Category Archives: Podcast

Main podcast series of CIMSEC.

Sea Control 566: No One Should Think the War Will be Short with CDR Justin Cobb

By Walker Mills

Commander Justin Cobb, a Maritime Fires Officer with Carrier Strike Group 11, joins the program to his recent article, “No One Should Think the War Will be Short.” Justin’s article was recently published in USNI Proceedings and won their Future of Naval Warfare Essay Contest. It discussed why a conflict between the United States and the People’s Republic of China is more likely to be protracted than short and what the United States should do about it.

Commander Justin Cobb is the maritime fires officer with Carrier Strike Group 11. A rotary-wing aviator, he previously served as the commanding officer of the Helicopter Training Squadron 18 Vigilant Eagles at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. A graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College, he conducted his joint tour at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, where he was the lead action officer on the NATO joint command-and-control concept.

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Links

1. “No One Should Think the War Will be Short,” by Justin Cobb, USNI Proceedings, September 2024. 

2. “Kill ‘em all? Denial Strategies, Defense Planning and Deterrence Failure,” by Evan Montgomery, War on the Rocks, September 2020.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

William McQuiston edited and produced this episode. 

Sea Control 565 – General Bartholomees on the Army’s Contribution to Deterring China

By Walker Mills

Major General James B. Bartholomees III, Chief of Staff of U.S. Army Pacific, joins the program to discuss his recent CIMSEC article, “Land Force Integration: The Army’s Contribution to Deterring China.” The discussion also covers the Army’s new Multi-Domain Task Forces (MDTF) and what the U.S. Army is doing in the Indo-Pacific.

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Links

1. “Land Force Integration: The Army’s Contribution to Deterring China,” by James B. Bartholomees III, CIMSEC November 20, 2024.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

Sea Control 564 – Canoes, Rivers, and more with Scot McFarlane

By J. Overton

Historian Scot McFarlane joins the program to discuss the role of the canoe in warfare. He discusses the advantages the canoe provided in colonial America as well as the continued uses of canoes in warfare today. Scot McFarlane is a river historian and founder of the Oxbow History Company.

Download Sea Control 564 – Canoes, Rivers, and more with Scot McFarlane


Links

1. Scot McFarlane, “The Canoe,” American Historical Association.

J. Overton is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

Addison Pellerano edited and produced this episode.

Sea Control 563 – Red Sea Combat with CDR Brian C. Sánchez

By Jonathan Selling

Commander Brian Sánchez joins the program to talk about his time commanding the USS Gravely in the Red Sea. He discuss the engagements  the ship took part in as part of its deployment, including the CIWS engagement on January 30th and the “Battle of the BAM” on January 9th.

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Links

1. CNO’s NAVPLAN.

2. CNO NAVPLAN 1-page primer.

3. Project 33 1-page primer.

Jonathan Selling is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

Brendan Costello edited and produced this episode.