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It made us understand the value and power of sea power.

That was something that probably people knew before then, but it was really recorded and taught in the universities in the Middle Ages and beyond in the Enlightenment that people got to learn about that and understand what happened in the Peloponnesian Wars

and then the Romans with their fleets.

So the issue of the ability to move goods and services via the sea was also wrapped up in this idea that you had to have vessels that could fight and win and defend those commercial vessels.

And I think that's really the long arc of history in terms of naval power.

Mahan was our teacher for that and still is today.

And as you had previous guests on talked about this idea that we had to have this ability to project our fleets around the world.

And it wasn't just sending ships like the great white fleet as we just talked about, went out with 16 battleships, some 14,000 officers and sailors for this long journey.

What we learned was is that we needed to have a system of bases and

refueling and capability to underway replenishment and all of that.

And back then it was coal.

Uh, today it's, it's, you know, it's, it's, it's diesel fuel and other fuels.

But the point is, is that we have this ability to understand, uh, that, uh, the power of naval platforms isn't just to carry our goods, but it's also, they were required to be protected as they're carrying them.

We're seeing, uh,

Paul Morgan, what are we seeing right now?

Is that the Osprey coming aboard the Truman?

Yeah, that's really interesting.

That's a HMX-1 Osprey because it's a green top.

Wow.

Yeah, that's an Osprey.