Mark Montgomery

Thank to GTI for giving me and LtGen Chip Gregson the chance to discuss Taiwan's urgent security needs - and a good chance for all of us to remember that Taiwan is a "model ally" whose semiconductor industry POWERS the U.S. economy

Testimony to the House Homeland Committee on the urgent need for both data centers and space systems to be designated as national critical infrastructure sectors so we can get our act together in both sectors before the CCP cleans our clocks youtu.be/6DDFMwvd5XU

Good discussion with Mario Nawfal - especially concerning US military's failure to embrace Ukrainian counter drone interceptor technology in 2025 when it could have mattered - saving lives and equipment in 2026. youtu.be/mZZc87napBE

Good discussion with @hughhewitt about how to conduct an economic warfare campaign against the IRGC - the key attributes of such a campaign are patience and discipline. youtube.com/watch?v=YL1HBN…

Good talk with @farnazfassihi on @MSNOWnews about how the blockades are functioning & how this standoff might end. The US does normally have the patience to conduct economic warfare, so we will see if President Trump has the discipline to carry this out. youtube.com/watch?v=W-mCJ5…

Discussing the removal of SECNAV Phelan with @MorningEdition Hopefully this will allow the Navy to take a more logical, deliberative approach to picking the next Frigate and letting the idea of a Battleship go..... npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-…

An extended Discussion on CSPAN of how the U.S. Navy will execute a blockade of Iranian ships and strangle the Iranian economy youtu.be/wPTLOOTDSCE

CCP's coercion of Seychelles, Mauritius, & Madagascar to block President Lai's travel is pathetic. Threatening to revoke debt forgiveness & financing in exchange for travel bans only proves Xi's desperate willingness to bully the international community. reuters.com/world/china/ch…

Good discussion on @jaketapper concerning how a blockade works and how we stop, board and seize Iranian ships, and what the risks are for the U.S. military in these operations youtu.be/QYCrXlLrVRU

Bringing back the draft is an unnecessary and regressive idea. The U.S. has 4M high school grads a year - the military (services plus Guard) need 200,000 recruits or FIVE PERCENT. Karp’s idea would actually burden the military with millions of conscripts nypost.com/2026/04/20/bus…

All eyes on Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s illegal blockade of the international waterway. (Ret) 🇺🇸 Rear Admiral @markcmontgomery: “Iran behaves like a crime syndicate” holding the global economy hostage. He’s commanded battleships. He knows.🔥 STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e22-strai… YT ▶️ youtu.be/2_LrDOGcUaE?si…

On CNN talking about blockades, boardings and 5” guns youtu.be/Dh_9tdVbm3w

Talking on CNN about how the US Navy is expanding its operations and beginning to board and seize ships violating the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. At the end of this crisis the US needs to ensure Iran is not in control of the Strait of Hormuz next.frame.io/share/96e8fa39…

On with @MarioNawfal to discuss how a US blockade of Iranian ports might work, and why Iran's actions to block transit passage of the Straits of Hormuz are a violation of maritime law that the US had to respond to. youtu.be/z0PC965DbOk?si… via @YouTube

Good talk with @hughhewitt about how the U.S. Navy could blockade Iranian vessels and ports in response to Iran’s illegal effort to prevent transit passage of international waterway (Straits of Hormuz) youtu.be/8ozz8Us4PZw?si…

Sporty discussion with BBC on how to execute Trump’s blockade. The US can, and should, hold Iran accountable for violating maritime law & tolling an international waterway. Starmer & Macron don’t have the assets to do this, they should join the US effort youtube.com/watch?v=3rQmuB…

@ivanastradner and I explain why Victor Orban is bad for Hungary, bad for Europe and bad for America. You can understand why Putin loves Orban, but the Trump team’s fascination with Orban is baffling and damages America’s national security interests nypost.com/2026/04/10/opi…

Talking to @BBCNews about why the US-Iran ceasefire is on shaky ground and why Iran cannot charge "tolls" to ship's conducting transit passage through international straights youtu.be/7sdpQ3eXF4Q?si…

On with Scott Tong talking maritime convoy ops, CSAR for F15 WSO and why you should not fire your Army Chief of Staff in the middle of a conflict. ⁦@WBUR⁩ wbur.org/hereandnow/202…