Sea Control

Links: 

C. Travis Reese, et al. “Trends in Maritime Challenges Indicate Force Design 2030 is the Proper Path,” War on the Rocks (January 29, 2024). 

“Force Design 2030,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (March 2020). 

“Force Design 2030: Annual Update,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (June 2023). 

Bios: 

C. Travis Reese retired from the Marine Corps after nearly 21 years of service. While on active duty he served in a variety of billets including tours in capabilities development, future scenario design, and institutional strategy. Mr. Reese is now the director of wargaming and net assessment for Troika Solutions in Reston, VA.

Ian T. Brown recently retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years of service. He frequently writes (and wargames) on modern and future war concepts. Ian currently works as a wargame analyst in the private sector.

Zach Ota is an infantry officer and an international affairs officer in the Marine Corps. LtCol Ota is also a non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare who advances issues involving maritime security, alliances and partnerships, and military history in the Pacific. LtCol Ota currently serves as a future operations planner at U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.

Travis Hord is an infantry officer. LtCol Hord contributed to future concept and capability development while assigned as a planner at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory.

Leo Spaeder is the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 12 in Okinawa, Japan and a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare. In previous assignments, LtCol Spaeder participated in scenario design and capability development related to Force Design 2030. 

Brian Strom is an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps. Major Strom currently serves as the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Target Intelligence Officer and as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet staff.

Twitter:

@CTReese2

@MAGTravF

@zach_ota

@ian_tb03

@WDMills1992

@PHLexpat

Links

1. The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990; Retreat and Revival, by Edward Hampshire, Naval Institute Press, 2024.

Links

1. "Mare Nostrum Revisited: Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean," by Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Sebastian Bruns, War on the Rocks, June 13, 2024.

Links

1. "What The Wild Sea Can Be – The Future of the World’s Ocean," by Helen Scales, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. 

2. Sea Control 246 – Beyond Static Spatial Management with Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo and Andrea Galassi, CIMSEC, May 2, 2021.

Links

1. The War for England’s Shores: S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys, by G.H. Bennett, US Naval Institute Press, 2023. 

1. "Improvised Partnerships: U.S. Joint Operations in the Mexican-American War," by Nathan A. Jennings, Joint Force Quarterly 105, April 14, 2022. 

2. "D-Day Veracruz, 1847 – A Grand Design," by Paul C. Clark, Jr. and Edward H. Moseley, National Defense University, 1996. 

3. Sea Control 510 – The Fortress Fleet with Lt Col Nathan Jennings, PhD, CIMSEC, April 13, 2024.

Links: Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World, by Dr. Kristie Flannery, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024.

Twitter: @thehistoriann

Links

1.  Preventing Incidents at Sea: The History of the INCSEA Concept, by David F. Winkler, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2008.

Links

1. Ready to Dive – Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss, by Curt Newport, Purdue University Press, 2024.

Links

1. The Globe and Anchor Men: U.S. Marines and American Manhood in the Great War Era, by Mark Ryland Folse, University of Kansas Press, 2024. 

2. Sea Control 287 - Small Wars and More with Dr. Mark Folse, CIMSEC, October 24, 2021. 

3. Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest and Tokenism, by Cameron D. McCoy, University Press of Kansas, October 2023.