By Jared Samuelson

Elio Calcagno and Michelangelo Freyrie join the program to discuss the European undersea environment, security, and defense.

Elio is Researcher in the Defence Programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). Michelangelo is a junior researcher in IAI’s Defence and Security Programs.

Download Sea Control 470 – Europe’s Underwater Environment with Elio Calcagno and Michelangelo Freyrie

Links

1. “The Underwater Environment and European Defence and Security,” edited by Elio Calcagno and Alessandro Marrone, Istituto Affari Internazionali, June 13, 2023.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Johann Porisch.

By Jared Samuelson

Mike Glynn joins the podcast to discuss the history and future of airborne anti-submarine warfare. Mike is a veteran U.S. Navy submarine hunting pilot. He has logged 2,500 flight hours during multiple deployments worldwide and holds qualifications in the P-8A, P-3C, and T-45C aircraft. He has served as an anti-submarine warfare mission commander, instructor pilot, submarine operations planner, and anti-submarine warfare watch officer.

Download Sea Control 468 – Airborne ASW with Mike Glynn

Links

1. Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare From the First World War to the Present Day, by Michael E. Glynn, Frontline Books, May 15, 2022.
2. Fighter Combat – Tactics and Maneuvering, by Robert Shaw, United States Naval Institute Press, 1985.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Brendan Costello.

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 [email protected].

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 [email protected].