Sea Control

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Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, history and all things naval.

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363 episodes

Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton

LINKS:  1. Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781633888449, by Angela C. Sutton, , 2023.  2. Angela Sutton's Website https://www.angelasutton.info/

26m
Mar 28
Sea Control 502 - Wartime Command and Control with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.)

LINKS 1. "Wartime Command and Control https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/wartime-command-control," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), , January 2024. 2. Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) https://cimsec.org/sea-control-254-defining-readiness-with-admiral-scott-swift-ret/, CIMSEC, May 28, 2021. 3. "Admiral Scott Swift on Leadership, Risk, and a Life in the U.S. Navy https://cimsec.org/admiral-scott-swift-leadership-risk-life-u-s-navy/," by Christopher Nelson, CIMSEC, August 14, 2017. 4.The American Sea Power Project. https://www.usni.org/american-sea-power-project 5. "To deter China, the US and Taiwan should seek asymmetric symmetry https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2024/01/25/to-deter-china-the-us-and-taiwan-should-seek-asymmetric-symmetry/," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) Heino Klinck, Defense News, January 25, 2024. 

35m
Mar 14
Sea Control 503 - The British Special Service Squadron with Heather Johnson

LINKS:  1. British Special Service Squadron https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news/british-special-service-squadron-january-1924 2. National Museum of the Royal Navy https://www.nmrn.org.uk/

15m
Mar 14
Sea Control 501 - Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota

LINKS: 1. 21st Century as the Pacific Century – Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition https://www.ibuk.pl/fiszka/302482/21st-century-as-the-pacific-century.html, edited by Joanna Siekiera, University of Warsaw Press, 2023.  2. Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota https://cimsec.org/sea-control-255-littoral-access-companies-with-zach-ota/, , June 3, 2021.  3. Sea Control 304 -France in the Pacific https://sea-control.simplecast.com/episodes/sea-control-304-france-in-the-pacific-part-1-english?fbclid=IwAR1hB4lj6gczhbEhlxrWT6TN_s49TbrLQvPD6TKjSNOeQIs5RGQkKSqM7Io, , December 23, 2021. 4. Sea Control 333 - CRIMARIO: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific https://cimsec.org/sea-control-333-crimario-france-the-eu-and-the-indo-pacific/, , April 3, 2022.  5. Island Soldier https://www.islandsoldiermovie.com/

24m
Mar 10
Sea Control 500 - The UK's Indo-Pacific Engagement with Dr. Peter Chalk

LINKS 1. “The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement https://warontherocks.com/2023/11/the-united-kingdoms-indo-pacific-engagement/,” by Peter Chalk, War on the RocksNovember 30, 2023. 

30m
Mar 07
Sea Control 499 - The US Navy and Diplomacy in South America with Dr. Katrina Ponti

LINKS: 1.  Seapower by Other Means https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/seapower-other-means-naval-contributions-national-objectives-beyond-sea-control-power, edited by J. Overton, , 2023.  2. Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Dr. Michael Verney https://cimsec.org/sea-control-487-naval-exploration-and-global-empire-with-michael-verney/, , December 28, 2023.  3. Dr. Katrina Ponti https://kponti0.wixsite.com/website

18m
Mar 02
Sea Control 498 - The Academy with David Poyer

LINKS 1.  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250273086/theacademy, by David Poyer, St. Martin's Press, December 2023.  2. Poyer.com. https://poyer.com/

30m
Feb 29
Sea Control 497 - Citizen Sailors with Joshua Taylor & Scott Humphrey

LINKS 1. “Citizen Sailors: The Missing link in Maritime Force Structure https://warontherocks.com/2023/11/citizen-sailors-the-missing-link-in-maritime-force-structure/,” by Joshua Taylor and Scott Humphrey, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2023.  2. “The U.S. Navy Needs Its Own Bonds to Be Ready for China https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/05/us-navy-bonds-budget-china/,” by Joshua Taylor, Foreign Policy, November 5, 2021. 

