Professional Military Education

This episode of the PME Podcast focuses on the U.S. Navy. My guest is Dr. Henry “Jerry” Hendrix, and he is the author of a book called To Provide and Maintain a Navy. In this interview, we discuss the many challenges that the U.S. Navy faces. Dr. Hendrix thinks that America needs to get serious about the threats from Russia and China in the maritime domain. He argues U.S. defense policy has been too land focused and neglected maritime strategy.    Additional topics include the following: The link between the concept of the “free sea”, natural law, and individual liberty Current laws of the sea to include the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)  How America’s strategic outlook has shifted from being Naval focused to “continental” focused The evolution of both China and Russia’s ambitions from territorial to maritime  The development of China’s Navy and their goal to become a “blue water” Navy The decline of the U.S. Navy in the post-Cold War era  U.S. shipbuilding infrastructure relative