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Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music Producer/Songwriter

Robert Knauer CPPO CPCM

Prior to writing and producing over 70 songs for the TAI Sound Machine Record label, and prior to writing 13 romance and murder novels, this former podcaster, Robert Knauer, better known by his stage name of ROBERT VALOR, was a former naval officer, professor of contracts and ethics, senior contracting officer for the federal government and was advisor to the FAA, DOD, DOL and DOT. Music groups he manages include for the time (Hanky Pankee- a Reggae group), Emy Day a pop and country singer, CV67

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12:06

BEING INJURED & WHY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CAN'T SUE THE...

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2022/09/17

In this episode of Robert Knauer describes a real life situation that was life-threatening and occurred at the Washington DC's Bureau of Engraving and Printing office in 2003, a situation where a rogue and undisciplined BEP police officer while not properly exercising due care and diligence nearly cost Robert Knauer his life because the "cop" was horsing around while on duty. THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

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10:47

ABOUT THE NOVEL "MURDER ON STEEL BEACH: A NAVY STORY"

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2022/09/17

AUTHOR ROBERT KNAUER explains how the development of his novel MURDER ON STEEL BEACH came to be, and how much of it is based on true to life events. The main difference he points out is the novel is a fictional account of a fictional ship and navy captain who gets murdered. The question is who did it and what the outcome is which only the reader can discern by reading the entire novel. @Amazon books and also at AUDIBLE.

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6:24

Get that 2 Degree list off of my ship and do it now...

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2022/09/17

In 1983 upon reporting to my cargo ship in Subic Bay, the Phillipines, I loaded the ship out with hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh, frozen foods and vegetables along with consumable supplies and repair parts and when we finished the load out we discovered we had a 2-degree list on the ship. Normally one goes to the engineering officer to remove the list by simply shifting ballast. That did not happen because the skipper, Melvin D. Munsinger, gave explicit order for the chief engineer to

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22:19

2024 A TIME OF RECKONING FOR AMERICA- WHAT WILL YOU DO?

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2022/09/05

Podcaster, Robert Knauer, takes aim at what will happen if Donald Trump gets re-elected, what will happen to America and our government. He does this through talking about an article from "THE ATLANTIC" entitled "Trump’s Second Term Would Look Like This: The former president and his allies have explained their plans quite clearly" written by Jonathan Rauch. So impressed by article and how it makes all the pieces to the Trump Puzzle fit, I could not resist spilling these beans. Yes we all should be

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17:37

SHOULD AMERICA BE WORRIED ABOUT 2024? STORY ABOUT A...

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2022/06/27

Robert Knauer who is a former Republican, now Democrat and retired naval officer, federal contracting officer and CEO of a DC consulting firm discusses a recent meeting with a Trumper (Trump supporter) during a meeting to sell him a TREK bike. What took place was not only interesting, but exceedingly scary and saddening about the state of our nation, our adult lack of facts and intelligence and use of fake and misleading news......thus the result of the Attack on our Capitol on JAN 6. Listen to this

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10:55

WHAT THE F_@#%&%$# IS WRONG WITH AMERICA?

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2022/06/10

Robert Knauer discusses his views on America today, where it is headed, and what is needed to stop the slide. From Assault Weapons (guns), broken supply chains, jobs outsourced to China and the Asian basin are but a few of the factors that is making AMERICA the laughing stock of the world for just plain stupidity where our CONGRESS is to blame

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8:34

HUMPTY DUMPTY & THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS OF NAPLES IT

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2022/05/23

Podcaster Robert Knauer tells about his time in the U.S. Navy finding out about Humpty Dumpty and the Camp Fire Girls of Naples, Italy from his friend and mentor, Silvio Polidoro and his son Ernesto, while he was a young naval officer serving in the Mediiterranean and parts of Italy. Humpty Dumpty actually did sit on a wall, and Humpty Dumpty did have a very great fall.

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18:09

How I terminated a Government contractor for Default...

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2022/05/22

Professor Robert Knauer CPCM CPPO discusses the real life situation where he personally terminated a DC federal IT contractor for DEFAULT (due to discrimination against females) on a DOT contract he was in charge of .....and how the CEO and COO reacted when he notified them in person of the need to change their behavior in less than 10days. YES YOU REALLY CAN TERMINATE A CONTRACT FOR DEFAULT

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12:50

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (The Case of the Contracting...

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2022/05/22

Professor Robert Knauer CPCM CPPO tell a real life story about how a Navy Contracting Officer was terminated from federal service after routinely divulging many confidential contract secrets to his girlfriend (the enemy)..who worked for a competing government contractor. He was fired but nothing happened to her. Life and government contracting have rules to live by....he failed.

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16:22

DCMA's Can't Remember Shit program or (Contract...

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2022/05/22

Podcaster Robert Knauer talks about the time in the late 1990s at the Defense Contract Management Agency how an automated Contract Reconciliation System program was rammed down their throats without any Beta Testing. It did not work and thousands of man-hours were wasted/lost and millions of dollars pissed down the drain, that is....until Mr. Knauer stood up at a CRS conference and informed the nice people from headquarters that "We don't call it CRS--We call it the CAN'T REMEMBER SHIT PROGRAM"

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26:33

NAVY WHISTLEBLOWER--BECOMING A SHELLBACK--AND THE...

