Scuttlebutt Podcast
The Marine Corps Association is dedicated in its mission to support today’s Marines. Our podcast, Scuttlebutt, seeks to create a forum to encourage and inspire Marines, former Marines, Marine families, and supporters of the Marine Corps to engage with issues that impact Marines and the Corps. Storytelling not only helps us unpack who we are, but brings us into conversation with the world and people around us. We will hear stories from Marines and civilians working to honor, uncover, and restore Marine Corps history, as well as from those working every day to make the world a better place.
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Episodes
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#190: Strait Talk with Dr. Michael Hunzeker
#189: Semper Cinema – David Kniess’ powerful documentary, The Gift
#188: Road to 250/”This is My Rifle” Spanish-American War historical crossover with Sam Lichtman
#187: The Marine Corps Fittest Instructor Competition with LtCol Nick Gregson and Kelsie Meade
#186: Capt Riley Tejcek Talks Her Book, Getting Gold, and Enjoying Calendar White Space
#185: Female Engagement Team (FET) veterans, Riane Donoho and Saje Mrowinski talk the Lioness/FET Program
#184: Road to 250 – William Treuting gets into the trenches of Marine Corps history during the Civil War
#183: CWO5 Jonathan Knauth gets a double okie-doke, tickets to the big game
#182: Remembering Iwo Jima with Dr. Robert Burrell
#181: Walking the Road to 250 – 1840-1860. Archibald Gillespie and the California Adventure
#180: How a Museum Exhibit is Made with Kater Miller and Chuck Girbovan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps
#179: Walking the Long Road with SgtMaj Justin LeHew – the history and significance of the Overseas Highway
#178: Paul Westermeyer talks the Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps, Archibald Henderson
#177: Mac Caltrider talks his book, Double Knot and using writing as a way to remember
Corps Voices Season 2: Col Michael Shupp Reflects on Fallujah 20 Years Later
#176: Nate Boaz talks meaning, sacrifice, and Running Toward Fire
Corps Voices Season 2: Col Michael Del Palazzo Reflects on Fallujah 20 Years Later
#175: LtCol Tom Schueman and Nate Boaz talk PB Abbate and Staying Left of Bang with Veteran Suicide
#174: Road to 250 Part 2 – Barbary Pirates, The Battle of Derna, and the Shores of Tripoli with Dr. Mike Miller
Meet the Hosts
Nancy Lichtman
Nancy Lichtman is the Executive Editor of Leatherneck. She is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Society for Professional Obituary Writers. She is the 2023 winner of the General Roy S. Geiger Award for Marine aviation writing.
Vic Ruble
Vic Ruble is a non-prior-enlisted retired Major. In his youth he was an amtracker, but in perfect irony, gets violently seasick. In a recent physical, his doctors found that he is comprised almost entirely of pho.
William Treuting
William is an editor with the Marine Corps Gazette and Director of MCA Films. He is a battlefield guide with Culpeper Battlefield Tours, a member of the board of directors of the Cedar Mountain Battlefield Foundation, and volunteer with Friends of the Wilderness Battlefields.