The Break Out: The presumptive CNO on Boise’s fate, and an AI directive [Video]

With American shipbuilding and maintenance under an increasingly glaring spotlight, one submarine recently got even more attention: the beleaguered USS Boise.

On this episode of The Break Out, Breaking Defense’s Managing Editor Lee Ferran and Naval Warfare Reporter Justin Katz take a look at what the White House’s nominee for the new Chief of Naval Operations had to say about that.

Then, Contributing Editor Sydney Freedburg makes his Break Out debut to walk us through the White House’s latest, sprawling AI guidance and what it means for the Pentagon specifically.