Retired Special Agent Jiggs Kaliher discusses an amazing effort to conduct a death investigation in the Artic Circle.

Pete Hughes joins the show to talk about his career with NCIS and the fun of catching bad guys.

I talk about our family patriots and our country's great hero's who have served our amazing country.

Retired Special Agent Mark Politi joins the podcast to talk about his amazing career and his goals as President of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Association (NCISA).

Retired Special Agent Amanda Kopke joins the show to discuss the joint investigation by the Texas Rangers and NCIS into the death of Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield.

Retired Special Agent Bill Heath joins to show to talk about Cold Case Homicide work with NCIS. Bill was one of the first to be assigned to The Cold Case Homicide Squad at the NCIS Field Office in Norfolk, Va.

Special Agent Amanda Kopke joins the show to talk about the hazards of working in war zones and her experience with exposure to a parasite attacking her body which she continues to battle to present day.

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.