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By Alex Clarke What can be said, Jamie is away. It is the Christmas/Summer holidays in Australia so he has family stuff to do. But don’t worry, Alex and Drach have done their best to still provide a couple of episodes for your delectation! One is on New Year’s Resolutions – for navies, on how … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episodes 31 & 32: New Year’s Resolutions for Navies and the Forward Presence Mission →

By Jimmy Drennan Retired Navy pilot and author Guy Snodgrass joins CIMSEC President Jimmy Drennan and TOPGUN grad Graham Scarbro to discuss his latest book, TOPGUN’s Top 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit.  Download Sea Control 222- Top Gun Leadership Lessons with Guy Snodgrass and Graham Scarbro Links 1. TOPGUN’S TOP 10: Leadership Lessons from … Continue reading Sea Control 222 – TOPGUN’s Leadership Lessons with Guy Snodgrass & Graham Scarbro →

By Jared Samuelson You’ve read and heard a lot of discussion on Battle Force 2045, but it will ultimately be up to Congress to fund the fleet design. So what do two of Congress’s foremost navalists think about it? Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) join the podcast to share their thoughts … Continue reading Sea Control 221 – Congressional Perspectives on Battle Force 2045 with Rep. Elaine Luria and Rep. Mike Gallagher →

By Walker Mills Tim Heck and Brett Friedman join the podcast for a great discussion about their new book, On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare. Heck and Friedman talk about historical and future amphibious operations and provide a glimpse into the future of amphibiosity in the Marine … Continue reading Sea Control 220 – On Contested Shores with B.A. Friedman & Timothy Heck →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 30. This is it, the Christmas Special you have all been waiting for! The regular Bilge Pumps Crew is joined by Commander Michael Clapp (ret.) and Major General Julian Thompson (ret.) – the command from the Amphibious Task Group, the Inshore Squadron, and 3rd Commando Brigade during the Falklands … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 30: Christmas Special with Cmdr. Michael Clapp & Maj Gen. Julian Thompson →

By Walker Mills Sea Control 219. Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz joins Sea Control’s Walker Mills to talk about the recent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Strategic Fishing Strategic Outlook and the 2019 Arctic Strategic Outlook. Admiral Schultz discusses balancing the Coast Guard’s missions and resources, innovation in the force, and … Continue reading Sea Control 219 – USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 29. Okay so we decided we had to go through the year in retrospective, to look back at the 28 previous episodes, to consider how we have got to where we are and what has happened in a very packed year. Expect cynicism, sarcasm, probably bad jokes, and a … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 29: 2020 We’ve Known You Too Long… A Year in Retrospective →

By Walker Mills Kelly Moss and Lexie Van Buskirk join Sea Control Podcast co-host Walker Mills for a conversation about their recent work for Stable Seas and Our Secure Future on Ansar Al-Sunna, maritime insecurity in Africa, and gender perspectives in the maritime security space. Sea Control 218 – Coastal Insecurity, Ansar al-Sunnah, and Women … Continue reading Sea Control 218 – Coastal Insecurity, Ansar al-Sunnah, and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss & Lexie Van Buskirk →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 28. In this episode we are joined by a former Flag Captain, a former Royal Navy Rear Admiral, Jeremy Larken, who served as the Captain of HMS Fearless and flag captain of Michael Clapp in the Falklands War. In it we discuss future threats, the world as it is … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 28: Chatting Threats with a Flag Captain →

By Jared Samuelson The Secretary of the Navy recently announced the intent to re-establish the U.S. First Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region. Our guests, Darshana Baruah and Blake Herzinger, offer their thoughts on how to approach the region conceptually, France’s influence, potential command-and-control issues, resource allocation, basing options, and more! Download Sea Control 217 – … Continue reading Sea Control 217 – First Fleet with Darshana Baruah & Blake Herzinger →