Maritime Nation

Ahead of the Surface Navy Association’s 36th National Symposium, tune in to this special episode of Maritime Nation, to hear CMS’s Dean and Navalist in conversation with shipbuilders and surface warfare experts, Vice Admiral Rick Hunt, USN (ret.) and Captain Mark Vandroff, USN (ret.).

Dr. Steve Wills, Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy, talks with the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, on a number of topics to include the modernization of the Canadian Navy’s submarine and frigate arms, its operations with the U.S. and other allies in the Arctic, and the potential for further, cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Canadian navies in the Indo-Pacific and other parts of the globe.

Dr. Steve Wills, Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy, talks with Secretary John Lehman about the state of and direction for the Congressional Commission on the Future of the Navy. Secretary Lehman offers a unique perspective on Commission — and more broadly on commissions’ organization and functions — thanks to his service on the 9/11 Commission and experience as the 65th Secretary of the Navy. An old commercial once intoned “When EF Hutton Talks, People Listen,” and likewise, when Sec. John Lehman talks naval issues on Maritime Nation, everyone should listen.

In this discussion, ADM Daryl Caudle, Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and LT GEN Brian Cavanaugh, Commander of Marine Forces Command, delve into the significance of Large Scale Exercise 2023. They explore the innovative live virtual constructive approach that enhances military training. The conversation covers the Marine Corps' pivotal role in evolving naval warfare, emphasizing agile operations and logistics as crucial elements in modern combat. Global maritime strategies and technological advancements are also key topics as they navigate modern security challenges.

Admiral Foggo is joined by Admiral Steven Poulin, the 33rd Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, to discuss the Coast Guard’s sprawling responsibilities, emerging capabilities, and how it gets the job done, from maritime response missions to defense operations. Admiral Poulin explains how the Coast Guard joins allies in supporting Indo-Pacific security, leads the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, competes in the Arctic, and recruits and retains Coasties to make missions possible.

AUKUS – the enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – is perhaps the most consequential security initiative of Washington in the Indo-Pacific. ADM (ret.) Foggo is joined by ADM (ret.) John Richardson, former Chief of Naval Operations, and Dr. Charles Edel, to discuss the background, status, and the future of the AUKUS partnership.

Admiral Foggo is joined by Naval Sea Systems Command’s unmanned programs chief rear Admiral Casey Moton, former Task Force 59 Commander Captain Michael D. Brasseur, and Huntington Ingalls Unmanned Systems Division President Mr. Duane Fotheringham to discuss the past development of unmanned systems and their short and long-term way ahead in U.S. naval service.

Live from the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, this is Maritime Nation at Sea-Air-Space 2023. Guests RADM John Kirby and CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin join ADM Foggo on stage as they discuss their naval careers, opinions on China in the maritime domain, and answer questions from the crowd.

Members of the Center sit down to discuss activities at this year's Sea-Air-Space.

This month, Admiral Foggo is joined by Ambassador Kelly Degnan, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, and Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges, to discuss the war in Ukraine at one year. The three discuss where Ukrainian forces stand as we enter year two of war and how the war has shifted the political and security environments of the Black Sea Region.