Navy EOD. Author of "Proximity," "The Recipient's Son," and "A Poisoned Chalice." Podcast host of "Preble Hall" and ASNE's "Talk a Little, Learn a Lot."
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Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea asks three questions. Adm. @stavridisj answered all three in his Veterans Day column:
Working: the new Autonomous Warfare Command.
Barrier: 1–2 destroyers a year. WWII built one a week.
Fix first: a multiyear shipbuilding bill.
"Above all we must out-build them."
Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea: Colin Grabow of the Cato Institute on why a country built around coasts, rivers and lakes barely ships by water, what’s in the way, and what he’d fix first.
Voices That Matter 🇺🇸
@cpgrabow @CatoInstitute
Poisoned Chalice ep 3 - CDR Paul Evancoe, discusses how his career prepared him for command of Special Boat Unit 20 during Operation Earnest Will, Operation Prime Chance.
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Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea: China builds 3 of every 4 big cargo ships ordered. We build fewer than 1 in 100.
Mike Roberts (@HudsonInstitute, ex-@CrowleyMaritime): our shipyards need steady orders, not one-off contracts. Here’s what he’d fix first. 🇺🇸
Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea: CAPT Bill Hamblet, USN (Ret.), Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, on a fleet doing remarkable work, a country that took sea power for granted, and what he’d fix first.
Voices That Matter 🇺🇸
@bill_hamblet @NavalInstitute
Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea: Dr. Steven Wills, Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy, on the most interest in shipbuilding in 25 years, what's holding us back, and why the first fix is a real maritime strategy.
Voices That Matter 🇺🇸
@Lazarus_Navy @CMS_Washington
Dr. Stephen Phillips retweeted
America at Sea: Mine warfare. Shipyards. And rust “the broken window policing of fleet readiness.” CDR Stephen Phillips @EODAuthor connects Gulf War history to what the Navy needs today.
Tanker becomes a minesweeper….
In July 1987, Lieutenant Richard Vogel of the USS Kidd was assigned to serve as a liaison officer aboard MV Bridgeton, during the first convoy of Operation Earnest Will. On July 24, 1987, Bridgeton hit an Iranian mine.
Because of Bridgeton’s deeper draft, it unceremoniously became the minesweeper for the convoy.
Iranian mines sown in the Farsi Island ship channel would be the “first shots fired” in war in the Gulf that continues today.
Watch the interview on YouTube here: youtu.be/_jwpGUc_jzk
The Poisoned Chalice podcast can be found on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, AmazonMusic or your favorite listening platform.
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In July 1987, Lieutenant Richard Vogel of the USS Kidd was assigned to serve as a liaison officer aboard MV Bridgeton, during the first convoy of Operation Earnest Will. On July 24, 1987, Bridgeton hit an Iranian mine.
Iranian mines sown in the Farsi Island ship channel would be the “first shots fired” in war in the Gulf that continues today.
Watch the full interview on YouTube here: youtu.be/_jwpGUc_jzk
The Poisoned Chalice podcast can be found on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, AmazonMusic or your favorite listening platform. See less
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In July 1987, Lieutenant Richard Vogel of the USS Kidd was assigned to serve as a liaison officer aboard MV Bridgeton, during the first convoy of Operation Earnest Will. On July 24, 1987, Bridgeton hit an Iranian mine.
Iranian mines sown in the Farsi Island ship channel would be the “first shots fired” in war in the Gulf that continues today.
To learn more, the Poisoned Chalice podcast can be found on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, AmazonMusic or your favorite listening platform.
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In episode 58 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Captain Lauren Dufrene, USCG, Program Manager for the Polar Security Cutter (PSC), and Marty Madiros, Ship Design Manager for the PSC discuss the PSC with host Stephen Phillips in anticipation of ASNE’s Arctic and Antarctica Symposium.
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Join ASNE and learn more about its publications and events here: navalengineers.org/
Hosted by transistor, Talk a Little, Learn a Lot can also be found on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts and many other podcast platforms. Listeners can add it to their favorite podcast platform by using the RSS feed: feeds.transistor.fm/talk-a-l…
Please give the podcast a “like,” rate it, and provide a review. If you have a suggested topic, guest, or just want to ensure your comment gets through, contact Dr. Phillips at [email protected].
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The Poisoned Chalice Podcast Episode 1 - Rear Admiral Harold Hal Bernsen, USN-Ret, former Commander of Middle East Force, discusses Operation Earnest Will the U.S. Navys intervention in the Tanker War with host Dr. Stephen Phillips. Topics include interacting with foreign partners, the Iraqi attack on USS Stark, responding to mine warfare, intelligence, and asymmetric warfare.
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The Preble Hall podcast staff mourn the passing of Dr. Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy and former Chairman of the Naval Academy's History Department.
We were honored to have Craig as a guest on the podcast in 2023 and 2025 to discuss his recent works, Nimitz at War: preble-hall.transistor.fm/ep… and Annapolis Goes to War: preble-hall.transistor.fm/ep…
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In the latest episode of Preble Hall, Dr. Stephen Phillips welcomes Major Thomas Rychlik, USMC-Ret, to discuss the torpedo bomber squadrons in the Battle of Midway and his effort to have their commanding officers recognized with the Medal of Honor.
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For more information on this effort, visit: honoramericanheroes.org/
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The U.S. Navy has faced off with Iran before.
Coming soon...
The Poisoned Chalice Podcast - a discussion of the Tanker War with those that served in the conflict.
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In the latest episode of Preble Hall, Dr. Stephen Phillips welcomes Dr. Brian Ellison, to discuss his recently published work, Quiet Wars: U.S. Naval Human Intelligence Operations during Crisis with China, 1931-1965, published by the Naval Institute Press.
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In episode 57 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, the Honorable Nickolas Guertin, former ASN RD&A discusses with host Stephen Phillips the Presidential Memorandum of August 13, 2026 entitled “Rebuilding The United States Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base.”
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Join ASNE and learn more about its publications and events here: navalengineers.org/
Hosted by transistor, Talk a Little, Learn a Lot can also be found on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts and many other podcast platforms. Listeners can add it to their favorite podcast platform by using the RSS feed:
feeds.transistor.fm/talk-a-l…
Please give the podcast a “like,” rate it, and provide a review. If you have a suggested topic, guest, or just want to ensure your comment gets through, contact Dr. Phillips at [email protected].
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