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2022/05/07

Navy Lieutenant Robert Knauer describes his experience as a true to life Navy Whistleblower prior to the TAILHOOK AFFAIR with Paula Kauflan. He blew the whistle on a corrupt and vile ships commanding officer who assisted in the Killing of Whales (endangered species), purposely colliding with a Korean trawler fishing fleet that killed several Korean fishermen, and by purposely holding a totally illegal and unsanctioned Shellback /WOG day initiation against CNO policy resulting in sailors being

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27:22

WIFE SWAPPING NAVY STYLE (LIFESPRING) & THE CO HAS A...

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2022/05/06

Lieutenant Knauer talks about his time at the Combat Systems Technical Schools Command (CSTSC) Mare Island, Vallejo, CA as a staff officer, the Supply Corps Ball, Wife Swapping CA style (with LIFE-SPRING), making the Navy like one's own home, and why the commanding officer loved me for getting him a CO Car that nobody else was able to obtain for him, and finally the day he thought he'd be golfing with the CNO of the U.S. Navy--joke was on me.

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18:33

DON'T MESS WITH SUBORDINATES BECAUSE THEY WILL PAY...

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2022/05/05

In this episode I explain a true story about how I along with another navy officer paid back our EXECUTIVE OFFICER or XO, for being an asshole 24/7 onboard our ship. This is a great didactic story for all senior officers, in fact, all officers and enlisted to learn from...simply BE NICE to your subordinates because if you are mean or ruthless thinking YOU have the upper hand. Life will hurt you in many ways for your evil. The old adage of "PAYBACKS ARE HELL" is alive and well in the TRUE STORY of

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29:01

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT- GOING UNDERCOVER TO RELIEVE...

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2022/05/05

In this episode Lt. Knauer tells a true story of how he was plucked out of Navy Supply Corps School by Admiral Ryan of NEXCOM (then NAVRESSO) and ordered to go in under cover to get the goods on another Navy Supply Officer, (reporting to the CO of NAS Willow Grove first), and then on the fateful appointed day relieving Lt. Robert Bump for Cause. Lt. Bump had not only run the NEX into the RED financially, but incurred a $40K robbery and was missing hundreds of thousands of dollars in inventory. The

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34:19

THE WHISTLEBLOWER: USS San Jose & Captain Melvin...

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2022/04/26

Lt. Knauer recounts how not listening to his mentor, Captain Bob Fenick led him to the fateful decision to land on the USS SAN JOSE and end up being a whistleblower against his ship's commanding officer, Melvin D. Munsigner. Sometime the grass isn't always greener on the other side, and the future is unknown.

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18:57

How to Extort a Senior Officer or Better yet get your...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/25

In this Episode, Lt. Knauer tells about the time he extorted a senior officer in the U.S. Navy to sign off on his SWOS PQS qualification card for 3m using the old trick, "no ticky--no laundry" or in the case of CDR. Rugallo no PQS--no paycheck. Is there an ethics question here, certainly there is....but hey, it's a funny story and true.

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11:49

HOORAY! THE CAPTAIN IS FINALLY GONE

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2022/04/22

It's the story of then, CO Jerry O. Tuttle as he was "dinged off the ship" for transfer to his next command Lt. Knauer remembers how the crew of the USS JFK reacted to his departure, yelling, screaming with sounds of joy, cheers, and giving Tuttle the "finger" or the "bird" because Tuttle was the most hated commanding officer every.

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21:12

JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE FUCKING LITTLE DRONES

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2022/04/22

Lt. Knauer recounts the day (during the yard period) when the skipper of the USS JFK had all "junior officers" assemble in the wardroom at 17 hundred hours to lecture and inform them all that they were, "nothing more than a buck of fucking little drones" and why that was the case. Lt. Knauer also recounts how Captain Tuttle treated sailors at Captain's MAST, especially in the case of SHSN Gentry.

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18:41

You are LATE Mister and Restricted to the Ship!

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/22

This podcast goes into several more unusual events with Captain Jerry O. Tuttle, Skipper of the USS JFK while it was in the "yards." It discusses how Tuttle abused hims powers as skipper, placed hundred of officers and enlisted in "hack" (restricted to the ship) for something they did not do simply to demonstrate power and a lack of leadership. It also delves into how I had my wife come aboard the ship every day I was in HACK and ate meals with her, and had SEX with her in several Squadron

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29:22

The Round Table Affair on the JFK (200 NAKED SAILORS...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/21

Lt. Knauer recounts two situational events while stationed aboard the JFK with Jerry O. Tuttle. The 1st a passageway encountered with "the midget" and the 2nd known as the Round Table Affair that actually happened aboard the JFK in 1977 while the ship was in the Navy Yard undergoing overhaul where 200+ sailors and officers had to sleep in the nude on their mattresses on the flight deck because the ship was too hot to sleep inside and because Capt. Tuttle refused to spend ship's OPTAR money to find

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