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Competency = Cash, However, Cash does not = Competency: A Tale of Two Videos

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 15, 2026

I’ve got two very different videos for you today. The first, the latest from Cappy Army, is quite good. It tells the story of Vitor Bout, who went from military translator to international arms dealer. From the description: Viktor Bout went from Soviet military

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 14, 2026

Twice a week, I get to drive Number 3 and two other girls from the neighborhood to school, and on this last trip we listened to the latest episode of the President’s Daily Brief (her idea) and talked about Asymmetric Warfare. Really, she was trying to prepare for a

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 13, 2026

On the drive to drop Number 3 off at school the other day, we were talking about the recent (potential) lab leak of the plague and the possibility of a new pandemic starting in Russia, and it just so happened that one of my favorite podcasts released an episode about that

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Must Listen Podcast: School of War and a Little Family History

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 18, 2025

It has been a while since I featured a podcast on here and the latest from School of War was a really good one. I was listening to one of their lates podcasts where Aaron MacClean interviews historian and author of Bagration 1944: The Great Soviet Offensive, Prit Buttar, on

ByRon P. SchweryJanuary 31, 2025

I have been thinking about the China, Great Power Competition and the South China Sea for quite some time and, honestly, have written quite a bit about this topic since I started this project. You can search China and see the many examples, but for easy reference you can go

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 10, 2024

I am not big on anniversaries. It’s not that I don’t care but for some reason remembering dates is hard for me and they usually have a tendency to sneak up on me. Thankfully social media helps in this regard but, unless it is in the immediacy of my house, I still

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 2, 2024

I don’t really like going to the well to many times in a row for articles but here we are again with two important stories from a couple of my favorite podcasts… and I’ve been busy. First, we will discuss the remarkable intelligence gathering apparatus the IDF used to

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 25, 2024

My morning routine typically consists of getting the kids up, packing lunches, getting them off to school and trying to wind down with a podcast on my way to work. The podcasts vary, but I usually start my day with The President’s Daily Brief. It is a very good daily

ByRon P. SchweryAugust 9, 2021

Like most of you, I try to use podcasts to keep up with the goings on in the world. However, listening at the house is not really possible with four walking distractions that see silence as an opportunity… As it turns out, my daily commute of approximately 35-40 minutes is

ByRon P. SchweryJune 7, 2021

Over the weekend I had a good bit of windshield time which allowed me to get caught up on some podcasts and here is one that I could not more highly recommend. It tells the story of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units and how they were a key element in the fight

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Competency = Cash, However, Cash does not = Competency: A Tale of Two Videos

Defining Asymmetric Warfare

The Plague and Biological Warfare

Must Listen Podcast: School of War and a Little Family History

Maritime Counterinsurgency or Maritime Insurgency – Which approach should the Philippines Embrace?

Moral Clarity, Two Anniversaries, Lessons Learned and Hope?

Universal Lessons in Adversity, Conflicts of Mass Distraction and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Trouble Brewing South of The Border?

This Weeks Podcast Listening

Girl Power: An Irregular Warfare Podcast about Kick Ass Kurdish Women

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