Step aboard for Episode 8 of WETSU, where Battleship CEO & Host Marshall Spevak welcomes Dr. Chris Lehman for an extraordinary conversation.

A key figure in the reactivation of the Iowa-class battleships, Chris brings firsthand insight from his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee staff and as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Reagan White House. He was in the Situation Room with President Reagan when the USS NEW JERSEY unleashed its powerful 16-inch guns on targets in Lebanon—witnessing history as it happened.

Chris also shares the remarkable military legacy of the storied Philadelphia Lehman family, from his father’s service as a World War II Navy Captain to his brother John’s tenure as Secretary of the Navy.

Don’t miss this riveting episode as we go behind the scenes of congressional maneuvering, naval recommissioning, and real-world combat operations that cemented the Battleship New Jersey’s legacy in the 1980s.

WETSU: A Battleship NJ Podcast is now proudly sponsored by Engineers Labor Employer Cooperative / ELEC 825.

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