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

Scuttlebutt Ep 62: Miles Vining and Battle at Lake Changjin

January 5, 2023

Miles Vining returns to recount his experiences working as a historical consultant for the 2021 Chinese film, “The Battle at Lake Changjin.” Grossing over $900 million, “The Battle at Lake...

Scuttlebutt Ep 61: Jeremiah Workman

December 12, 2022

This week we welcome to the show, Navy Cross recipient and author of the book, Shadow of the Sword, Jeremiah Workman to talk to us about his amazing journey from...

Scuttlebutt Ep 60: Missing Marines with Geoff Roecker

November 22, 2022

Writer Geoff Roecker joined us in studio recently to talk about how the search for information about a family member’s death on Saipan in 1944 led him to become a...

Scuttlebutt Ep 59: “Bravo Company” by Ben Kesling

November 15, 2022

Ben Kesling—journalist, author, and Marine combat veteran—joined us to discuss his newly released book, “Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath.” “Bravo Company” recounts the experiences of a company...

Scuttlebutt Ep 58: “We Came In Peace” Talking about Beirut and Making a Documentary

October 23, 2022

Join us for the 39th anniversary of the devastating bombing of the Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut as we talk to Elisa Camera and Michael Ivey about their documentary project...

Scuttlebutt Ep 57: Sound, Noise, Hearing, How to Pronounce Tinnitus. Audiology

October 17, 2022

Dr. Theresa Schulz (LtCol Air Force Ret.) and Dr. Amy Boudin-George are some of the most preeminent hearing experts in the country and they have devoted their pursuits to helping...

Scuttlebutt Ep 56: “Radioman” by Andy Hesterman and Rob Einaudi

October 11, 2022

Andy Hesterman and his lifelong friend Rob Einaudi joined us on Scuttlebutt to chat it up about Andy’s broad-reaching experiences from 25 years in the Marine Corps and some of...

Scuttlebutt Ep 55: Ukrainian Counteroffensive

October 4, 2022

It is hard to believe that in 8 short months, Ukraine has gone from having a lightly armed and trained Territorial Defense Force, to defending its capital city from one...

Scuttlebutt Ep 54: Old Breed General

September 29, 2022

Hello everyone. Recently we welcomed to the studio Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, authors of “Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in...

Scuttlebutt Ep 53: At Dawn of Airpower with Dr. Larry Burke

September 20, 2022

National Museum of the Marine Corps Aviation Curator Dr. Larry Burke joined us on Scuttlebutt this week to talk about Marine Corps Aviation. Dive into the very birth of aviation...

Scuttlebutt Ep 52: Elizabeth Hartman, The American Legion, and Best Friends

September 13, 2022

This week on Scuttlebutt Vic and Nancy lift the veil on the American Legion with Elizabeth Hartman, formerly a Cryptologic Linguist in the Corps, and now the Commander AL Post...

Scuttlebutt Ep 51: “Need to Know” Author Nick Reynolds

September 6, 2022

This week on Scuttlebutt Vic and William sit down with best selling author Nick Reynolds, writer of the sterling “Need to Know” which covers the rise of American Intelligence during...

Scuttlebutt Ep 50: Telling Marines’ Stories with Sara Bock Leatherneck Staff Writer

August 30, 2022

Sara Bock joins us for a special 50th episode of Scuttlebutt! From her interview with Charles Bolden at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, to her stories about John Warner, to...

Scuttlebutt Ep 49: Marine Corps Mustangs with CW0-5 Ronald Cookson USMC, (Ret)

August 23, 2022

Learn about Marine Corps Mustangs and their national association this week with William and Vic as they chat with Ronald Cookson, a retired CWO-5 who serves as the national secretary...

Scuttlebutt Ep 48: “Strait Talk” with Dr. Michael Hunzeker

August 17, 2022

In light of the recent trip to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the subsequent saber-rattling by China, now seems as good of a time as any to...

Scuttlebutt Ep 47: “Always Faithful” with Maj Tom Schueman

August 9, 2022

Friend of the show Maj Tom Schueman and his Afghan interpreter, friend, and brother Zainullah “Zak” Zaki have written “Always Faithful”, which describes their parallel lives, converging paths, and unbreakable...

Scuttlebutt Ep 46: Miles Vining talks Afghanistan Aftermath

August 5, 2022

Miles Vining returns to Scuttlebutt to chat with us about the immediate fallout after the US pullout in Afghanistan. He and some of his fellow Free Burma Rangers spent time...

Scuttlebutt Ep 45: General Langley, ACV Rollover, and arguments against FD2030

July 28, 2022

General Langley is the first Black four-star general in Marine Corps history and we celebrate the occasion by chatting a little bit about the history of USMC generals and the...

Scuttlebutt Ep 44: Analyzing the MEB? Shore to Shore off Saipan?

July 19, 2022

The team is trying something new this week, segments! Catch up with Gazette, Leatherneck, Friends of the Show and a bit of history as we dive into the MEB, Modern...

Scuttlebutt Ep 43: MCDP-8 Information, Maneuvering in Russia?

July 12, 2022

This week on Scuttlebutt we dive into the recently published MCDP-8: Information and talk about this 7th function of warfighting. We also chime in on Marinus’ arguments about Russians employing...

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.

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Nancy Lichtman

Vic Ruble

William Treuting