Midrats

In the last few months a lot has been written about learning how to fight a conventional land battle again after years of a focus on counterinsurgency. Fighting against an enemy who is holding territory, has a capital, armor, artillery and a proven record in the battlefield.While some are writing it, others have been living it, fighting side by side with traditional allies and new ones in a complicated joint and combined environment that is the latest chapter in the Long War; the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.Our guest is returning to Midrats after just returning from leading Marines in the fight, Colonel Seth Folsom, USMC.Colonel Folsom is a Marine Corps infantry officer with 24 years of commissioned service.  He currently works on the staff of I Marine Expeditionary Force, and he has commanded Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan at the company, battalion, and task force level.  He is a graduate of the University of Virginia, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Marine Corps War College, and