This week we examine two big policy questions—one that involves the renaming of ships that were christened with names such as USNS Harvey Milk and USNS Cesar Chavez, among others.
We looked at this a few years ago based on the release of a Congressional Research Service report on ship naming and follow up with some deep intel on how ships are named and what might happen with the so-called “de-woking” of the current fleet.
Also, one of our most popular videos this year was around the new Air Force F-47 sixth-generation fighter. Lots of folks are interested in what that plane might look like and how close it might be to actual flight. But there’s chatter about a potential Navy version of the plane, which adds several layers of complexity to an already tech-heavy platform.
We chat with Rear Adm. “Nasty” Manazir about what that Navy version of the F-47 might look like and how it might fit into the carrier air wing.
Stay tuned for more updates. And as always, keep us posted on your thoughts and feedback.
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Video Roundup
Rear Admiral Mike "Nasty" Manazir, USN (Ret.) rejoins the channel for analysis on the high end fight impact of the Pentagon's recent decision to suspend the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX sixth generation program to focus efforts on the procurement of the U.S. Air Force F-47.
Moochie award winning Captain Kevin "Hozer" Miller, USN (Ret.) returns to the channel to discuss the most recent Pentagon mandated ship name changes and how the controversy associated with these sorts of actions could be avoided.
Darya Dolzikova, senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, rejoins the channel to analyze what Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer have done to the Iranian nuclear program.
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