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…when US Marines were needed in Afghanistan this year they were able to get on the scene quickly because they were already in theater, aboard US Navy amphibious ships deployed in the region. That kind of expeditionary capability is a key ingredient of American naval power, but it shouldn’t be taken for granted. We’ll talk with an outspoken proponent of expeditionary capabilities, retired US Navy Rear Admiral Terry McKnight.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello discusses lessons learned about the Chinese Navy.

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