35m
Feb 24
Sea Control 496 - Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy with BJ Armstrong

LINKS 1.   https://www.routledge.com/Naval-Presence-and-the-Interwar-US-Navy-and-Marine-Corps-Forward-Deployment/Armstrong/p/book/9781032530048, by Benjamin Armstrong, Routledge, 2024. 2. Sea Control 239 - Things Done By Halves with Dr. BJ Armstrong https://cimsec.org/sea-control-239-things-done-by-halves-with-dr-bj-armstrong/, CIMSEC, April 11, 2021.  3. Sea Control 311  - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann https://cimsec.org/sea-control-311-developing-the-naval-mind-with-bj-armstrong-and-john-freymann/, CIMSEC, January 20, 2022.  4. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone and Sebastian Goldstein https://cimsec.org/sea-control-209-learning-war-with-trent-hone-sebastian-goldstein/, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020.  5. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period https://www.amazon.com/Military-Innovation-Interwar-Period-Williamson/dp/0521637600, by William Murray and Allan Reed Millett (eds), Cambridge University Press, August 13, 1998.

36m
Feb 22
Sea Control 495 - Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson

LINKS: 1. “Cocaine Codfish: How the War on Drugs Can Inform the Fight Against Illegal Fishing https://warontherocks.com/2023/10/cocaine-codfish-how-the-war-on-drugs-can-inform-the-fight-against-illegal-fishing/,” by Aaron Delano-Johnson, War on the Rocks (October 16, 2023).  2. “A Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices” by Aaron Delano-Johnson and Chris Bernotavicus, War on the Rocks (December 2, 2022).  3. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz https://cimsec.org/sea-control-219-uscg-commandant-admiral-karl-schultz/, CIMSEC (December 27, 2020).  4. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea With Ian Urbina https://cimsec.org/sea-control-256-reporting-from-the-sea-with-ian-urbina/, CIMSEC (June 6, 2021).  5. The Outlaw Ocean Project https://www.theoutlawocean.com/ 6. “Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Labor Abuses https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/06/27/memorandum-on-combating-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-and-associated-labor-abuses/,” The White House (June 27, 2022).  7. “Future IUU Fishing Trends in a Warming World: A global Horizon Scan,” https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/future-iuu-fishing-trends-warming-world-global-horizon-scan by Lauren Young, Cathy Haenlein and Grace Evans, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) March 1, 2023. 8. Move the IUU Fight Up the Food Chain https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2023/november/move-iuu-fight-food-chain,” by Conor Sullivan, (November 2023). 

30m
Feb 17
Sea Control 494 - Global Force for Good with Dr. John Sherwood

LINKS 1. , by John Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, September 2023.

45m
Feb 15
Sea Control 492 - Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea with Ebunoluwa Ojo-Ami

LINKS Navigating security challenges in West Africa https://internationalsecurityjournal.com/security-challenges-west-africa/, by Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami, International Security Journal, August 9, 2023. 

18m
Feb 01
Sea Control 491 - Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels With Michael Knickerbocker

LINKS 1. “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels https://warontherocks.com/2024/01/written-in-black-and-red-asymmetric-threats-and-affordable-unmanned-surface-vessels/,” by Michael Knickerbocker, War on the RocksJanuary 3, 2024 2. “Trashing Energy Needs: A Cast for Expanded Plasma Gasification Use by the US Military https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/10/23/us-military-plasma-gasification/,” by Michael Knickerbocker, The Defense PostOctober 23, 2023. 3. “Episode 101: UUVs: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare https://www.theredlinepodcast.com/post/episode-101-uuvs-underwater-drones-and-seabed-warfare,” by The Red Line PodcastAugust 8, 2023.  4. “Sea Control 426: “Every Ship A SAG” with Lt Kyle Cregge https://cimsec.org/sea-control-426-every-ship-a-sag-with-lt-kyle-cregge/#:~:text=LT%20Cregge%20is%20a%20surface,Surface%20Action%20Group%20(SAG).,” by Andrea HowardCIMSEC, April 13, 2023. 5. “Autonomous Pickets for Force Protection and Fleet Missile Defense https://cimsec.org/autonomous-pickets-for-force-protection-and-fleet-missile-defense/,” by Walker D. mills, CIMSECMay 8, 2019.

