What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? Tonight’s VBC Happy Hour guests argue that we lost the war in Afghanistan not on the battlefield, but in the more complex realm of culture, society, politics, economics, and religion–Civil Affairs. Now, as we confront a new global environment of strategic competition with China, Russia, Iran, and other regional
The Inter-American Geodetic Survey (IAGS) was the most important Cold War project you’ve never heard of. Its mission was to map the vast uncharted regions of Latin America . . . and collect on-the-ground intelligence in the process. The IAGS school at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, educated thousands of Latin American senior officers,
This week in 1947, the United States Air Force was born as an independent branch of service. Listen to Air Force veterans share their reflections and stories. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Why didn't soldiers from WWII through Vietnam use their chin straps? We ask that question on Open Conversation. We also talk with author Carol Van Den Hende, USAF veteran hero Kristian Clayton, and 97-year-old Holocaust Survivor and GI Counter-Intelligence agent, Jack Boeki. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Did Unconditional Surrender lengthen the war? Why did Hirohito remain on the throne? Did Roosevelt give away Poland at Yalta? Did General George Patton had a high-pitched squeaky voice? This week, Glenn Flickinger moderates Open Conversation about World War II on Greatest Generation Live. We discuss these and other topics of your choosing, from Atabrine
Lt. Col. Malikah Morgan talks with us about her career, the Iraq War, her upcoming position at the Pentagon, and why she has “Grit” and “Grace” tattooed on her ribs. Plus, USAF vet and former VA specialist Ron Gionta tells us what the PACT Act means for veterans and the VA. Sponsored by Tobacco Free
