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…US Navy surface force issues were front and center at the recent Surface Navy Association waterfront event in San Diego. SNA executive director Chris Bushnell is here with some of his impressions. And the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command is planning to cut up to 17 ships to ease a manning crisis. Sam LaGrone of USNI News, who broke the story, will join us. 

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 are joined by retired Vice Admiral John “Fozzie” Miller, former commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command to discuss the likelihood of Iranian aggression and what the US Navy and its partners and allies can do to deter and respond if necessary. 

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…September 15 marks three years since the historic AUKUS partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States was announced. There has been no shortage of pronouncements from senior leaders of all three countries about the agreement’s progress and potential, we don’t hear much about what the program looks like from Down Under. On today’s podcast we’ll talk with Brisbane, Australia-based journalist Alex Luck about how Aussies themselves feel about the agreement – its cost, the implications and their country’s commitment over the long haul.

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…noted naval historian and author Dr BJ Armstrong joins us to discuss how using the lens of history can better guide what type of Navy we need and what level of national coordination is required.

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…Retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery joins us to discuss maritime operations in INdo-Pacom, lessons from the Red Sea and Ukraine and how the US Navy can continue to get better. 

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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…we dive into the US. Navy’s distributed maritime operations concept– something that navy leaders point to as a foundation for how the future Navy will be put together and how it will fight. Joining us to make sense of all of the mystery and buzz words associated with DMO is CIMSEC’s Dmitri Filipoff.

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… a special mid-year in review edition of the podcast.  We are joined by Bryan Clark and Bryan McGrath to discuss the goods, bads and others of the first six months of 2024, as well as what to look forward to in the second half of the year. 

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… Houthi attacks on shipping have suddenly become much more accurate, with at least a half dozen merchant ships being struck by missiles or drones in recent days. Two leading experts on merchant shipping – Sal Mercogliano and John Konrad – are back to discuss.

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…Keeping an eye on the dragon. What is the Chinese Navy up to? What are their capabilities? We’ll hear some of the latest views on the People’s Liberation Army Navy from Rear Admiral (retired) Mike Studeman, former commander of the US Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence.

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… Battleships aren’t often in the news, but over the past few weeks one of them certainly has been – the USS NEW JERSEY. The ship’s drydocking in Philadelphia has attracted widespread media attention and worldwide interest. Ryan Szimanski, curator for the battleship, will bring us up to date on what’s been going on, what lies ahead – and what some of the surprises have been as the more than 80-year-old ship has been out of the water for the first time in decades.