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In Left of Boom, Military.com managing editor Hope Hodge Seck talks to legends and pathfinders who made U.S. military history; gets the ground truth on military myths, rumors and legends; and decodes the big ideas shaping the military of the future.
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Why Failing to Help Our Afghan Interpreters Would Be a Disaster from 2021-06-24T14:28:05
They served beside U.S. troops and wore the very same uniform. But now 18,000 Afghan interpreters fear for their lives as the American government completes a mili...
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4 Years After the Marines United Scandal, What Has the Military Learned? from 2021-06-18T00:21:38
It took a national scandal over a Facebook group called Marines United to force a true reckoning within the Marine Corps about its cultural problems with sexual h...
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How Many Ships Does the Navy Really Need? from 2021-05-27T15:35:20
The U.S. Navy's fleet is one of the most impressive on the planet -- but officials and strategists are desperate for even more ships to accomplish the service's g...
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21: The Untold Story of the Hunt for Osama bin Laden from 2021-05-10T00:28:11
It has been 10 years since May 2, 2011, the night a top-secret SEAL raid took out notorious terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Abbott...
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20: The Wildest Technologies Changing How the Military Fights from 2021-04-20T15:03:08
Warfighting has come a long way from machine guns mounted on the back of horse-drawn carriages. New technologies can allow militaries to create and replenish weap...
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19. The Five Biggest Things for Veterans in 2021 from 2021-04-01T15:56:02
Military veterans are emerging from the pandemic into a new world in 2021, and a lot has changed -- some things decidedly for the better. On this episode, host Ho...
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18. So What Is a 6th-Generation Fighter Jet? from 2021-03-08T19:26:22
While the U.S. military's fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets are still rolling off the production line and deploying across the globe, work has alrea...
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16: What We Got Wrong in Afghanistan from 2021-01-29T17:09:01
Bing West has been called "The Grunt's Homer." After serving as a Marine Corps infantry officer in Vietnam and then going on to be an assistant secretary of defen...
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15: What It's Like to Be a Medal of Honor Recipient (ft. Kyle White) from 2021-01-19T17:42:23
Receiving the Medal of Honor -- the nation’s highest honor recognizing bravery in combat -- means joining an elite fraternity: there are only 69 living recipients...
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14: Is the US Losing the Fight for Arctic Dominance? from 2021-01-04T17:05:20
Things are heating up in the Arctic -- literally and figuratively. As ice melts and new sea lanes open, the region is the site of intense new military competition...
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13. Did 10 Army Bases Get Named for Traitors? from 2020-11-16T19:59:13
We’re in the middle of a national reckoning over racism and representation, and it has thrown new attention onto the fact that 10 of the U.S. Army’s bases, includ...
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12: The Wild Science of Military MRE Meals from 2020-10-30T16:20:15
It’s hard to think of a more beloved -- and sometimes hated -- cultural touchstone in the military than meals ready to eat, or MREs. They’ve been around since the...
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11. All Your Space Force Questions Answered from 2020-10-16T18:29:20
It wasn’t so long ago that the notion of a military Space Force conjured up images of Star Trek and other fictional future worlds. But our own world is changing, ...
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9. Why the Military Helps Hollywood Make Movies from 2020-09-17T13:42
Ever wondered how big blockbuster movie productions are able to feature real tanks and fighter aircraft -- or, in the case of the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, actors actually launching off an air...
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8. Meet the Real Charlie from 'Top Gun' from 2020-09-03T15:37:42
Sometimes truth is more interesting than fiction. Christine Fox was a defense analyst working at the Navy's legendary fighter school in Miramar, California when a Hollywood producer decided she'...
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7. Super Soldiers Part 2: The Dark Side (Ft. Edward Barrett and Peter Pfaff) from 2020-08-20T16:00
If Episode 6 left you scared about ...
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6. The Future of Bioenhanced Super Soldiers, Pt. 1 (Ft. Peter Emanuel and Diane DiEuliis) from 2020-08-06T19:10:08
Steve Rogers was just an ordinary young man who tried to enlist to fight in World War II but was turned away due to health problems. Until, that is, he was approa...
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5. Adding Women to the Military Draft (Ft. Brig. Gen. Joe Heck) from 2020-07-24T01:10:29
It has been 50 years since the last Americans were drafted, but the nation continues to require men ages 18 to 26 to register with the Selective Service, an insurance policy in case the nation f...
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4. Pilotless Black Hawk Takes Flight (Ft. Igor Cherepinsky) from 2020-07-08T21:40:27
As the military tests out new unmanned aircraft platforms, are pilots soon to go the way of the dodo? On this episode, we talk to Sikorsky Innovations Director Igor Cherepinsky about the future ...
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4. Pilotless Black Hawk Takes Flight (Ft. Igor Cherepinsky) from 2020-07-08T21:40:27
As the military tests out new unmanned aircraft platforms, are pilots soon to go the way of the dodo? On this episode, we talk to Sikorsky Innovations Director Igor Cherepinsky about the future ...
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4. Pilotless Black Hawk Takes Flight (Ft. Igor Cherepinsky) from 2020-07-08T21:40:27
As the military tests out new unmanned aircraft platforms, are pilots soon to go the way of the dodo? On this episode, we talk to Sikorsky Innovations Director Igor Cherepinsky about the future ...
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3. The Politics of the Medal of Honor (ft. Doug Sterner) from 2020-06-15T18:08:16
On this episode, we talk about military awards for heroism. They've been around for almost as long as the republic itself, dating back to George Washington's Badge of Military Merit, first award...
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2. Top Military Myths Debunked (ft. Jeff Schogol) from 2020-06-10T17:33:03
Today we're tackling a beloved piece of military culture: the myths, rumors and legends that get passed down from generation to generation of service members, and...
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1. The Civilian Who Got a Bronze Star from the Army (ft. Joe Galloway) from 2020-06-10T16:40:20
Welcome to the first episode of Military.com's new podcast, Left of Boom. I'm Hope Hodge Seck, managing editor for new...
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Coming Soon: Left of Boom from 2020-05-26T22:32:53
For two decades, Military.com has reported on the flash points, crises and catalysts that shape U.S. defense policy, and the decisions that affect the lives of me...
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