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – Col Tim Hough and Chris Melkonian
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 2 of Modern Day Marine 2024. How could the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 137: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 2 – Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, SgtMaj Carlos Ruiz
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 2 of Modern Day Marine 2024 kicks off in the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 136: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 1 – Bob Danko and Chad Wade, Polaris Government and Defense
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Day 1 of Modern Day Marine 2024 continues to rock!…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 135: Modern Day Marine 2024 Day 1 – Liz Hartman
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. When you come to a convention that is titled with…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 134: Modern Day Marine Day 1 – Carl Forsling, Airbus US Space and Defense Senior Business Development Manager
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for stopping by. Day 1 of Modern Day Marine is here and we are so happy…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 133: Modern Day Marine 2024 Opening Comments
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for tuning and your continued support of the show. Well, today is the day…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 132: Advocating for Veterans with Chanin Nuntavong
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. This week Nancy and Vic welcome the American Legion’s Executive Director of Government and Veteran…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 131: Catching Up with Old Friends – Liz Hartman
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for checking us out. Not sure how much of an intro is needed for this episode. Our guest’s name alone pretty much speaks…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 130: World of Wargaming with Col Tim Barrick, USMC (Ret.)
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we have another episode of our World of…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 129: Modern Day Marine 2024 with Marta Sullivan
Sponsored by Airbus, U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week the MCA’s own Director of Engagement and…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 128: Semper Cinema – Full Metal Jacket
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week Nancy, William, and Vic breakdown Stanley Kubrick’s film, Full Metal Jacket. This…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 127: Catching Up with Old Friends – Kacy Tellessen
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week Nancy and Vic have so much fun welcoming Kacy Tellessen back to the show. This is Kacy’s third…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 126: Young Marines with Col William Davis, USMCR (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week Nancy and Vic have the pleasure of welcoming the National Executive Director and CEO at Young…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 125: Catching Up With Old Friends – Aeron Sullivan
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we’re starting a new segment we’re calling, Catching Up With Old Friends. To kick this thing…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 124: Dream It, Be It with Capt Riley Tejcek, USMC
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week, Nancy and Vic are excited to welcome Capt Riley Tejcek back to the show. Riley has recently…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 123: Parent-Child-Connect with Maj Olaolu Ogunyemi, USMC
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week, Nancy and Vic are honored to welcome Maj Olaolu Ogunyemi to the show. Olaolu is one of the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 122: Battle Scars with Chip Reid
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week, Nancy and Vic have the pleasure of spending some time with famed, and recently retired…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 121: Semper Cinema review of With the Marines at Tarawa
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Our last movie review was so much fun, we decided to create a new segment called, “Semper Cinema.” This…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 120: Atif Qarni
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we welcome the former Virginia Secretary of Education and veteran Marine, Atif Qarni to the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 119: World of Wargaming with Sebastian Bae and Ian Brown
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. In this installment of World of Wargaming, William discusses the history of Marine Corps wargaming with…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 118: First Fights in Fallujah with LtCol David Kelly (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we welcome LtCol David Kelly back to the show to talk about his new book, First Fights in…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 117: Making of a Monument with Col John Atkinson and SgtMaj Marc Chabot
Happy 2024 everyone! We’re back! We hope that you had a fun and safe New Year’s Eve and that your 2024 is off to a great start. Speaking of great … Continue…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 116: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for listening and your continued support. I wanted to take this opportunity to let you all…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 115: The Wingmen with Adam Lazarus
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week Nancy and Vic welcome Adam Lazarus to the show. Adam is the author of the book, The Wingmen the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 114: Six Days in Fallujah with Peter Tamte.
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we have another edition of World of Wargaming. William and Vic were able to spend some time…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 113: The Rifle 2 with Andrew Biggio
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we welcome Andrew Biggio back to the show to discuss his most recent book: The Rifle 2. When…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 112: Ghosts of Baghdad with Col Eric “Ferris” Buer, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week Vic sits down with Col Eric “Ferris” Buer, former Cobra pilot and author of the book, Ghosts of…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 111: Strait Talk with Dr. Mike Hunzeker
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we have another episode of our series Strait Talk with Dr. Mike Hunzeker. We recorded this…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 110: Tun Tavern Talks with Col Chris Woodbridge and SgtMaj Justin Lehew
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Happy 248th Birthday Marines and welcome to episode 110 everyone. Thank you for joining us. To help celebrate our birthday we are…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 109: World of Wargaming with HexWar
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we have another edition of World of Wargaming. William has a chat with Tom Knowles and Keith…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 108: Welcome Aboard LtCol Michael Armistead, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. This week we are very excited to be welcoming Michael Armistead not only to the show, but to the Marine…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 107: Ukraine and Gaza Discussion with Col Chris Woodbridge, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners and welcome to a special episode of Scuttlebutt. William and I sit down with the Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of The Marine Corps…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 106: Sledding Toward Gold with Capt Riley Tejcek
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are super excited to welcome Captain Riley Tejcek to the show. Riley is the Support Officer for the Expeditionary…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 105: The Healing of a Marine with Col Patty Klop
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are happy to welcome Col Patty “Bacon” Klop to the show. Patty is the Assistant Chief of Staff, Reserve G-1 for the…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 104: World of Wargaming with Rich Hamilton from Wargame Design Studio
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. On this installment of World of Wargaming, William enjoys a conversation with Rich Hamilton, the Chief Operations Officer of…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 103: USAA’s Face The Fight With Sergeant Major Lynn Kimble
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Today we welcome SgtMaj Lynn Kimble, USMC (Ret) to the show to talk about USAA’s Face the Fight Campaign. Mental health and suicide…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 102: “The United States Marine Corps 1775-1916: A History Of Heroes” Movie Review
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we’re giving movie reviews a try and we begin with the documentary, The United States Marine Corps: 1775 – 1916: A…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 101: World of Wargaming with Jeremy Sepinsky from the Center For Naval Analyses
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. On this episode of MCA Scuttlebutt, we continue our World of Wargaming series with Jeremy Sepinsky, the lead wargame designer for…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes With Vic Ruble
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. After interviewing dozens of people the past two years, we turn the mic toward our very own Vic Ruble for our 100th episode of MCA…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 99: Writing For Leatherneck with Kyle Watts
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. If you want to write about veterans you need to earn their trust, listen to their experiences, and get it right. On this episode…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 98: World of Wargaming with Joseph Miranda and Dr. Christopher Cummins
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. On this episode of Scuttlebutt, World of Wargaming returns as William interviews Mr. Joseph Miranda, a former Army officer and…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 97: When You’re the Old Guy in the Room with Kacy Tellessen
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we welcome veteran Marine machine gunner, Marine Corps Heritage award winner, recent law school graduate, and current Bar…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 96: System of Systems with Dr. Adam Hunzeker
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. “Science is expanding” and thank goodness we have a friend of the show like Dr. Adam Hunzeker to help us understand it better. This…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 95: Strait Talk with Dr. Michael Hunzeker
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Balloons, office hours with Kevin McCarthy, and the problem with simple solutions to complex problems. We seem to run the gamut…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 94: Modern Day Marine Day 3 – Closing Thoughts with the CEO, LtGen Chiarotti, USMC (Ret)
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 93: Modern Day Marine Day 3 – Marine Innovation Unit with LtCol J.B. Persons and Capt R.J. Jackson
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this…
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Scuttlebutt Ep 92: Modern Day Marine Day 3 – Perspectives with Kyle Carpenter
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this…