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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 and especially to those who stopped by our swanky new booth. It was great to shake some hands, bro hug, and meet everyone who took the time to come by. Well, to avoid a post-MDM hangover, we knew we had to come of the gate strong. So we are stoked to be welcoming now LtCol Tom Schueman back to the show. Its great to catch up with him and talk about his promotion, his views on being an field-grade officer, updates on the Return to Base program through PB Abbate, and has been going on with his friend and former Afghan interpreter Zac (Zainullah Zaki) now the his book Always Faithful has been out on the street for a minute now. Regardless of the topic, spending time with Tom is always awesome.

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Closing time here at Modern Day Marine 2024. This was a lot fun and the expo was outstanding. As we reflect on the past three days, LtGen Chiarotti gives us his thoughts on this years MDM.

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. We bring you more World of Wargaming here on Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024. We are really stoked to welcome Sebastian Bae back to the show and it is awesome to be here with him at Modern Day Marine as the Commandant’s Cup tourney is coming to a close. Sebastian’s game, Littoral Commander, was one of the games competitors used in the round robin format, so it was cool to get his perspectives on the tournament, MDM’s Objective 1 wargaming area, and how wargames are developed and the ideas that lead to the formation of wargames. It’s always great spending time nerding out with Sebastian, and we were really glad we were able to catch up with him here.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-bae/

 

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024. This expo is so large and immersive, it takes three days to get to everything that MDM has to offer. Thankfully, Nancy found Aldric Stockton of Chinook Medical Gear and he was nice enough to come over to hang out with us. Ric works on medical training tools. We’re not talking PowerPoint slides and boring, dry videos. Chinook is taking medical training to the next level. We mention the “meat pocket” in the conversation, but they offer life-like, realistic prosthetics that Marines can wear to simulate the types of wounds that they will experience in combat. It’s like Fangoria! Ric shares with us his path to becoming and MArine and what brought him to Chinook and why this type of medical training is so important.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldric-stockton-05028927a/

 

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024. One of the enduring themes of Modern Day Marine is how to continue to build our relationships with our allies and partners, so it was really cool to be able to spend some time with Ross Douglas, the manager for Navy and Marine Corps relations for Echodyne. Ross is an Australian army veteran, and it was great being able to pick his brain on being a service member in Australia and get his perspective on partnering with US forces. Now with Echodyne, Ross enjoys being able to work in a field that focuses on service members and providing them with capabilities that will help them complete the mission and come home. It was also great getting his perspective on the differences in surfing between San Diego and Australia.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-douglas-b5263a18/

 

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us. Day 3 of Modern Day Marine 2024 brings us an amazing guest. CWO5 Jason Pierce, the senior supply management officer for HQMC. Jason’s story is fascinating. So much so that he’s mentioned by name in the Marine Corps’ Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month announcement. Jason shares with us stories of his background coming to the US from the Philippines, his path to the yellow footprints, and what made him want to become a chief warrant officer.

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www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/3757653/2024-national-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month/

www.linkedin.com/in/cwojasonpierce/

www.instagram.com/nottodaybcp/

www.instagram.com/thejasonpierce/

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