The One CA Podcast

The One CA Podcast

One CA Podcast is here to inspire anyone interested in traveling to work with a partner nation’s people and leadership to forward U.S. foreign policy. We bring in current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences and give recommendations for working the ”last three feet” of foreign relations. The show is sponsored by the Civil Affairs Association.

Episodes

November 21, 2023 37 mins

Please welcome Angie Smith, environmental Scientist and Civil Affairs Officer. 

Angie and her team travel globally to partner nations to assess resource use and advise on sustainable development. 

Her team has helped countries like the Marshal Islands with resource management to mitigate climate change.   In this episode, Angie will talk about her trade, and how it helps the U.S. build foreign relations with the international com...

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Welcome to One CA Podcast. This episode is from the archives. The former host, John McElligott traveled to AUSA in 2018 and interviewed participants on Civil Affairs. It's a quick episode, but a fun one for the Veteran's Memorial Weekend. 

One Podcast aims to inspire people interested in working on-ground to forward U.S. foreign policy. 

We bring in people who are current or former military, dipl...

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November 7, 2023 28 mins

Recently, I organized a panel discussion on Taiwan with the Joint Staff SMA program (Strategic Multilayer Assessment), which is similar to a think tank but within the DOD. 

They bring in people to present their work and discuss national security.

I had reached out to Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan at the American Enterprise Institute and thought it would be good to include SMA in the discussion. 

Mariah Yager is running the SMA port...

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October 31, 2023 27 mins

Recently, I organized a panel discussion on Taiwan with the Joint Staff SMA program (Strategic Multilayer Assessment), which is similar to a think tank but within the DOD. 

They bring in people to present their work and discuss national security.

I had reached out to Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan at the American Enterprise Institute and decided to include SMA in the discussion. 

Mariah Yager is running the SMA portion, and I am gui...

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Today, we welcome Captain Daniel Moriarty, Professor John Melkon, and Captain Tommy Daniel to talk about Westpoint's Center for the Study of Civil-Military Operations and the exciting new programs for students to learn CMO within the school and abroad. 

They also requested that I add that their comments are their own and do not officially represent any institution or organization.

Special thanks to LC38 for celebr...

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Brain Hancock hosts Colonel Tony Vacha

They discuss his experiences as the Civil Affairs planning chief for the US Army Europe and Africa, 

as well as his thoughts on the new Civil Affairs 38-Golf program and discussions about the new transitional governance doctrine. 

This is part one of a two-part episode, so stay tuned. 

Special thanks to LC38 for celebrating our People's Choice Awards nomination by offering li...

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Brain Hancock hosts Colonel Tony Vacha

They discuss his experiences as the Civil Affairs planning chief for the US Army Europe and Africa, 

as well as his thoughts on the new Civil Affairs 38-Golf program and discussions about the new transitional governance doctrine. 

This is part one of a two-part episode, so stay tuned. 

Special thanks to LC38 for celebrating our People's Choice Awards nomination by offering li...

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Sabrina Barton brought me on to her channel to talk about my experiences with the One CA Podcast as I reached my first year hosting the show. 

Special thanks to LC38 for celebrating our People's Choice Awards nomination by offering listeners 10 percent off anything at the site. Check them out at https://lc38brand.com/

10% promo code: oneca10

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In this episode, Brian Hancock interviews Jess Langerud, who works in medical security cooperation in Poland for the U.S. Army. Jess talks about the value of medical outreach as a form of diplomacy and how Civil Affairs can better integrate into security cooperation and security force assistance programs. 

I also want to highlight LC38 Brand for celebrating our People's Choice Awards nomination by offering listene...

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Today, we welcome Courtney Mulhern, a professional therapist (MSW) and team sergeant for the 492 Civil Affairs Battalion.

Courtney talks about using her skills while working with partner nations' people and leaders to build lasting relationships and provides tips to help others with outreach. So please welcome Courtney to the show.  

Special thanks to LC38 for celebrating our People's Choice Awards nomination by o...

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We bring back CMS Garrick Banfield to discuss the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade with host John McEllicot

Garric Banfield's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garric-banfield-aa13212a/

95th CA website: https://www.soc.mil/95th/95thhomepage.html 

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Today we welcome Richard Messick,  who served 14 years with the World Bank, advising on the rule of law and anti-corruption issues. 

Richard now leads the Messick Group out of DC and recently traveled with UNODC to Southeast Asia to advise on anti-corruption in governance. 

and also to Ukraine to advise the Ministry of Infrastructure on reconstruction.  There was a lot to unpack in this episode,  and we meander a little bit,  b...

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Today we welcome Colonel Scott DeJesse, who is rebuilding the US Army Civil Affairs monuments program. Dejesse is an Army Reservist who works at the Department of State in cultural diplomacy. 

For the monuments program, Dejesse is partnering with the Smithsonian Institute, The Met in New York, academic institutions and others to revitalize and develop CA teams who can work in crisis and conflict to protect a nation's cultural herit...

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U.S. State Department Trafficking Tip Lines: https://www.state.gov/domestic-trafficking-hotlines/

DOD (CTIP): https://ctip.defense.gov/Domestic and DOD inspector general, 800-424-9098

DOJ: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en

UNODC: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/track4tip/contact-us.html

Today we have a special rebroadcast of the Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan interviews Paul Hutchinson about the film "Sound of ...

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Welcome to the One CA Podcast. In this episode, we set up a new remote studio for Brian Hancock. It was the first run, so you will hear some background noise, but it was a terrific conversation about Civil Affairs work at the 4-star level command and some of our work in Europe and Africa, so stay tuned. 

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Today, we welcome John Cassara.

John started his career as a CIA covert operations officer, then moved to the US Treasury as a special agent, where he worked in counter-terrorism and financial intelligence. During that time, he was also detailed to the State Department's INL or International Narcotics and Law Enforcement to support counter-terrorism finance and anti-money laundering. John also worked at US Customs on counter illici...

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Dr. Joseph Long comes on the show to discuss his theory on relational leadership, based on his new publication, The Future of Conflict: How Super-Empowered Populations Will Change Warfare, published at the Irregular Warfare Initiative. Joe is a retired Green Beret and is now a senior Lecturer at the Defense Security Cooperation University in Virginia.

Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joseph-long-9021821a/

Article: https://irregu...

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Dr. Joseph Long comes on the show to discuss his theory on relational leadership, based on his new publication, The Future of Conflict: How Super-Empowered Populations Will Change Warfare, published at the Irregular Warfare Initiative. Joe is a retired Green Beret and is now a senior Lecturer at the Defense Security Cooperation University in Virginia.

Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joseph-long-9021821a/

Article: https://irregu...

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We bring back Joe Pastorek's discussion on the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade's Advanced Skills Detachment with host Sean Acosta.

One Podcast aims to inspire people interested in working on-ground to forward U.S. foreign policy. 

We bring in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences and recommendations ...

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In this episode, Mr. Carlos Dias from Global Integrity interviewed me on anti-corruption programs I have been working on for Civil Affairs and DOD. I also turned the tables on him to discuss current events and his experience growing up on the border of Columbia and Venezuela. This one is slightly different because I was interviewed, but it would make a great show.

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