By Jared Samuelson

Benjamin Van Horrick and Steven Bancroft discuss their work in the Pacific with Task Force 76/3 and re-imagining command and control relationships.

Benjamin is a Marine Corps logistics officer, and the current logistics operations officer for Task Force 76/3. Steven is the future operations officer for TF 76/3.

Download Sea Control 466 – Deliberate Campaigning in the Pacific with Benjamin Van Horrick and Steven Bancroft

Links

1. “A Strait Too Far: How a Deliberate Campaigning Approach in the Pacific Can Make Beijing Think Twice,” by Benjamin Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, June 5, 2023.
2. “Creating a Sea Change: TF 76/3, Adaptation, Experimentation, and the Joint Force,” by Steven Bancroft and Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, March 1, 2023.
3. “The Complicated Legacy of Jean Larteguy’s “The Centurions” and America’s Post-9/11 Wars,” by Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, August 30, 2023.
4. The Chinese Invasion Threat, by Ian Easton, Eastbridge Books, April 2019.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Addison Pellerano.

By Nathan Miller

Omar Pimentel and Edward Jenner join the program to discuss their recent paper for the Center for Global Security Research entitled, Uncharted Waters: Assessing China’s Intentions to Deploy Floating Nuclear Power Plants in the South China Sea.

Omar Pimentel is currently working with the Defense Innovation Unit and has previously worked at NASA Headquarters’ Office of Technology Policy and Strategy (OTPS), and in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Edward Jenner is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and was also a Senior Reactor Operator at the Irvine Reactor Facility.

Download Sea Control 465 – China’s Floating Nuclear Power Plants with Omar Pimentel and Edward Jenner

Links

1. Uncharted Waters: Assessing China’s Intentions to Deploy Floating Nuclear Power Plants in the South China Sea, by Jonathan Deemer, Omar Pimentel, Mi Jin Ryu, Miku Yamada, and Edward Jenner, Center for Global Security Research, June 2023.

Nathan Miller is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast, and edited and produced this episode. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. James Kraska and Professor Pete Pedrozo join us to discuss the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare.

Dr. Kraska is chair and Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law in the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College.

Professor Pedrozo is the Howard S. Levie Professor on the Law of Armed Conflict, U.S. Naval War College, Stockton Center for International Law.

Download Sea Control 464 – The Newport Manual with Dr. James Kraska and Professor Pete Pedrozo

Links

1. The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare, by James Kraska, Pete Pedrozo, et al., International Law Studies, U.S. Naval War College, 2023.
2. “Radioactive Tsunamis: Nuclear Torpedo Drones and Their Legality in War,” by Pete Pedrozo, CIMSEC, September 4, 2023.
3. San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Nate Miller.

By Jared Samuelson

Emma Haddon joins the program to discuss her dissertation, “The Hulks of the Hamoaze: A Study of the Receiving Ships of Plymouth during the Napoleonic Wars.” For her work, Haddon won the 2022 Masters Dissertation Prize from The British Commission for Maritime History.

Download Sea Control 460 – Hulks of the Hamoaze with Emma Haddon

Links

Brian Kurukulasuriya edited and produced this episode.