290 | David Phillips: The War for the Soul of the Navy Seals, Recruitment Shortfalls, and the Military's Afghanistan/Iraq Hangover

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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David Phillips, author of Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times national correspondent, joins The Realignment to discuss scandals within the Navy Seal community, the U.S. military's problem meeting recruitment goals, and whether today's struggles rhyme with the aftermath of the Vietnam War?

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:03.2	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:08.4	Hope everyone had a great weekend.
0:10.3	So I'm going to head up last in Atlanta for the Breaking Points live show,
0:15.1	Sword Up Crowd, and got to meet a bunch of you.
0:17.8	Always come say, hey, if you're at one of those things,
0:20.4	it was a real fun time talking to people who've been listening to the show
0:23.3	ever since the beginning.
0:24.9	Today's episode is when I've been excited to do for a while.
0:27.5	We spoke with the New York Times David Phillips.
0:30.4	He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
0:34.5	He is the author of Alpha, Eddie Gallagher, and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals.
0:39.2	The book came out last year when I first read it, but it's now out in paperback,
0:42.8	and it is definitely one of the books that I most recommend for realignment listeners.
0:47.2	Obviously, we're focusing a lot on the war in Ukraine, China,
0:51.8	forward-looking parts of US War and Policy,
0:54.3	but a series that I'm consistently happy to do is a discussion of the past 20 years,
0:59.0	especially leading to the war on terror.
1:01.2	David's reporting on challenges that the Navy SEAL community has faced,
1:05.9	and just the general way that the war on terror has played out at this level
1:10.1	away from hype filled Hollywood movies is incredibly helpful.
1:13.6	David has also done some really good reporting recently, however,
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