In this repost of a 2024 episode, General Casey shares his extensive experience in military leadership and the importance of integrating defense, diplomacy, and development in foreign aid efforts. He discusses the critical role of foreign aid in conflict prevention and the necessity of collaboration between military and aid organizations. General Casey also provides insights into current global conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Ukraine, and emphasizes the need for effective leadership in navigating complex geopolitical landscapes.

RESOURCES: GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/

BIOGRAPHY: General George W. Casey, Jr., enjoyed a 41-year career in the US Army following his graduation from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1970. He is an accomplished soldier and an authority on strategic leadership. As the Army Chief of Staff, he led one of the nation's largest and most complex organizations during one of the most extraordinary periods in our history. He is widely credited with restoring balance to a war-weary Army and leading the transformation to keep it relevant in the 21st Century. Prior to this, from July 2004 to February 2007, he commanded the Multi-National Force – Iraq, a coalition of more than 30 countries, where he guided the Iraq mission through its toughest days.

Currently, he lectures internationally on leadership to the leaders of national and multinational corporations and at other business schools. He serves on corporate boards and numerous boards of organizations that support our servicemen and women, our veterans, and their families. He also teaches international relations at the Korbel School in Denver.

Gen. Casey has published a book, Strategic Reflections, Operation Iraqi Freedom, July 2004-2007 (October 2012), about his experiences in Iraq, and two articles on leadership: Leading in a VUCA World, Fortune Magazine (March 20, 2014), and Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous: Leadership Lessons from Iraq, Chapter 1, Changing Mindsets to Transform Security, (December 2013).

Gen. Casey holds a master's degree in international relations from University of Denver and served as a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States, a foreign policy think-tank. He has broad international experience. Born in Japan, he served in operational assignments in Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

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Retired Brigadier General Christopher S. “Mookie” Walker joins Mike Shanley to discuss U.S. and allied readiness in the Arctic and Antarctic, the evolving role of the National Guard, and the future of America’s service academies. The conversation covers NATO’s approach to polar security, how industry can better engage with Guard modernization and appropriations, and the innovative resilience training programs shaping force readiness for the next generation of warfighters

RESOURCES: https://www.defenceiq.com/events-arcticsecurity/speakers

https://www.ngaus.org/about-ngaus/board-directors-committees/corporate-advisory-panel/corporate-advisory-panel-information

https://www.patriotgroup.company/

https://evenpulse.com/ https://starrs.us/

https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/04/what-are-chinas-long-term-antarctic-ambitions.html

BIOGRAPHY:

Brig Gen (Ret) Christopher S. Walker was the Assistant Adjutant General and Commander of the West Virginia Air National Guard. The West Virginia Air National Guard has over 2,100 members and consists of two flying units, the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston, West Virginia, and the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, West Virginia. General Walker’s former federal dual assignment was ANG Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

General Walker began his Air Force officer career as a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He served as a C-130 navigator in tactical airlift squadrons throughout the world, flying combat operations into the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

In 1997, General Walker left active duty to join the Air National Guard and serve as a C-130H3 evaluator navigator, and has commanded at the squadron, group, and JTF level. He served as civil aviation advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation with the Coalition Provisional Authority. He has served as the ANG Deputy Director of Air and Space Operations. In 2019, he served as Dual-Status Commander of Joint Task Force- World Scout Jamboree (JTF-WSJ), commanding approximately 1000 soldiers, airmen, sailors, and DoD civilians charged with security, logistics, medical, and aviation support of over 45,000 Scouts and support staff from over 150 countries operating in Glen Jean, WV.

General Walker was the inaugural recipient of the West Virginia “Trailblazer Award” for exhibiting a life of excellence. He served as an expert witness for Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) in their lawsuit against the U.S. Naval Academy against race-based admissions criteria. He was also a 2024 GOP candidate the West Virginia 2nd Congressional District primary.

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In this episode of the GovDiscovery AI podcast, Lieutenant General Matthew Jerry Glavy shares insights from his 39-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, discussing the evolving landscape of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the importance of adaptability in military strategy. He emphasizes the need for continuous learning within the military, the impact of technology on warfare, and the critical role of industry in supporting defense priorities. General Glavy also reflects on lessons learned from past conflicts, including the rise of ISIS and the use of social media, and highlights the importance of innovation and collaboration between the military and industry.

RESOURCES:
GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/

AI Ready Veteran: https://aireadyveteran.org/

DCode: https://dcode.co/

BIOGRAPHY:

Lieutenant General Matthew “Jerry” Glavy, USMC (Ret.), is a distinguished leader in national defense, cyberspace operations, and digital transformation. A Buffalo, New York native, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1986 with a degree in Systems Engineering and became a Marine aviator, flying the CH-46 Sea Knight. Throughout his career, he deployed in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Iraqi Freedom, as well as global humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and evacuation missions.

He commanded Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (REIN) as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard U.S. Navy amphibious warships deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also commanded Marine Helicopter Squadron One, serving as the President’s Helicopter Pilot aboard Marine One, executing global presidential support missions. He was the Commanding General of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, responsible for the readiness and global deployment of 14,000 Marines and Sailors and 500 aircraft.

