Oct 12, 2026

In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, Kevin Benson joins us to talk about the origins of the School of Advanced Military Studies and the influence of its graduates on Operation Just Cause and Desert Storm. Benson is a graduate and former director of SAMS and is the author of “Raising the Bar: The School of...

Aug 11, 2026

In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, Tyrell Mayfield joins us to talk about the Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program which was founded in 2009. Mayfield is a retired Air Force colonel who served in the AFPAK Hands Program. In 2013 he published an article in the Small Wars Journal titled “Handcuffed: The...

Mar 22, 2026

Nate Finney joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about how the Council of Defense in North Carolina managed military and resource mobilization during the First World War. Finney is the author of “Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War.” 

Sep 21, 2025

In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we are joined by Brian Kerg to talk about the School of Advanced Warfighting and the training of operational planners. Kerg is a Lt. Col. in the Marine Corps and the author of “Dare to Know: Pursuing the Path of the Operational Planner” in the August 2025 issue of the...

Jul 20, 2025

In this episode we talk with Dina Fainberg about the Cold War ideologies that shaped how Soviet and American foreign correspondents reported on each other’s countries and how their reporting influenced the views of  policy makers, commentators, and citizens. Fainberg is an assistant professor of modern history at City...