33m
Jan 25
Sea Control 490 - Islamic Maritime Law with Dr. Hassan Khalilieh

LINK:  Islamic Law of the Sea – Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/islamic-law-of-the-sea/2DA14E3D3AA44230F191FE1C807EBE27, , April 2019. 

21m
Jan 18
Sea Control 488 - Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker

LINKS 1. "Dead Reckoning https://magazine.atavist.com/dead-reckoning-honda-point-navy-disaster-1923/," by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023.  2. Robert Kolker's official website. https://robertkolker.com/

26m
Jan 04
Sea Control 486 - Force Writers Room with CAPT Ric Arthur & Dava Casoni

Link: Force Writers Room https://ict.usc.edu/research/projects/force-writers-room/

39m
Dec 21, 2023
Sea Control 484 - LST-325: From Normandy to Indiana with Ken Rupp

LINKS 1. USS LST-325 Ship Memorial Website. https://www.lstmemorial.org/ 2. https://www.lstmemorial.org/store/Bringing-Back-A-Hero-p363679905, by Robert D. Jornlin, Jornlin Farm, 2014.

24m
Dec 07, 2023
Sea Control 483 - The Transformation of Maritime Professions with Dr. Karel Davids

LINKS 1. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-27212-7, edited by Karel Davids and Joost Schokkenbroek, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023.

24m
Nov 30, 2023
Sea Control 482 - “An Honorable Place in American Air Power": Civil Air Patrol Operations, 1942-1943 with Dr. Frank Blazich

LINKS 1 https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0168_BLAZICH_AN_HONORABLE_PLACE_IN_AMERICAN_AIR_POWER_CIVIL_AIR_PATROL_COSTAL_PATROL_OPERATIONS_1942_1943.PDF by Frank Blazich, Air University Press, 2020. 2. Civil Air Patrol Air Force Auxiliary website https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/.

54m
Nov 26, 2023
Sea Control 481 - Logistics Interdiction in Taiwan Unification Campaigns with Michael Hugos and Dr. Ed Salo

LINKS 1. Logistics interdiction for Taiwan Unification Campaigns https://warontherocks.com/2023/08/logistics-interdiction-for-taiwan-unification-campaigns/, by Jacob Maywald, Benjamin Hazen, Edward Salo, and Michael Hugos, , August 21, 2023.

27m
Nov 19, 2023
Sea Control 480 – Ill-Fitting Immersion Suits with Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli

LINKS 1. Ethnographic and lived experience of cold-water immersion: The compromised survival of women at sea due to ill-fitting immersion suits. https://www.jmr.unican.es/index.php/jmr/article/view/688/717by Rosemary Ricciardelli and Heather Carnahan, , February 6, 2023

17m
Nov 16, 2023
Sea Control 479 - The Life of a Flag Aide with Major Lauren Serrano

LINKS 1. "Aides Are More than Bag Carriers https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2023/july/aides-are-more-bag-carriers," by Major Lauren Serrano, July 2023.

36m
Nov 12, 2023
Sea Control 478 - A Sober Analysis of Ukrainian Success in the Black Sea with Thord Are Iversen

LINKS 1. “On Understanding the Naval War https://thelookoutn.substack.com/p/on-understanding-the-naval-war,” by Thord Are Iversen, Reports by T.A. Iversen, October 5, 2023. 2. Reports by T.A. Iversen. https://thelookoutn.substack.com

27m
Nov 09, 2023
Sea Control 477 - Scandinavian Responses to Great Power War at Sea with Dr. Steve Murdoch

LINKS 1. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429316814/ideologies-western-naval-power-1500-1815-davies-alan-james-gijs-rommelse?refId=7f65797d-0823-4e83-8b39-6b3f6c8a80b6&context=ubx edited by J.D. Davies, Alan James, Gijs Rommelse,Routledge, 2019.

30m
Nov 05, 2023
Sea Control 476 - Titanic & the City of Widows with Julie Cook

LINKS 1. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL28650361M/The_Titanic_and_the_City_of_Widows_it_Left_Behind, by Julie Cook, Pen and Sword History, April 6, 2020.

17m
Nov 02, 2023