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Capability Analysis, Current Operations

Call for Articles: Naval HA/DR Topic Week

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By Dmitry Filipoff

Week Dates: Mar. 28 – Apr 3. 2016
Articles Due: Mar. 27 2016
Article Length: 800-1800 Words (with flexibility)
Submit to: Nextwar@cimsec.org

Natural disasters are often unpredictable and capable of inflicting mass devastation. The Asia-Pacific is especially prone, with over half a million lives lost and $500 billion in damages incurred within the last decade due to natural disasters. Time and time again, naval forces have performed admirably as first responders by performing Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) missions.

CIMSEC is launching a Naval HA/DR Topic Week to highlight importance of this mission and the role of naval forces in  its execution. Can HA/DR operations refine warfighting skills? What are the political challenges and benefits of deploying naval forces in support of humanitarian operations? How may climate change and rising sea levels affect the demand for naval HA/DR? Contributors can explore these lines of inquiry and many others, as well as analyze HA/DR in a greater context.

Dmitry Filipoff is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content. Contact him at Nextwar@cimsec.org. 

Current Operations

CIMSEC February Recap

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CIMSEC

Announcements
Distributed Lethality Task Force Launches CIMSEC Topic Week by Ryan Kelly
CIMSEC Releases First 2016 Compendium by Matt Merighi
January Recap by Dmitry Filipoff
Invite – Feb 18 – CIMSEC DC’s Distributed Lethality Meet Up by Scott Cheney-Peters
CFAR 2016 Nominations Now Open by Scott Cheney-Peters
Distributed Lethality Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC by Dmitry Filipoff
Write for CIMSEC by Dmitry Filipoff

Distributed Lethality Topic Week
A Tactical Doctrine for Distributed Lethality by Jeff E. Kline, CAPT, USN, (ret)
Distributed Lethality: Old Opportunities for New Operations by Matthew Hipple
Enabling Distributed Lethality: The Role of Naval Cryptology by LCDR Chuck Hall and LCDR David T. Spalding
Distributed Leathernecks by LCDR Chris O’Connor
The Legal Implications of Arming MSC Ships by Anthony Freedman and Mark Rosen
Distributed Lethality, Non-Traditional Fleets, and the Law of War by Chris Rawley
Implementing Distributed Lethality within the Joint Operational Access Concept by LCDR Collin Fox
Enabling Distributed Lethality by LCDR Josh Heivly
Reconfiguring Air Cushioned Vehicles to Enhance Distributed Lethality by John Devlin
The Elephant in the Room: E2-D and Distributed Lethality by LCDR Christopher Moran and LT Ryan Heilmann
Distributed Lethality: China is Doing it Right by Alan Cummings
Unleashing Unit Lethality: Revising Operational & Promotion Paradigms by ENS Daniel Stefanus

Publication Releases
Distributed Lethality 2015 Week Compendium
Chinese Military Strategy Week Compendium
Distributed Lethality 2016 Week Compendium

Sea Control
Sea Control 108-Expertise with Prof. Tom Nichols hosted by Matt Hipple
Sea Control 109 CAPT Raimondo & Navy FITREPS hosted by Matthew Merighi
Sea Control 110 Small Arms Control and the South Pacific hosted by Natalie Sambhi

Interviews
On Naval History, Books, and Coal: An Interview with Rear Admiral James Goldrick RAN (ret.) by Christopher Nelson

Member Round Up
January 2016 Members Roundup Part 1 by Sam Cohen

Events
8-12 Feburary 2016 Events of Interest by Emil Maine
14-21 February 2016 Events of Interest by Scott Cheney-Peters
29 February- 4 March 2016 Events of Interest by Scott Cheney-Peters and Emil Maine

Naval Affairs
Series: 21st Century Maritime Operations under Cyber-Electromagnetic Operations by Jon Solomon
crossposted from Information Dissemination
Part One
Part Two
Declassified: U.S. Nuclear Weapons at Sea by Hans M. Kristensen
crossposted from Federation of American Scientists
North Korea and Asymmetric Naval Warfare by Paul Pryce
People Not Parts: Returning Ingenuity and Tenacity to our Officer Corps by Ian Akisoglu

Asia-Pacific
Trailblazers In Warfighting: The Maritime Militia of Danzhou by Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy
Series: U.S. Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s Nine Dash Line Claim by Alex Calvo
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Finale
Little Fallout: Vietnam’s Security Policy after the 12th Congress of the Vietnam Communist Party by Zachary Abuza and Nguyen Nhat Anh
India: International Fleet Review 2016 by Commodore RS Vasan
crossposted from South Asia Analysis Group
China’s Middle East Balancing Act by Adam MacDonald
crossposted from the Conference of Defense Associations Institute

