Sea Control - CIMSEC

By Walker Mills If you enjoyed the USNI-CIMSEC Fiction contest, this episode is for you! Sgt. Maj. Mike Burke (ret.) and Maj. Nick Nethery join us this week to discuss the assumptions and ideas behind their first-place story “Crowdfunded.” A great conversation about sci-fi, writing, urban warfare, and the future fight! Download Sea Control 216 … Continue reading Sea Control 216 – 2020 Fiction Contest Winners with Mike Burke and Nick Nethery →

By Andrea Howard Imagine what life under the sea might look like with a subsurface “Internet of Things.” Sea Control welcomes Julie Angus and Michael Brasseur to discuss how this possibility can become a reality in the approaching decades. Julie, the CEO of Ocean Open Robotics, and Michael, who served as the first Director of the … Continue reading Sea Control 215 – Bluetech: Gateway to the Undersea “Internet of Things” →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 27. This should come with a warning, as normal Jamie was busy, but luckily Alex and Drach were not left Jamie-less, being joined by Jamie from the Royal Navy. It continues the air defense at sea theme of Episode 24, although this time we are looking not at the … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 27: It’s Missile Time with a Different Jamie →

By Jared Samuelson You wanted naval integration? How about a new team of Sea Control hosts from all three sea services? In this episode, listeners will meet the newest hosts of Sea Control: Andrea Howard, Jon Frerichs, Walker Mills, and  Anna McNeil! Learn about their backgrounds and where they plan to take their respective versions … Continue reading Sea Control 214 – Meet the Team! →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 26. This is special, this is one of those times the Bilge Pumps team just gets amazed! We cannot believe how lucky we are to have this person come on our podcast yet again! This is Stephen George, Commander, Royal Navy (ret.), an aero engineer the likes of which … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 26: An F-35 Deep Dive with Special Guest Steve George →

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Krista Wiegand joins us this week to discuss her piece, with coauthor Hayoun Jessie Ryou-Ellison, for Norwich University’s Journal of Peace and War Studies, “U.S. and Chinese Strategies, International Law, and the South China Sea.”  Download Sea Control 213 – U.S. and Chinese South China Sea Legal Strategies with Dr. Krista … Continue reading Sea Control 213 – U.S. and Chinese South China Sea Legal Strategies with Dr. Krista Wiegand →

By Alex Clarke Welcome because this week the Bilge Pumps crew thinks they have escaped reality as they grapple with the news of the Type 32, Britain increasing its defense spending, and most importantly, the Bilge Pumps Curse. So without much further ado, in Episode 25 good Jamie is back, bad news is our guest … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 25: Are we Dreaming? Is this just Fantasy? →

By Jared Samuelson Do you have a question about the Chinese Distant Water Fishing Fleet? Several questions? They’re all getting answered. Here. In the next hour. Following their popular article for CIMSEC, Dr. Tabitha Mallory and Dr. Ian Ralby join the program to discuss the fishing fleet off the Galapagos, the enforcement challenge for Ecuador, the … Continue reading Sea Control 212 – China’s Galapagos Fishing Fleet with Dr. Tabitha Mallory & Dr. Ian Ralby →

By Alex Clarke Bilge Pumps, Episode 24, Parts 1 and 2. Be afraid, be very afraid…that most terrifying circumstance has come to pass once more, Jamie was busy… and the episode needed to be done. So it is just Alex and Drach for two whole hours on air defense at sea. It is either very … Continue reading Bilge Pumps Episode 24: Unaccompanied History Geeks – Air Defense at Sea →

By Jared Samuelson Ever look at a map depicting Russian capabilities and see a never-ending expanse of range rings that seem prohibitive to “friendly” maneuver? In 2019, Robert Dalsjö, Christofer Berglund, Michael Jonsson published their study Bursting the Bubble? Russian A2/AD in the Baltic Sea Region explaining why those range rings are misleading and why. … Continue reading Sea Control 211 – Bursting A2/AD Bubbles with Robert Dalsjö and Michael Jonsson →