You’ve read and heard a lot of discussion on Battle Force 2045, but it will ultimately be up to Congress to fund the fleet design. So what do two of Congress’s foremost navalists think about it? Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) join the podcast to share their thoughts on Battle Force 2045, the plan’s opportunities and shortcomings, and Congress’s role in making it a reality.
The Secretary of the Navy recently announced the intent to re-establish the U.S. First Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region. Our guests, Darshana Baruah and Blake Herzinger, offer their thoughts on how to approach the region conceptually, France’s influence, potential command-and-control issues, resource allocation, basing options, and more!
You wanted naval integration? How about a new team of Sea Control hosts from all three sea services? In this episode, listeners will meet the newest hosts of Sea Control: Andrea Howard, Jon Frerichs, Walker Mills, and Anna McNeil! Learn about their backgrounds and where they plan to take their respective versions of the podcast.
Dr. Krista Wiegand joins us this week to discuss her piece, with coauthor Hayoun Jessie Ryou-Ellison, for Norwich University’s Journal of Peace and War Studies, “U.S. and Chinese Strategies, International Law, and the South China Sea.”