LtGen Glavy played a pivotal role in modernizing cyber warfare and information operations. As Deputy Director of Operations for U.S. Cyber Command, he led efforts to defend the Department of Defense Information Network and conduct offensive cyberspace operations. He later commanded U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, implementing hybrid cloud architecture and cybersecurity and leading Joint Task Force ARES to counter terrorist cyber threats.

He was instrumental in establishing U.S. Marine Corps Forces Space Command as the first Commander, integrating space operations into Marine Corps expeditionary operations. His career culminated as Deputy Commandant for Information, serving as the Director of Marine Corps Intelligence, Chief Information Officer, and driving digital transformation.

With deep expertise in leadership, cybersecurity, and strategic innovation, LtGen Glavy continues to drive change in business and technology.

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Will Roberts, former Acquisition Director at the DoD Joint AI Center and now Director of ASI Education, joins Mike Shanley to unpack the sweeping changes in federal procurement. The discussion explores the revolutionary FAR overhaul, the rise of best in class vehicles, and the expanding use of OTAs and CSOs, along with practical advice for how industry can adapt and thrive in the evolving defense acquisition landscape.

RESOURCES:

GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/

Will Roberts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-roberts-06372045/

ASI Education: https://www.education.asigovernment.com/

ASI Education YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@asi.education

GSA MAS Buying Guide: https://www.gsa.gov/buy-through-us/purchasing-programs/multiple-award-schedule/help-with-mas-buying

BIOGRAPHY:

Will Roberts is a lawyer and previous Chief of Acquisition for the Defense Department Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). Will has led teams of highly motivated government acquisition professionals and cultivated a climate of value, excellence, and success. He also was a contracting officer for many years and understands the critical role of substantive training that inspires the students and teaches rules in a way that fosters critical thinking.

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Alex Wagner, the former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower & Reserve Affairs, joins Mike Shanley to discuss the Future of the National Security Workforce and how it’s being shaped by rapidly evolving trends. The conversation covers the role of technology in defense, diversity and inclusion within the Department of Defense (DoD), how Silicon Valley is connecting with the DoD to drive innovation, and what these changes mean for the defense industry.

RESOURCES:
GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/
Opinion: "Actually there's not much DEI in the DOD" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/29/hegseth-dei-defense-department-military/

BIOGRAPHY:
Alex Wagner served as the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower & Reserve Affairs from 2022 to 2025. Nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he was responsible for the entire human capital enterprise of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, including recruiting and retention, talent management, compensation, health care and dependent care, discipline, oversight of the U.S. Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC detachments, and reserve component affairs impacting nearly 700,000 Airmen, Guardians, and civilians.

Previously, as Vice President at the Aerospace Industries Association, Alex led talent and workforce policy efforts on behalf of America’s most prominent aerospace and defense companies.

During the Obama administration, he served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Army, spearheading creation of the Army Rapid Capabilities Office and the Army Digital Service. Over the course of several prior appointments in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he shaped the development and implementation of DoD policies on nuclear and conventional weapons, including emerging autonomy in weapons systems.

He earned a J.D. from Georgetown Law, an A.B. from Brown University, and is currently an adjunct professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

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Dan Tadross, Head of Public Sector at Scale AI, joins Mike Shanley to explore what Agentic AI Warfare might look like in the near future. The conversation covers AI interoperability with legacy systems, the evolving landscape of data sources and large language models (LLMs), and the significance of Meta’s $13 billion investment in this space.

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GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/

• Scale LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleai/posts/?feedView=all
• Dan Tadross LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantadross/
• Scale X profile: https://x.com/scale_ai
• Scale website: https://scale.com
• Scale YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Scale_AI

BIOGRAPHY:

Dan Tadross is the Head of Public Sector at Scale AI, a dual use technology company that builds the infrastructure for the most ambitious artificial intelligence projects in the world. In this role, Dan oversees all aspects of Scale’s support to the U.S. public sector.

Prior to Scale, Dan served 12 years on Active Duty in the Marine Corps where he was a founding member of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), a precursor to the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. At the JAIC, Dan established the Joint Warfighting National Mission Initiative and led project Gargoyle, which focused on deploying Computer Vision for enhancing force protection.

Prior to the JAIC, Major Tadross, an Air Traffic Control Officer, was hand selected as a member of the Secretary of the Navy’s Innovation Advisory Council, where he conducted independent research at the MITRE Corporation on integrating AI into Aviation Command and Control. His previous tours included Marine Air Tactical Command Squadron 18 in Okinawa, Japan where he served as the Senior Air Coordinator and supported exercises in South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University and a Masters in Technology Management from Georgetown University.

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Peter Battaglia, Deputy Director of Mission Assurance at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), joins Mike Shanley to discuss DLA’s priorities and initiatives in today’s evolving defense landscape. The conversation covers logistics surge capacity, securing the supply chain, and the role of NATO’s industrial base in supporting global readiness.

