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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we welcome Chas Henry to the scuttlebutt. Chas is a retired Marine captain, renowned journalist, and author of the book Fuji Fire: Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marine Corps Tragedy. Fuji Fire details the complex series of natural and man-made circumstances that led to the 1979 Camp Fuji fire. Having served at Camp Fuji a mere eighteen months before the tragedy, Chas knew and served with survivors of the fire; Chas’ interest in uncovering the events of 1979 went beyond the intellectual. Chas talks to us about his path to the yellow footprints, his career in journalism, the genesis of this project, and the events that led up to the fire, and the implications this tragedy has not only on the Marine Corps but on U.S. international relations, particularly when it comes to emergency response.  

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we’re re-releasing our conversation with the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, SgtMaj Carlos Ruiz, and the Manpower and Reserve Affairs senior enlisted advisor, SgtMaj Jacob Reiff during the Modern Day Marine Expo this year. This interview was originally released on our YouTube channel, but the conversation continues to be so relevant and the topics of leadership are so insightful, we decided to get the audio version out to those who may have missed it. It’s always awesome to have SgtMaj Ruiz on the show, but to have him and SgtMaj Reiff talking about leadership and mentorship was a real treat. These are two Marines whose entire adult lives have been immersed in what it means to lead and be led, so it was great just to be a fly on the wall for this discussion.  

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Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we bring another installment of our Literary Lethality series to the scuttlebutt. In this series, we dive deep into the Commandant’s Professional Reading List, exploring various titles and talking with authors about some of the books on the list. Today, we welcome Mac Caltrider back to the show. Mac talks to us about Orson Scott Card’s groundbreaking sci-fi novel, Ender’s Game. Ender’s Game is one of the longest-running titles on the CPRL, and it is a text used at Marine Corps officer entry-level training to introduce the complexities young officers will face in their careers. Mac helps us dive into the lessons of Ender’s Game, why he thinks it’s been such a staple of the CPRL, and how fiction can make many of life’s complexities accessible through narrative. It was great to hear Mac’s thoughts on the book and to get a deep dive into the literary arts from a literary artist.  

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