US Military

"The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military"

Rich Fisher — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:18:52 +0000

Today on ST, we speak by phone with the author and journalist, Tanya Biank, whose book, "Army Wives," is the basis for the popular series of the same title on Lifetime TV. Biank is also the daughter, sister, and wife of U.S. Army colonels, and during her days as a newspaper reporter, she traveled around the globe with American soldiers. Biank's new book, just out, is called "Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military" --- and this is what we're discussing with her on our program. Given the decision, announced one week ago, by U.S.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washinton Post on "The War within the War for Afghanistan"

Rich Fisher — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:18:32 +0000

On this edition of our program, we are pleased to speak with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a senior correspondent and associate editor with The Washington Post, whose newest book (just out in June of this year) is called "Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan." This book, like much of Chandrasekaran's tireless reporting over the last several years, basically explores America's response to both al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan --- a complex, often difficult, and ongoing military engagement that now stands as the longest war in U.S. history.

"Police Training and Nation-Building in the American Century"

Rich Fisher — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:47:47 +0000

Our guest on this edition of StudioTulsa is Jeremy Kuzmarov, the Jay P.

Yale University Historian David Blight on How We Remember the Civil War

Rich Fisher — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:10:44 +0000

Tomorrow, of course, is the Fourth of July, America's birthday. But, in the meantime, today (July 3rd) is the 149th anniversary of Pickett's Charge, the failed Confederate infantry assault on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg: the unsuccessful attack (named for Maj. Gen. George Pickett) that's now basically seen as the beginning of the end of the Southern war effort.

One US Army Veteran and His Cross-Country Bike Trek to Raise PTSD Awareness

Rich Fisher — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:56:38 +0000

On today's show, we speak with Thomas Skinner, a US Army veteran who's been battling Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) for more than two decades. Over the years, ever since he was honourably discharged from Fort Eustis in Virginia, Skinner has worked as a truck driver, a wildlife photographer, and at a few other jobs.

America's Defense Budget in an Age of Cutbacks

Rich Fisher — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:14:39 +0000

Significant and far-ranging budgetary cutbacks are planned, over the next several years, for the United States Armed Forces --- how, if at all, will these reductions affect our country's military stature on the world stage? And how, if at all, will they influence our own feelings (or perceptions) of security here at home? On today's show, we welcome Col. Thomas X. Hammes (USMC, Retired), who recently gave an address to the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations entitled “Defense in Times of Austerity.” In his three-decade stint in the Marine Corps, Col.