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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

Scuttlebutt Ep 92: Modern Day Marine Day 3 – Perspectives with Kyle Carpenter

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 91: Modern Day Marine Day 2 – OBJ 1 Wargaming Convention with Col Tim Barrick USMC, (Ret)

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 90: Modern Day Marine Day 2 – Being a student of leadership with CMDR Becky Calder, USN (Ret)

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 89: Modern Day Marine Day 2 – Comedian and Military Spouse Advocate, Ashley Gutermuth

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 88: Modern Day Marine Day 2 – Nevada Automotive Test Center with LtCol Mark Brown, USMC (Ret)

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 87: Modern Day Marine Day 2 – Miles Vining

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 86: Modern Day Marine Day 1 – Building Momentum with Brad Halsey

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 85: Modern Day Marine Day 1 – Col Tim Hough

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 84: Modern Day Marine Day 1 – Col Rob Bailey

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 83: Modern Day Marine Day 1 – Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, SgtMaj Troy Black

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we are recording from the floor of Modern Day Marine so that we can bring you the events and personnel of this outstanding convention as...

Scuttlebutt Ep 82: Mending the Line with Joshua Caldwell

Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. We had the recent pleasure of sitting down with director, producer, writer Joshua Caldwell to talk about his newest movie, Mending the Line. The film follows his...

Scuttlebutt Ep 81: Modern Day Marine with a modern-day Marine, LtCol Marta Sullivan, USMC (Ret)

Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. Modern Day Marine is next week (June 27-29 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C.) and we are excited that the MCA’s Director of Engagement...

Scuttlebutt Ep 80: Lessons Learned on The Long Road with SgtMaj Justin LeHew

Hey Scuttlebutt listeners. SgtMaj Justin LeHew returns to the show to talk about his epic journey. It’s very commonplace these days to use hyperbolic language as part of our everyday...

Scuttlebutt Ep 79: Heroes Live Here with Amy Forsythe

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week we welcome Amy Forsythe, the author of the book, Heroes Live Here: A Tribute to Camp Pendleton Marines Since 9/11, to the show. Amy is...

Scuttlebutt Ep 78: From Marine to Philanthropist with Terry Salman

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week on MCA Scuttlebutt we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Terry Salman. Terry is the author of the book, What We Give, and the Chairman...

Scuttlebutt Ep 77: World of Wargaming with Major Ian Brown

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. This week on MCA Scuttlebutt, the World of Wargaming Series continues with author, Marine, and prolific wargamer Major Ian T. Brown. Ian is the operations officer at...

Scuttlebutt Ep 76: From the Yellow Footprints to NASA

Hello, Scuttlebutt listeners. There’s a common  misconception that there are only two types of people that work at NASA: astronauts and scientists. If Hollywood has it right, the only buildings...

Scuttlebutt Ep 75: Logistics in a Contested Environment with LtGen Charles Chiarotti

Hello Scuttlebutt listeners! This week we are truly honored to have the President and CEO of the MCA, LtGen Charles Chiarotti, USMC (Ret), back on the show. March was the...

Scuttlebutt Ep 74: Devotion with Adam Makos

Hello Scuttlebutt listeners! This week Vic and Nancy have a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Adam Makos about his book, “Devotion,” about naval aviators LT Tom Hudner and...

Scuttlebutt Ep 73: OODA Loop and Cyber-wargaming with Nemertes CEO Johna Till Johnson

Hello again Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining. On this World of Wargaming episode of MCA Scuttlebutt, William speaks with the CEO and Founder of Nemertes, Johna Till Johnson, on...

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.