CAVASShips

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 return guest CDR Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong to discuss his latest monograph Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps: Forward Deployment, Crisis Response,...

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 web site Naval News is one of the world’s premier sources for naval information around the world. Founder and editor Xavier Vavasseur is with us to talk about some of the latest tr...

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 take an early look at one of the largest shows  – The United Kingdom Defense and Securities Export exhibition or DSEI, held every two years in London. Joining us to preview the show...

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 view from the top: Former chief of naval operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert shares his views on Russia’s war on Ukraine, the situation in the Pacific and the rise of the Chinese...

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…Not long ago, the future of shipbuilders Austal USA was somewhat in doubt. Yet the company has rapidly expanded into new programs and efforts that are redefining its reputation as just...

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…China and Russia are not only building more submarines, but their subs are getting better all the time. How does the US Navy fight back? Noted naval analyst Bryan Clark returns to the...

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 edition of the podcast, where we  focus on naval history. The importance of remembering not just what happened in the past, but how and why and what lessons were learned. Eve...

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…while the US Navy and its commercial ship yards work together the service puts most of its repair jobs up for bid, and with competition comes risk. Now one of the largest ship repair y...

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…Civil jurisdiction already is replacing military jurisdiction in some cases. It’s a movement that has been taking hold not just in the United States, but in several other western and N...

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’s investigation report into the command climate and quality of life aboard the aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON – prompted by a spate of suicides among the ship’s junior sa...

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 were in Tampa at SOFWEEK where we heard from special operations command leaders and spent time talking to companies who are bringing creative solutions to the SOF Maritime world. In...

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 small but efficient Royal Canadian Navy is in the midst of its biggest-ever peacetime naval recapitalization effort. Canada has a storied naval history that is honored each May wit...

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 ordered two new aircraft carriers at once from Newport News Shipbuilding, and the shipyard is going to build the third and fourth ships of the Gerald R Ford class a bit diffe...

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…Navy budget testimony is in full swing on Capitol Hill, one senator is holding up more than a hundred DoD confirmations, and the Naval Academy gets its first female nominee to become s...

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’ve been on the road - to the Navy League’s three-day Sea-Air-Space symposium just outside Washington DC, and to Norfolk. We’ll dive into what we saw and heard and also review some o...

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. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Hunti...

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. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Hunti...

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. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Hunti...

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 been quite the effort on the part of many organizations and commentators to heighten awareness of the relevance of the maritime domain – the importance of protecting seaborne t...

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 leaders constantly talk about the need for fast-paced innovation – but what’s the real story? Is new technology being integrated into the fleet as fast as it can? We’ll hear fr...

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 was budget week for the Pentagon, the week that an AUKUS submarine deal was announced between Australia, Britain and the United States, and a week that saw Russian fighter jets brin...

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 not going to talk about the threat from China or the US Navy budget or the promise of new technology, but rather focus in on maritime heritage, on efforts to preserve and present...

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…Should the US Navy reorganize its fleets in the Pacific Ocean to counter rising Chinese threats? We’ll talk with noted China and Pacific military analyst Bret Sadler of the Heritage Fo...

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… 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. On this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast from WEST 2023 in San Diego…Military operations around the globe share one thing - the weather. Some of the US Navy's top officials from the Met...