Middle East
Farsi Island and Matters of Honor by Jake Bebber

Western Hemisphere
How Peaceful is the South Atlantic? by W. Alejandro Sanchez
Whence the Threat? Lessons from Argentina’s Air-Naval Arsenal in 2015 by Hal Wilson
crossposted from the Phoenix Think Tank

Cyber
Apple Thinks It Is Protecting Freedom. It’s Wrong. Here’s Why. by Dave Schroeder

Future War, Tactical Concepts

Publication Release: Distributed Lethality 2016

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Released: February 2016

The US Navy is investigating distributed lethality as a potentially game changing approach for the conduct of naval warfare. Exploration of the concept has progressed considerably since the previous CIMSEC distributed lethality week. The US Navy’s Distributed Lethality Task Force partnered with CIMSEC to co-launch the February 2016 Distributed Lethality topic week, and released a call for articles outlining specific lines of inquiry. Contributors included active and retired US naval officers representing various communities in the Fleet, as well as civilians with relevant experience. This compendium consists of the articles that featured during the topic week.

Authors:Distributed Lethality 2016 Cover Image
Jeff E. Kline, CAPT, USN, (ret) 
Matthew Hipple
LCDR Chuck Hall with
LCDR David T. Spalding
LCDR Chris O’Connor
Anthony Freedman with
Mark Rosen
Chris Rawley
LCDR Collin Fox
LCDR Josh Heivly
John Devlin
LCDR Christopher Moran with
LT Ryan Heilmann
Alan Cummings
ENS Daniel Stefanus

Editors:
Dmitry Filipoff
Matthew Merighi
John Stryker
Sally DeBoer

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Articles:
A Tactical Doctrine for Distributed Lethality by Jeff E. Kline, CAPT, USN, (ret)
Distributed Lethality: Old Opportunities for New Operations by Matthew Hipple
Enabling Distributed Lethality: The Role of Naval Cryptology by LCDR Chuck Hall and LCDR David T. Spalding
Distributed Leathernecks by LCDR Chris O’Connor
The Legal Implications of Arming MSC Ships by Anthony Freedman and Mark Rosen
Distributed Lethality, Non-Traditional Fleets, and the Law of War by Chris Rawley
Implementing Distributed Lethality within the Joint Operational Access Concept by LCDR Collin Fox
Enabling Distributed Lethality by LCDR Josh Heivly
Reconfiguring Air Cushioned Vehicles to Enhance Distributed Lethality by John Devlin
The Elephant in the Room: E2-D and Distributed Lethality by LCDR Christopher Moran and LT Ryan Heilmann
Distributed Lethality: China is Doing it Right by Alan Cummings
Unleashing Unit Lethality: Revising Operational & Promotion Paradigms by ENS Daniel Stefanus

Be sure to browse other compendiums in the publications tab, and feel free send compendium ideas to Publications@cimsec.org.

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Future War, Tactical Concepts

Distributed Lethality Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC

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By Dmitry Filipoff

This week CIMSEC is hosting articles exploring the US Navy’s Distributed Lethality concept. The US Navy is investigating distributed lethality as a potentially game changing approach for the conduct of naval warfare. We at CIMSEC are grateful for the Distributed Lethality Task Force’s partnership in launching this topic week, for the thought-provoking insights of our contributors, and to the sustained interest of our audience. The Task Force’s call for articles may be read here. Below is a list of articles featuring during the topic week, which will be updated as the topic week rolls out and as prospective authors finalize additional publications.

A Tactical Doctrine for Distributed Lethality by Jeff E. Kline, CAPT, USN, (ret)
Distributed Lethality: Old Opportunities for New Operations by Matthew Hipple
Enabling Distributed Lethality: The Role of Naval Cryptology by LCDR Chuck Hall and LCDR David T. Spalding
Distributed Leathernecks by LCDR Chris O’Connor
The Legal Implications of Arming MSC Ships by Anthony Freedman and Mark Rosen
Distributed Lethality, Non-Traditional Fleets, and the Law of War by Chris Rawley
Implementing Distributed Lethality within the Joint Operational Access Concept by LCDR Collin Fox
Enabling Distributed Lethality by LCDR Josh Heivly
Reconfiguring Air Cushioned Vehicles to Enhance Distributed Lethality by John Devlin
The Elephant in the Room: E2-D and Distributed Lethality by LCDR Christopher Moran and LT Ryan Heilmann
Distributed Lethality: China is Doing it Right by Alan Cummings
Unleashing Unit Lethality: Revising Operational & Promotion Paradigms by ENS Daniel Stefanus

Dmitry Filipoff is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content. He may be contacted at Nextwar@cimsec.org.