Real Time 3D Printed Autonomous Systems for Irregular Warfare
In this episode of Micro Journeys Inside Access, host Daniel Marrujo speaks with Private First Class David Pomeroy, 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army at African Lion 2026 about an amazing piece of technology they are developing to keep soldiers out of harm’s way while breaching a difficult situation. Throughout the conversation, PFC Pomeroy explains how […]
“When the Map Runs Out”: Lt. Gen. Beagle, Jr. (Ret.) on Leading Through Uncertainty
In this episode of Micro Journeys, host Daniel Marrujo speaks with Lieutenant General Milford H. Beagle, Jr. (U.S. Army, Retired) to discuss his book, When the Map Runs Out, his 35-year Army career capped by command of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, and the leadership lessons he carried throughout it all. Drawing on […]
From Starlink to Quantum: Inside SETAF-AF’s Next-Gen Comms Strategy
The Micro Journeys Inside Access podcast continues its live coverage at African Lion 2026. This time, host Daniel Marrujo chats with Lieutenant Colonel Vernon Logan – SETAF-AF Communications Directorate, to learn more about the communication efforts behind the event and AFRICOM. People tend to think of a communications team as the guys with the cell […]
One Idea, Five Pillars — The Making of Africa’s Drone Training Ground
In this episode of Micro Journeys, host Daniel Marrujo is joined by Sergeant Major Patrick Jeffrey, G7 Exercise Sergeant Major for the Southern European Task Force Africa (SETAF-AF), to discuss the Drone Academy program, which provides soldiers with invaluable hands-on experience. African Lion has presented tons of cool tech, but few have shone as brightly […]
Enemy or Friend? Training Soldiers Against Robots That Rush, Scream, and Resurrect
In this episode of Micro Journeys, host Daniel Marrujo gets a close-up look at Marathon’s autonomous robotic targets. Joined by Nate Whelan, Vice President, Europe, Marathon Targets GmbH, he walks through the entire lineup, learning about the robot’s build and how it works on the battlefield. These aren’t your basic bucket of bolts. These live-fire […]
Bringing Them Home: Inside the Recovery Missions of Brig. Gen. John Lloyd
In this episode of Micro Journeys, host Daniel Marrujo sits down with Brigadier General John Lloyd for a thrilling discussion about his 40-year Army career. It begins in Lockport, New York, where 17-year-old Lloyd contacts an Army recruiter unbeknownst to his parents. At the time, he had no idea how impactful that one call would […]
Seeing Everything, Missing Nothing: AI-Powered Mapping of Unmapped Terrain
In this episode of Micro Journeys Inside Access, host Daniel Marrujo sits down with Lau Nørgaard, CTO of Sapient Perception, at African Lion 2026 to explore how the company’s large-area UAV ISR camera payloads are transforming how the U.S. and its allies map and understand unfamiliar terrain across the African continent. The conversation walks through […]
Building an Unhackable Internet, One Photon at a Time
Daniel Marrujo returns to Brookhaven National Laboratory for the second day of a two-day Micro Journeys deep dive, this time heading into the lab’s quantum networking facility with a panel of the world’s leading experts in the field. Associate Laboratory Director Gabriella Carini, staff scientists Soumyajit Mandal, Julián Martínez-Rincón & Paul Stankus, and research scientists […]
Small, Kinetic UAV Printed in the Battlefield
In this episode of Micro Journeys Inside Access, host Daniel Marrujo sits down with Benjamin Fowl, Head of Growth for Wild West Systems, at African Lion 2026 to examine a compact drone weapons platform designed to be small, fast, and difficult to detect or shoot down. The conversation covers the system’s platform-agnostic design, its field-tested […]
The Radiation Beam Needed for the Moon and Mars
In this episode of Micro Journeys, host Daniel Marrujo travels to the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) to explore one of the only facilities in the country capable of simulating deep-space radiation conditions on Earth. Marrujo sits down with Trevor Olsen, a nuclear engineer and physicist who has worked at the facility for over seven […]