Legendary merchant marine scholar @mercoglianos joins @jwsc03 to discuss the state of the US merchant marine, make historical comparisons to the pre-World War I fleet and discuss last year's Turbo Activation Exercise and Defender 2020. Also, my daughter makes an appearance shrieking in the background: SHE DOESN'T LIKE BEANS!
The Collected Works of Dr. Sal Mercogliano:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/august/be-modern-maritime-power
https://seahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/SH169_Feature_Jones_Act.pdf
https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol26/tnm_26_407-424.pdf
https://gcaptain.com/turbo-activation-19-plus-a-sealift-surge-or-just-a-trickle/
https://gcaptain.com/why-the-united-states-needs-a-merchant-marine-a-historical-basis/
https://gcaptain.com/space-force-how-about-a-maritime-force/