By CMS Staff
The Navy League Center for Maritime Strategy, led by Dean James (Jamie) Foggo, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, again punches above its weight with a large and dynamic program at this year’s annual Sea-Air-Space expo.
CMS will reprise its third annual “Gaming to Win” event on Monday, April 7, this year for six hours (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) in the Riverview Ballroom. Hear senior Navy and Marine education leaders from National Defense University, the Naval Postgraduate School and Marine Corps University discuss the role of gaming in their institutions. See multiple board and electronic wargames, play the giant Battleship game that will be onsite and watch flag officers play a round. Finally, the noted Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) game designer and player Sebastian Bae will host a panel of fellow wargame designers and experts on the hottest trends in the growing field of war game design and play.
Gaming to Win: Live Interactive Demonstrations - Sea Air Space 2025
CMS again presents familiar events including its Tuesday, April 8, breakfast where Foggo will host and converse with Fleet Forces Commander Admiral Daryl Caudle; acting Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday; Fincantieri Marinette Marine President and retired Vice Admiral Rick Hunt; as well as Mark Rayha, president of General Dynamic Electric Boat, and Kari Wilkinson, executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Newport News shipbuilding. The CMS breakfast will cover everything from shipbuilding to ship operations, from the Red Sea to the Arctic and more.
Center for Maritime Strategy Breakfast - Navigating Tomorrow: Forging a New Era in Naval Innovation and Shipbuilding - Sea Air Space 2025
CMS will also host a launch of its first major publication, “Returning from Ebb Tide, Renewing the United States Commercial Maritime Enterprise” on April 8 with the book’s editor, CMS Navalist Dr. Steve Wills, and many of the chapter authors for a conversation on their chapters, and later book signing event.
Returning from Ebb Tide, a Center for Maritime Strategy Book Launch and Discussion - Sea Air Space 2025
Foggo will host an April 8 panel on the revitalization of the U.S. maritime industrial base, with noted experts from the naval, business and analytical fields. This session will be the culmination of a long-running CMS MIB Working Group and will be a most informative session on the intersection of government, naval and private industry attempts to revitalize the U.S. maritime enterprise.
Revitalizing the Maritime Industrial Base - Sea Air Space 2025
Finally, the CMS anchor event on April 9 will be a live recording of the CMS podcast “Maritime Nation,” where Foggo will host two National Security Council officials: Dr. Jerry Hendrix, the newly minted senior counselor for the Maritime and Industrial Capacity Directorate, and Dan Pedrotty, the director of maritime strategy and policy. They will discuss what the Trump administration is planning regarding shipbuilding in the United States. It’s the perfect event to round out the Sea-Air-Space experience.
CMS Maritime Nation Podcast: Live at Sea-Air-Space with the NSC Office of Maritime and Industrial Capacity - Sea Air Space 2025
