NCIS- Reports from the Field

Retired Special Agent John Wagner joins the podcast to discuss his career.

In 1996, H. Paul Mullis completed a history project in which he claimed he only "edited." Along with Gary Comerford and others he researched and produced this history project. If you like this please leave a comment below! Thanks for listening everyone!

At the end of his career Special Agent Allan Kersenbrock provides a comparison of his training with ONI to the training of Agents in the late 1980's.

Special Agent Mark Clookie became the Director of the NCIS in 2010. During his tenure, he led the agency during the final years of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and had tough decision to make regarding personnel assignments around the world. Director Clookie joins the show to talk about leadership during challenging times.

"Uncovering the Truth: Death on Fletcher's T-3 Ice Island" Follow the riveting tale of a death investigation on the remote Fletcher's T-3 Ice Island. Join us as we piece together the evidence and unravel the mystery behind this chilling case.

From his early years at NCISRA Long Beach, Mark Ridley set the standard as a Special Agent with NCIS. He would serve as a Special Agent Afloat on the USS Forrestal (CV-59), and lead numerous undercover ops with agency. Deputy Director Ridley was selected by the Secretary of the Navy to serve as the first African American Deputy Director at NCIS. I hope you enjoy listening to the career of Special Agent Mark Ridley.

During the Iraq War, a little known detachment played a big role in fighting terrorist actions and saving lives of our service members in Baghdad and other locations in Iraq. The Strategic Counter Intelligence Directorate (SCID) made up of Army CI, NCIS and Air Force OSI agents and a group of patriotic Army National Guard and DOD contractors diligently fought a secret war against insurgency and saved lives and provided crucial intelligence identifying our enemies (Jaish Al Mahdi, Al Qaeda and others) operating in the theater of operations. Ultimately, the downfall of this highly successful operation would come from within our own government through politics and bureaucracy. Former Army Major Dave Pounder joins me to discuss our time with the SCID and the "good times" in Baghdad.

Director Brant and I continue our conversation on his time as Director and the critical issues he dealt with. From obtaining Congressional Arrest Authority to the impact of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

This episode of NCIS Reports from the Field is Part (1) of the fascinating career of Director Dave Brant. Director Brant began as a working agent at the NIS office in Norfolk Virginia. From Agent Afloat to Working in the Philippines, Mr. Brant gained valuable experience and would eventually return to Headquarters serving as a Staff officer where he would observe and learn valuable lessons which would serve him well when he was selected as the second civilian Director of NCIS. He would go on to be the longest serving Director in NCIS history.

Director Roy Nedrow was the first selected civilian Director of the NCIS. His time is remembered as key in the resurrection of a great agency. NIS becomes NCIS and Director Nedrow is the key figure in ensuring the future of one of the finest criminal and counter intelligence agencies in the US Government.

Former Deputy Director Ralph Blincoe joins the show to discuss his career which includes the conviction of SEAL Team Six Commander Dick Marcinko. He was also a member of a dynamic leadership team at NCISHQ during very challenging times. Blincoe led the efforts for counter terrorism at NCIS after 9-11.

Special Agent Rich Cloonan has a career which was very unique. He began his career in San Diego working all criminal cases including narcotics and death investigations. He was moved to Washington DC and became a key member of the "Mount Up" Protection detail protecting key leaders of the Navy and our alies. Rich would play key role during the "Year of the Spy" where numerous Americans betrayed their country on behalf of the Soviet Union, Israel and other countries. Rich would also play a key role on 9-11 working as the NCIS liaison at the FBI in Washington DC which would lead to the stand up of FBI lead Joint Terrorism Task Forces across the US. This and much more on this weeks Podcast.

ONI/NIS Special Agent John Dill wanted to travel the world and got his opportunity when he read an advertisement on the Wichita Police Department memo board looking for agents at the Office of Naval Intelligence. He took the job and from Chicago to Vietnam, the Philippines, Okinawa, and many other places he had an outstanding career. Such is the life of and NIS/NCIS Special Agent. I hope you enjoy this snapshot in history of the NCIS on this episode of NCIS: Reports from the Field.

Bob Powers served his country first as an Army officer and would later join ONI as a Special Agent in New England. After serving in Iceland, Bob volunteered for an assignment in Vietnam and would find himself investigating "fragging" homicides and other important investigations in a war zone. Bob was a proven agent when he was the lead agent on the "Intrepid 4" espionage investigation in Japan. Late in his career he would be apart of a great leadership team that served in a critical moment in the history of what would become NCIS.

Retired Special Agent Larry Fuentes joins the podcast to discuss his assignment as one of the first Marine Special Agents at NIS in 1976. Larry would go on to have a career with NCIS where he conducted investigations in practically every discipline at NCIS. Larry would also be instrumental in training agents for War time deployments at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Glynco, Ga. I hope you enjoy this months NCIS: Reports from the Field Podcast available wherever you download your favorite podcast. Don't forget to like and subscribe! Thanks Everyone!

This month on the podcast, we are celebrating Black History Month.  Retired Special Agent James Reed joins the podcast to talk about his historic moment of being one of two black football players to break the color barrier at Ole Miss.  James was a fantastic Special Agent at NCIS and had a great career.  His impact on the agency began at the Naval Base at Millington, Tn and would include deployments supporting the War on Terror in Iraq.  James had a tenacious ability to work and solve the most complicated cases at NCIS.  His "can do" attitude inspired everyone who knew and worked with him.

From his early days of investigating death cases at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, to his time aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and then to his extraordinary work in the Republic of the Philippines, Bob McSherry had an astounding career with NCIS.  Today on the podcast, Bob discusses his amazing career with NCIS.

Dave Hertberg returns from Season One to discuss the murder investigation of Valentine Underwood.  In the small community of 29 Palms, California, a monster reveals himself and the Agents of NCIS and Detectives from Riverside County spring into action to uncover a monster, now suspected of multiple murders across the United States.

In the early morning hours of October 12, 2000, Bob McFadden answered a phone call in his hotel room in California that would change the course of his life.  What would follow would be a mission to bring the perpetrators to justice who planned and executed the attack on the USS Cole.  This investigation would have to be worked with someone who had the language capability and personality to work with very difficult people who may or may not be on our side.  Bob McFadden was that agent.  What originally began as a 10-day experience would consume the life of Special Agent McFadden for the next two years and lay down the conspiracy for the 9-11 attack on New York City and Washington DC.  Thanks for listening to NCIS: Reports from the Field.  The podcast is available on all the popular Podcast services like Apple, Google and Spotify.

n Season One, I introduced you to Special Agent Cathy Clements.   Special Agent Clements had the unenviable yet extremely important job of recovering the 17 Victims who lost their lives in the attack on the COLE.  Cathy discusses the heart wrenching efforts to recover our sailors from the interior of the ship and her collaboration with Capt. Lippold to ensure every member who lost their life was given an honorable departure from the ship to return home.