Maritime Nation

More than 200,000 Americans who served in the World Wars rest in 23 cemeteries overseas, far from the families who mourned them. Former Navy Intelligence Officer and Gulf War veteran Rich Sherman spent six years and eight trips across three continents photographing every one of them. The result is Never Home, named the best History Book of 2025 by Reader Views. For Veterans Day, ADM Foggo sits down with Rich to talk about the stories behind the headstones, the people who care for these sacred places, and why remembering those who never came home still matters.Season 5 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Johnson Group Defense.

Admiral James Foggo talks with MCPON Mike Stevens, the 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and CEO of the Navy League, about his new book No Excuses: The Power of Hard Work and Discipline. From a tough start in Montana to the Navy’s top enlisted post, Stevens shares the lessons in faith, discipline, responsibility, service, and perseverance that shaped his journey, and why where you begin doesn’t determine where you can go. Season 5 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Jonathan Group Defense.

Rear Admiral Kavon "Hak" Hakimzadeh has flown E-2 Hawkeyes off carrier decks, commanded a carrier strike group, and racked up over 3,300 flight hours and 850 arrested landings. Now he's running Norfolk Naval Shipyard — the oldest and largest public shipyard in the country. ADM Foggo sits down with him to talk about the journey from flight deck to dry dock, the toughest lessons from five Pentagon tours, and what it takes to lead one of the Navy's most critical industrial commands.Season 5 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Johnson Group Defense.

Admiral Foggo sits down with the Honorable Ben Kohlmann, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, for a wide-ranging conversation on recruiting, retention, and readiness and to discuss the work he does every day to modernize the Department of the Navy's workforce. The two talk recruiting, retention, and readiness across the active and reserve force, and Kohlmann shares how he's excited to draw on his experience in the private sector to drive change inside the military.Season 5 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Johnson Group Defense.

What does a decommissioned nuclear-powered merchant ship tell us about the future of American maritime power? In this episode of Maritime Nation, Admiral James Foggo and Dr. Steve Wills sit down again with Captain Stephen Carmel aboard the NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered merchant vessel. The conversation spans the full arc of America's maritime industrial challenge. The Savannah was ahead of her time in 1959. The question this episode asks is whether American policy is finally ready to catch up.Season 5 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Johnson Group Defense.