

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

Jan 6, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 307 - Hugo Grotius and the Origins of Maritime Lawfare
Links1. McMullen History Symposium presentation by Dennis Harbin

Jan 2, 2022 • 35min
Sea Control 306 - Covert Logistics with Chris Booth
Links1. “The Modern Shetland Bus: The Lure of Covert Maritime Vessels for Great-Power Competition,” by Chris Booth, War on the Rocks, December 29, 2020.2. “Mules: Recommitting to Pack Animals Across the Spectrum of Armed Conflict,” by Chris Booth, Small Wars Journal, May 19, 2021.3. “Unfurl the Banners: Privateers and Commerce Raiding of China’s Merchant Fleet in Developing Markets,” by Chris Booth and Walker Mills, War on the Rocks, February 18, 2021.4. “Pierre Sprey, Pentagon Analyst Who Battled Brass to Produce A-10 Warplane, Dies at 83,” by Matt Schudel, The Washington Post, August 20, 2021.5. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan with Tom Shugart, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021.6. “Pack Animals – The German Mountain Infantry Brigade,” NATO, February 18, 2019.7. “Overcome the Tyranny of Distance,” by Chris Booth, USNI Proceedings (December 2020).8. “Give Amphibians a Second Look,” by Walker Mills and Dylan Philips-Levine, USNI Proceedings, December 2020.9. “Bring Back the Seaplane,” by David Alman, War on the Rocks, July 1, 2020.10. “Cocaine Logistics for the Marine Corps,” by Walker Mills, Dylan Philips-Levine and Collin Fox, War on the Rocks, July 22, 2020.11. “Modern Sea Monsters: Revisiting Wing in Ground Effect Aircraft for the Next Fight,” by Walker Mills, Joshua Taylor and Dylan Philips-Levine, USNI Proceedings, September 2020.


