Do another one of our long form podcasts here. The Armstrong and Getty show is a radio show

heard on the list coast with Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, but we have these guests on all the time

where we think we'd like to talk to them for a longer period of time than you get in commercial

radio. So let's do it with Mike Lyon CBS News military analyst since February of 03. What is your

current title? I'm a retired Army major. I'm a CBS military analyst. And I'm actually going to

be a fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point this coming semester. So I'm really excited

about that. Hopefully help them with some social media and get into the weeds. My son was making

fun of me. He said there's no chance you'd ever get. I'm a retail military analyst, right? I mean

that's really my gig. I'm, you know, there's guys out there that you know, retired four stars at

35 years in that, you know, I just get up every day and study the military. I talk to people and

and just kind of chip away at and try to help educate. And I want to go on your show. I feel

why my Twitter feed I can, I can educate people on what's kind of going out there. What they should

be focused on, I think. And then, and then, you know, have a debate on something. Anyway,

yeah, I look forward to working with West Point. Well, for folks who are hip to the on air,

Armstrong and Getty show, you know that Mike Lyons has been an esteemed guest, a military

analyst among other things for years. But whether it's the length of our segments or the fact that

you have other stations you need to jump on or whatever, we always have to cut things short. And,

we always feel like we'd love to continue talking to you. So this is going to be fun. That's great

perfect. Well, and with your permission, we wanted to part from the usual thing, which is talking

about geopolitics, especially as it pertains to the military. We'll do some of that. But we just

wanted to talk about the realities of the American military and American military families for a

little while. And why don't we start with a very broad question. What do you think is the state

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