The Quill & Sword
by The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 59: ITAR and the…
About this podcast
The Quill & Sword series of podcasts is created and hosted by The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS). There are multiple shows in the series, with The Quill & Sword show serving as the umbrella show. "The Quill & Sword" show contains all episodes from the "Criminal Law Department Presents," "NSL Unscripted," "Mentorship Matters" and "Fred Talks" shows, plus featured episodes from other TJAGLCS departments, and all prior episodes from the discontinued “Battlefield Next” show. "Criminal Law Department Presents" features TJAGLCS Criminal Law professors discussing published CAAF opinions. "NSL Unscripted" features discussions on hot topics related to NSL practice and insight from NSL practitioners and national security leaders. "Mentorship Matters" is hosted by the JAG Corps's Leadership Center and features interviews with leaders from across the Army JAG Corps, Retired JALS Personnel, Academic Leaders, and Army Senior Leaders. "Fred Talks" presents a more informal look at the history of the JAG Corps by the Regimental Historian. The Quill & Sword podcast replaced the TJAGLCS Battlefield Next podcast, which served as the original TJAGLCS podcast series. Each episode in The Quill & Sword series of podcasts is generally 10-20 minutes to enable listening to and from work and to get to the point without hours of investment. Connect with The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School by visiting our website at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/.
Episodes
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- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 59: ITAR and the Warfighter: Navigating Export Controls, Deemed Exports, and Allied Data Sharing Downrange · 17 minIn this episode, we explore how the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) applies directly to military officers deployed alongside foreign coalition partners, breaking…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 58: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 18: Emergency Services Redefined · 10 minIn this episode, we analyze how the overhaul of FAR Part 18, emergency acquisitions by condensing FAR Part 18 and relocating general acquisition flexibilities to a centralized…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 82: United States v. Braum (C.A.A.F. 2026) · 22 minIn this episode, we review the discovery and disclosure rules under R.C.M. 701 and R.C.M. 703, highlighting the tension between a victim's Fourth Amendment privacy rights in…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 57: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 17: Overhauling Special Contract Methods · 10 minIn this episode, we analyze the overhaul of FAR Part 17, highlighting key additions such as the explicit codification of reverse auctions and the removal of the default five-year…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 56: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 16: The New Contract Types · 14 minIn this episode, we explore the major shift in FAR Part 16 from a restrictive to a permissive regulatory philosophy, as well as the new agency justification requirements for…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 55: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 13: The New Non-Commercial Simplified Acquisition Rules · 14 minIn this episode, we unpack the massive revamp of FAR Part 13, which completely strips out commercial clutter to focus strictly on simplified procedures for non-commercial…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 54: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 9: Streamlining Contractor Qualifications · 8 minIn this episode, we examine FAR Part 9, explaining how major sections—including pre-award surveys and contractor team arrangements—have been removed from codified regulation and…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 81: United States v. Maebane (C.A.A.F. 2026) · 15 minIn this episode, we review the residual hearsay exception under M.R.E. 807 and the Sixth Amendment right to present a complete defense under Chambers v. Mississippi. We examine…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 80: United States v. Ruiz & United States v. Brown (C.A.A.F. 2026) · 26 minIn this episode, we review the hearsay exception for prior consistent statements under M.R.E. 801(d)(1)(B) and the Frost and Finch factors that govern each subsection. We examine…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 53: FAR Part 8 Deep Dive: Mastering the Mandatory Source Ladder and GSAM Procedures · 9 minIn this episode, we break down the mandatory priority ladder for federal procurement, guiding contracting professionals through the essential "rules of the road" for sourcing…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 52: Redefining "Small": Unpacking the SBA's Proposed Size Standards Overhaul · 18 minIn this episode, we unpack two proposed rules from the Small Business Administration (SBA) that could qualify companies with up to half a billion dollars in annual revenue as…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 51: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 8: Mandatory Sources & New GSAM Rules · 9 minIn this episode, we dive into the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) to explain how FAR Part 8 has been completely restructured, consolidating three FAR parts into one and moving…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 50: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 7: Planning for Agility · 9 minIn this episode, we examine the transition from prescriptive checklists to a dynamic acquisition planning process that moves procedural "how-tos" into the non-regulatory FAR…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 79: United States v. Malone (C.A.A.F. 2026) · 34 minIn this episode, we review the CAAF's ruling that a defense counsel's statement of “no motions” at arraignment constituted an affirmative, express waiver of a multiplicity…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 49: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 14: The Evolution of Sealed Bidding · 8 minIn this episode, we explore the historical roots of sealed bidding and its modern transformation under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), which reorganizes FAR Part 14 into a…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 78: United States v. Hurtado (C.A.A.F. 2026) · 11 minIn this episode, we review whether a suspect's statement, “I would like to speak to a lawyer, but um, yeah,” was an unequivocal invocation of the right to counsel under Article…
- The Quill & Sword | The Backbone Episode 1: Honoring Our Legacy, Advancing Our Profession · 40 minIn the premiere episode of The Backbone, host 1SG Green brings together leaders from across the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for a special National Paralegal Appreciation Day…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 48: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: FAR Part 19: Small Business, Streamlined · 10 minIn this episode, we explore the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) of Part 19, which reorganizes small business regulations into acquisition life cycle stages while moving…
- The Quill & Sword | CAAF Chats Ep 77: United States v. Suarez (C.A.A.F. 2025) · 17 minIn this episode, we review the interplay between unlawful command influence (UCI) and a plea agreement's waiver of all waivable motions. We examine whether a “waive all waivable…
- The Quill & Sword | The FAR & Beyond Episode 47: The Foundation of Advice: Mastering Contract Research in an Evolving Landscape · 40 minIn this episode, we discuss navigating the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) using updated tools on acquisition.gov, including practitioner albums for change summaries and the new…