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DLA website: https://www.dla.mil/

DLA Strategic Plan (2025-2030): https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Headquarters/StrategicPlan/DLAStrategicPlan2025-2030March2025.pdf

BIOGRAPHY:

Mr. Peter Battaglia is the DLA Mission Assurance Deputy Director serving as the DLA lead for Mission Assurance, Defense Critical Infrastructure, and Continuity of Operations Planning. He also serves as the Supply Chain Security and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Program Manager for DLA. In this position he is the expert technical authority responsible for oversight of the design, implementation, execution, and promulgation of DLA's SCS/SCRM Program for worldwide support of OSD, JCS, CCMDs, and Military Services plans and operations.

He graduated from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in 2021. He previously served as the Customer Relations Management Process Owner managing a portfolio of $7M and 800 personnel, including the Customer Interaction Center (helpline) and Customer Support Representatives interfacing with the supported services, combatant commands, and inter-agencies.

Mr. Battaglia established and implemented the DLA Agency Synchronization Operations Center (ASOC). The ASOC synchronizes and integrates the Agency’s operational mission and business support functions to provide agile, global support to the Warfighter and select Federal Agencies. The ASOC provides Agency leadership and mission partners a shared and standardized view; enables operational support serving as the consensus source of truth among all mission partners; focuses the Agency on output, readiness, effectiveness, and service to standards; and provides the tools and actionable information to conduct root cause analysis, develop solutions and courses of action, and implement senior leader decisions.

Mr. Battaglia also served as the Chief of the DLA Logistics Operations (J3) Director’s Action Group aligning the strategic efforts and messaging of the J3 and aligned Executive Directors to ensure DLA logistics support. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Battaglia strategically assessed DLA Customer Support by evaluating the DLA personnel laydown and functions resulting in $21M savings across the FYDP. He served as the Medical Materiel Executive Agent (MMEA) Analyst for DLA, orchestrating and synchronizing medical logistics for the complete range of military and whole of government missions such as utilization of non-FDA approved medical materiel and transportation policies allowing commercial narcotic shipments.

Mr. Battaglia was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and hails from Herndon, Virginia. He received his Masters in National Security and Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School in 2021 and his LOGTECH MBA, Logistics and Technology, from the Kelly School of Business, Indiana University in 2010. He received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2000. His wife, two children, and semi-classic BMW hobby serve to keep him busy while not working.

Mr. Battaglia has received the DLA Meritorious Civilian Performance Award (2011) and the DLA Superior Civilian Performance Award (2020 and 2005).

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Jeffrey Grieco, President & CEO of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce and Advisory Council Member at ISOA, joins host Mike Shanley to talk about the NATO 5% spend target and what it means for business development and growth teams in the government services sector. They discuss the current European security situation, how NATO’s increased investment impacts contractors, and the growing opportunities for industry BD teams. Grieco also shares takeaways from the ISOA Europe & ATO Bucharest Conference, and why now is a pivotal moment for companies to engage.

RESOURCES:

GovDiscovery AI Federal Capture Support: https://www.govdiscoveryai.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreygrieco/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gov-market-growth/

BIOGRAPHY:

Jeffrey J. Grieco, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) and International Stability Operations Association (ISOA) Advisory Council Member and Chair of the ISOA Ukraine and Greater Middle East Working Groups. Mr. Grieco has served on the AACC Board of Directors since 2011 and has served as President and CEO since 2017. He travels to Afghanistan and the region frequently and speaks on behalf of the AACC at major donor and government events, think tanks and AACC Afghanistan-related private sector programs and conferences. He is also a Board Member Emeritus of the ISOA and currently serves on its Advisory Council.

Mr. Grieco also serves as an independent foreign policy consultant with senior leadership experience within the U.S. Government and private sector providing a unique mix of leadership in the areas of: foreign policy, national security, international business development, U.S and international government relations, Congressional and public affairs and international assistance. As a consultant, he provides international investment, banking, finance and government relations services to multinational corporations and global non-profit organizations.

Utilizing an extensive network of professional contacts, Mr. Grieco meets frequently with Administration and Congressional leadership and professional staff concerning U.S. and international assistance policies. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at foreign policy, national security, Congressional hearings and international development conferences. Mr. Grieco has also led his own businesses and consulted for Fortune 500 companies in international business development, foreign direct investment and associated government relations services for companies including: AT&T, Raytheon, Westinghouse ESG, Lucky Goldstar, Hyundai Motors, General Dynamics, and many more. In addition to maintaining language proficiencies in French and Korean, he has technical expertise working within international markets in such sectors as defense, ICT, manufacturing, air transportation systems and services, agriculture, energy development and finance.

As a U.S. Senate-confirmed Presidential Appointee he served as Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development/U.S. Department of State until 2009. Mr. Grieco managed all agency global communications, media and public affairs and U.S. Congressional relations through a particularly difficult period in the post-9-11 foreign policy environment and was involved in standing-up the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), PEPFAR and various other successful Presidential Initiatives.

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