MCA 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

#173: Six Days in Fallujah updates with Victura Founder and CEO, Peter Tamte

December 5, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, as a continuation of our 20th anniversary of Fallujah II/Operation Phantom Fury programming, we welcome the...

Corps Voices Season 2 with Col Ben Venning, USMC

November 25, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we’re featuring the first of a series of bonus episodes we’ll be running over the course...

Scuttlebutt Ep 172: Corps Voices Season 2 with Col Willie Buhl, USMC (Ret.)

November 21, 2024

Scuttlebutt Ep 171: Catching Up with Old Friends with Jeremiah Workman

November 14, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Jeremiah Workman back to the show. Jeremiah is a veteran of Operation Phantom Fury/Al-Fajr...

Scuttlebutt Ep 170: Washington’s Marines with MajGen Jason Q. Bohm, USMC (Ret.)

November 7, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we begin our newest segment, Road to 250, in celebration of the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday...

Scuttlebutt Ep 169: Artist Preservation Group with SgtMaj Mike Stelzel, USMC (Ret.)

October 31, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the founder of the Artist Preservation Group—Mike Stelzel. Following his service in the Marine...

Scuttlebutt Ep 168: PreVeteran Founder, LtCol Jason C. Anderson, USAF (Ret.)

October 24, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome the founder of PreVeteran and retired Air Force LtCol, Jason C. Anderson, to the...

Scuttlebutt Ep 167: Marine Corps Shooting Team

October 17, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome the Marine Corps Shooting Team’s Capt John Bodzioch and SSgt Stephen Corson. These two Marines...

Scuttlebutt Ep 166: Elliot Ackerman

October 10, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Elliot Ackerman to the show. Elliot is a veteran Marine, infantry, and MARSOC officer...

Scuttlebutt Ep 165: Hanger 4 with LtCol Isaac Lee , USMC (Ret)

October 3, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we welcome Isaac Lee to the show. Isaac Lee is a retired Marine CH-53 pilot and...

Scuttlebutt Ep 164: Commandant’s Planning Guidance 2024

September 26, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week, we dive into the 39th Commandant’s Planning Guidance. Last month, The Commandant of the Marine Corps...

Scuttlebutt Ep 163: Ukraine Update with Col Chris Woodbridge

September 19, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. It’s been a while since we did an update on the war in Ukraine and as the major...

Scuttlebutt Ep 162: Running Toward Fire with Nate Boaz

September 12, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Nate Boaz and his wife, Martha Contreras on the show. Nate is a veteran Marine...

Scuttlebutt Ep 161: The Bottom Line Up Front with Sarah Kallassy

September 5, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome Sarah Kallassy to the scuttlebutt. Sarah is a veteran Marine linguist and host of...

Scuttlebutt Ep 160: Semper Cinema with William Treuting

August 29, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we have another installment of Semper Cinema, where we talk to our own real historian, Director...

Scuttlebutt Ep 159: SgtMaj Justin LeHew

August 22, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week we welcome our Amtracker in Residence, SgtMaj Justin LeHew back to the show. SgtMaj loves this...

Scuttlebutt Ep 158: Behind the Camouflage with Marta Sullivan

August 15, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. This week welcome the MCA’s Director of Engagement and Outreach, Marta Sullivan back to the show. We are...

Scuttlebutt Ep 157: World of Wargaming with Don Vandergriff

August 8, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. World of Wargaming returns as William interviews returning guest Don Vandergriff about conducting successful after-action reports of wargames...

Scuttlebutt Ep 156: Military to Civilian Transition with Cheryl Cross

August 1, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and your continued support. Speaking of outstanding support, our guest this week is a strong supporter of veterans and is dedicated to...

Scuttlebutt Ep 155: When Colonialism Wins with Jose Torres

July 17, 2024

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. We’re back after a brief hiatus. Thank you for sticking with us and for your continued support. Well, after going radio dark we figured we needed to...

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.