hina has the largest navy in the world, and it continues ramping up its military with weapons capable of reaching the U.S. and strategically important assets abroad. The incoming Trump administration has to put a priority on strengthening our military, particularly our navy shipbuilding, to deter China, and President Trump’s recent comments indicate that they will because he and his appointees understand the issue. That is only the beginning, however. We must eventually expand our shipyard capabilities and in the interim find innovative ways to rapidly expand capacity. Re-shoring requires finding the funding and building more infrastructure at existing yards plus creating new shipyard manufacturers, while increasing our workforce and securing vital material supply chains. Today we’re speaking with the President of Supply Chain Management Inc1, a contractor in the engineering and workforce development space. SCMI1 President Naveen Anumolu is a Harvard Business School Executive Alumni, Engineer, and Entrepreneur. He runs a federal government contracting business focused on Engineering Services with the US Navy, and Department of Defense. Naveen, born in the United States, is of Indian descent, with his father being the first Indian American recognized in the US Congress for Homeland Security. Naveen believes in the American Dream, but also believes there is tremendous waste in our system and government and is committed to fighting to keep the American dream alive for all AMERICANS FIRST.

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Late yesterday the Las Vegas Sheriff gave this major update on the car bombing at the Vegas Trump Tower that happened on New Years Day. Many of us, especially in the veteran community, have many questions for a lot of reasons so we may get some answered by this new information, but as the Sheriff said, more are raised by the new information. In my opinion Green Beret MSG Matthew Livelsberger just doesn’t fit the profile for your typical radicalized terrorist is a big reason why we have so many questions. The other reason I have is that I’m very concerned that veterans, as a group, may be being targeted to be presented to our fellow citizens as the biggest domestic terror threat our country faces. Therefore, I want as many answers to the questions made publicly. It is also why I support the public release of the initial email document, now confirmed by the FBI as authentic, by veterans Sam Shoemate and Shawn Ryan on the Shawn Ryan Show. Our government has withheld and obfuscated vital information the public needs from many terrorist attacks and incidents for far too long. Only the sunlight of truth with help return trust between we citizens and our government in both directions. Its also the reason why I chose today’s guest, because we have to publicly broadcast as much of the facts as possible from reliable sources. Matt Tardio served and worked directly with MSG Livelsberger. As a Green Beret Matt lead several operations in Afghanistan that decimated ISIS-K without losing a single Green Beret. In addition to his time in the military fighting against terrorists around the world, Matt gained knowledge and experience as a Police Officer, he trained numerous SWAT Teams and Officers to respond to active shooter situations. Matt is also Host of Speak The Truth which you can find on youtube @speakthetruthactual.

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That’s right, the train is full speed ahead for team Trump. The January 6th electoral college vote certification was completed without incident, and news reports of private conversations between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President-elect Trump are indicating that some more contentious nominees like Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense and Robert F. Kennedy Jr for Secretary of Health and Human Services indicate that they have the votes for confirmation right now. This is great news of course because expectations are high that the 47th President and his team will hit the ground running on January 20th at 12 noon Eastern Time. In order to do that the rest of the team below the principals will need to be getting under way very quickly thereafter. We’ve been covering a group of potential appointees nominated by a group of active and veteran military members called the Rank and File and one of those leaders on their list is my guest today. I don’t normally read full bios but this one is very important for you to hear. Melissa Cunningham received her commission as a Distinguished Graduate from the United States Air Force Academy in 1996. She has served in various assignments including the Joint Staff, Inspector General, academic instruction, cyber, combat communications, and air mobility operations. She served as the Deputy Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She commanded the 92nd Communications Squadron and deployed in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. In addition, Melissa served as an Assistant Professor of Management and the Officer in Charge of the Women’s Rugby Team at the U.S. Air Force Academy. She also led as Director of Communications, National Capital Region-Military District of Washington and commanded the 67th Cyberspace Wing. She served as the Deputy Director of the Joint All Domain Information Advantage Task Force, Joint Staff, charged with the responsibility to support development of the Joint Warfighting Concept. Prior to her forced retirement, she served as the Director, Cyberspace Operations and Warfighter Communications, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters Air Force, Washington, D.C. As Director, Melissa was responsible for integrating cyberspace warfare capabilities into the joint fight through strategic vision, policy, guidance, and resource advocacy. Melissa was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on June 2, 2022 and forced to retire two months later when her medical and religious accommodation requests for the COVID-19 vaccine were denied. Melissa is currently on the Board of Directors for TreQ, a start-up quantum computing company, substitute teaching for Colorado Springs Christian School, volunteering for the Special Needs Ministry at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO and attending Charis Bible College. Mel Cunningham, welcome to the Rob Maness Show.

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