
Sea Control
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
Latest episodes

Feb 10, 2022 • 40min
Sea Control 317 - Lightning Carriers with John Bradford and Dr. Olli Suorsa
Links1. "‘Lightning Carriers’ Could be Lightweights in an Asian War” by Olli Suorsa and John Bradford, War on the Rocks, October 29, 2021.2. “Italian Air Force F-35B Lands on Navy Aircraft Carrier for the First Time,” by David Cenciotti, The Aviationist, November 22, 2021.3. “Thailand’s Maritime Strategy: National Resilience and Regional Cooperation,” by John Bradford and Wilfried A. Herrmann, The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, December 13, 2021.

Feb 6, 2022 • 43min
Sea Control 316 - Fighter Control over Vietnam with Master Chief Larry Nowell (ret.), Pt. 2
Master Chief (ret) Larry Nowell joins the program to discuss his Navy career, to include his time at TOPGUN and controlling fighters over Vietnam.
This episode was edited and produced by Joshua Groover.

Feb 3, 2022 • 33min
Sea Control 315 - Fighter Control over Vietnam with Master Chief (ret) Larry Nowell
Master Chief (ret) Larry Nowell joins the program to discuss his Navy career, to include his time at Top Gun and controlling fighters over Vietnam. This episode was edited and produced by Joshua Groover.

Jan 30, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 314 - A Global Force for the Greater Good with CAPT Dave Ramassini
Links:The United States Coast Guard: A Global Force for the Greater Good, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, USNI Blog, October 19, 2021. To Small to Answer the Call, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, Proceedings, May 2017. Build a Great White Fleet for the 21st Century, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, Proceedings, May 2018.

Jan 27, 2022 • 29min
Sea Control 313 - Chinese ASW Sorties with Dr. Olli Suorsa
Links1. "The Anti-Submarine Warfare Component of China’s Sorties in Taiwain’s ADIZ," by Dr. Olli Pekka Suorsa, The Diplomat, November 4, 2021.

Jan 23, 2022 • 32min
Sea Control 312 - Rhode Island Hurricanes with Dr. Kara Schlichting
Links1. "Misremembering Risk in the Age of Hurricanes: The Rhode Island Coast in the 1930s-1950s," Dr. Kara Schlichting, Coastal Studies and Society, October 29, 2021.

Jan 20, 2022 • 56min
Sea Control 311 - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann
Links1. Developing the Naval Mind, by CDR BJ Armstrong and Capt. John Freymann, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2021.2. “Cheer Up!! There Is No Naval War College,” by Capt. William Sims, USNI Proceedings, May, 1916.3. “Damn Exec,” by LCDR Stuart Landersman, 19654. “Military Conservatism,” by RADM William Sims, USNI Proceedings, March 1922.5. Sea Control 241 – The Future of Navy and Marine Corps Learning with John Kroger, by Andrea Howard, CIMSEC, April 15, 2021.

Jan 16, 2022 • 41min
Sea Control 310 - The Lion & The Mouse with LTC Laura Keenan
Links1. Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project. In the South Pacific War Zone (1943).2. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform. Kiribati.3. “Soft Power,” by Joseph S. Nye, Foreign Policy, No. 80, Autumn, 1990.4. The Climate Reality Project.5. U.S. House of Representatives. The Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands.6. U.S. Department of Defense. DOD Climate Assessment Tool (DCAT).7. U.S. Department of Defense. Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request.8. “The Pacific Deterrence Initiative: Peace through Strength in the Indo-Pacific,” by Sen. Jim Inhofe and Sen. Jack Reed, War on the Rocks, May 28, 2020.9. Secretary Hillary Clinton. “Remarks at the Pacific Islands Forum Post-Forum Dialogue,” U.S. Department of State, August 31, 2012.

Jan 13, 2022 • 18min
Sea Control 309 - Lessons from LCS with Emma Salisbury
Links:Lessons from the Littoral Combat Ship , by Emma Salisbury, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2021.

Jan 9, 2022 • 30min
Sea Control 308 - Maritime Security & Cameroon with Dr. Maurice Beseng
Links1. “The Nature and Scope of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Fisheries Crime in Cameroon: Implications for Maritime Security” by Maurice Beseng, African Security, 2021.2. Sea Control 256 – Reporting From the Sea With Ian Urbina by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, June 6, 20213. Dr. Beseng’s website.