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 discuss the economic impact on industry and force structure implications of the Iran war with Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners.

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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…ceasefire or not it will take months for the shipping chaos created by war with Iran to settle out. Friend of the pod Sal Mercogliano joins us to discuss how the conflict is rippling across the globe. We also talk to NDTA Jacksonville President Angie Reno about the chapter's upcoming Maritime Industrial Base Symposium, April 22 at University of North Florida. Click here to learn more.

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 week’s war headlines, as well as the Pentagon budget release with USNI News’s Sam La Grone and Mallory Shellborne.

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 talk early maritime lessons learned from Operation Epic Fury, discuss Navy’s plans to revamp their acquisition approach to mid-size unmanned surface vessels and review  morphings of the Golden Fleet with Bryan Clark and Brent Sadler.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email [email protected] or [email protected].

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…The Navy is instituting a major change in the way it buys and builds ships and submarines. Two of the service’s top acquisition officials, Jason Potter and Vice Admiral Seiko Okano, will be here to fill us in.

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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… Silent Bud Deadly--sea mines are among the most devastating weapons that can threaten shipping, and concerns are rising that Iran could use them to seal off the Strait of Hormuz. We’ll talk with two veteran experts, Rear Admiral retired Ted LeClair and Captain retired Elliott Donald about what capabilities the US Navy has to counter that threat.

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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…an expanded edition of the CavasShips Podcast. First up: war in the Middle East, as Operation Epic Fury pits the US and Israeli militaries against Iran. Former US Navy Central Command force commander, retired Vice Admiral John Fozzie Miller, will be here with his insights to how the war is being fought. Then noted commercial shipping analyst Sal Mercogliano is back to talk about the war’s effect on merchant shipping, the Strait of Hormuz, and expanding worldwide efforts to rein in the so-called Shadow Fleet of illegal tankers.

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 from Kyiv to talk Golden Fleet, Readiness, potential conflict with Iran and maritime lessons learned from Russia-Ukriane.

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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…as the US moves a second carrier strike group into the Middle East for potential military action against Iran, Rear Admiral retired Mike” Nasty” Manazir joins us to discuss the state of Naval Aviation.

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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…fresh off attending West '26, we are joined by Hudson's Bryan Clark to review and break down Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle's Fighting Instructions--intended to influence everything from force posture and unit training to doctrine, capability development, force design choices, and future naval investments. 

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