Commandant

She arrived in 1981, only a year after the first women graduated, and was one of 16 women in her class to finish.

She found her place on the crew team and went on to become the 27th Commandant of the Coast Guard, the first woman to lead any branch of the US Armed Forces.

Her story is about self-awareness, authenticity, and learning who you are once the uniform comes off.

This is Linda's her story.

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Commandant Gervain's headquarters.

There, that corner house there on the square.

A message for the Commandant Gervain.

I am Captain Gauchon.

Give it here.

I must deliver it myself.

Very well then, come along.

We explore the complex realm of conflict because the study of war is fundamental to understanding the world we live in and the world we want to live in.

Hi, and welcome to this episode of the War Studies Podcast, where we have the pleasure of receiving the current Commandant of the Brazilian Marine Corps, Admiral Carlos Chaga de Ana Braga, from whom we'll hear about the transformations the force has gone through over the course of his career, and we'll reflect on the role of the Marine Corps of a multifaceted power like Brazil and the challenges that the institution faces in the current global context.

My name is Charlotte Bascol.

I'm a PhD student here at King's in the War Studies Department.

a lot of other capabilities and then people come people come to to learn from uh from us as i said important foreign countries last year we had a peacekeeping a women's peacekeeping course with 39 countries women from all over the world for all continents and so we yes we do have a lot to teach and people recognize that

yeah it's been really insightful uh getting to learn from your particularly broad and distinguished career.

I wanted to ask, what are your thoughts and plans on, as your term as Commandant of the Brazilian Marine Corps comes to an end, what's next?

That's an interesting question.

He had led the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal and earned the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Now, as Commandant, he saw the war ending faster than the Corps could manage.

His plan was approved on August 15th, and it was called the Point System.

Those who had served the longest would be the first to go home.

Systems designed for a small peacetime force now had to manage hundreds of thousands of Marines in every role and specialty.

The officer ranks were easier to fix.

As the Corps grew, the Commandant's rank had to grow with it.

In January 1942, Congress made the Commandant a Lieutenant General.

Liz Vogel, Executive Director for the civic organization New Pluralists.

Retired Colonel Jason Toga True, who retired as Commandant and Dean of the Air Force Strategy School.

Jacqueline Lloyd-Smith, founder of Strategic Play Global and master trainer in LEGO Serious Play methods, the first to bring LEGO Serious Play to North America.

We've heard from experts in communication and connection.

Let's start with why play is so important.

Here are Jacqueline Lloyd-Smith, founder of the Strategic Play Global, master trainer in LEGO® Series Play methods, and the first to bring LEGO® Series Play to North America.

She'll be followed by Alex Suchman, co-founder of Barometer XP, and retired Colonel Jason Toga True, who at the time of our first interview was Commandant and Dean of the Air Force Strategy School.

So a lot of people think it's work and play are polarities, but they're not.

So a lot of things did change.

And it got really hard because what originally happened, the Commandant wanted us to do the job of what the Coast Guard did during World War II.

And it was a lot of, a lot more, how do I want to put it? More tactical, more military stuff, more prevention, more protection.

But at the time, if I remember correctly, when I was in, we were actually smaller than the entire New York City Police Department.