Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This is the third of our year-end specials focusing on significant events and developments of 2024 and some ideas about what to look for in 2025. In this special we’re excited to have back with us the core of the USNI News team – chief editor Sam LaGrone, deputy editor Mallory Shelbourne and journalist Heather Mongilio.

We again want to wish everyone the Happiest of Holidays and are already looking forward to seeing many of the listeners at this year’s Surface Navy Association national symposium January 14-16 at the Crystal City Hyatt. If you have not yet registered, be sure to go to surfacewarfare.org and sign-up today.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week is look-back-look ahead podcast number two. In this episode we review worldwide maritime and shipping affairs with friends of the pod and return guests Sal Mercogliano and John Konrad. Next week we will wrap up our end of year coverage by reviewing significant news events and trends with the USNI News editorial staff.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This is the first of three special editions of the CavasShips Podcast, where we look back at 2024 and ahead at 2025, and attempt to divine what’s still to come. In this edition we’ll discuss US Navy policies and programs with three leading commentators and analysts – Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute; Bryan McGrath of the Ferrybridge Group, and Steve Wills, a PhD in Cold War naval history and navalist at the US Navy League’s Center for Maritime Strategy. In the next two podcasts we’ll review worldwide maritime and shipping affairs with Sal Mercogliano and John Konrad, and then significant news events and trends with the USNI News editorial staff.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…It’s that time of year when Army-Navy football gets a lot of people excited, and in recent years it’s also become the time for some very creative spirit-spot videos. But one video producer has really stood out, producing classics like the Naptown Funk Navy parody and now a new production called Big Decks. It’s one thing to gin up school spirit, but quite another to shine a positive light on an entire service. Producer-writer Rylan Tuohy will be here to dish on the backstory behind his videos and what he thinks about Navy recruiting efforts at large.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we’re taking a dive into the world of uncrewed underwater vessels. First up will be a look from Carl Hartsfield at some of the innovative systems being developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, then we’ll hear from Duane Fotheringham about a key manufacturing facility churning out REMUS UUVs. 

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there’s a new administration coming to Washington DC, and there’s little doubt it will come with big changes. Two noted naval analysts – Brent Sadler and Jerry Hendrix – are back with us with thoughts on what to expect – and where the new leadership should focus.