Pentagon Labyrinth

Join Dan Grazier, POGO’s senior defense fellow, for a wide-ranging series of conversations on national security issues ranging from military health care to weapons acquisition to military training. In each episode, Dan takes a deep dive into a single topic with an expert guest. Listen in on discussions with military historians, authors, journalists, and others who offer their insights to help guide us through The Pentagon Labyrinth.

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Don Vandergriff on Military Personnel Reform

The Army and Marine Corps doctrines are based on a foundation of mission command, a leadership philosophy where commanders tell...

July 28, 2017 |Podcast

Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson on Military History

Secretary of Defense James Mattis once wrote, “Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation,...

July 05, 2017 |Podcast

Mark Thompson’s Military Industrial Circus

Mark Thompson has experienced a long and interesting career covering the Pentagon. He has seen six different administrations and 14...

May 30, 2017 |Podcast

Dr. Tim Kane’s Total Volunteer Force

No other issue has the potential to fundamentally reform the military than optimizing the way the Pentagon manages the men...

February 23, 2017 |Podcast

The Creation of Warfighting, with John Schmitt

Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 Warfighting has proven to be one of the most enduring documents in American military history....

November 28, 2016 |Podcast

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