By Ed Salo

Heather Johnson, librarian for Special Collections for The National Museum of the Royal Navy, joins the program to discuss the museum and the British Special Service Squadron.

Download Sea Control 503 – The British Special Service Squadron with Heather Johnson

Links

1. British Special Service Squadron.

2. National Museum of the Royal Navy.

Ed Salo is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.

By Jared Samuelson

Former Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) joins us to discuss wartime command and control in the War of 2026 scenario. Admiral Swift commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 2015 to 2018. In 2023, he served as a senior mentor for the Navy’s Large Scale Exercise and the Global wargame at the Naval War College.

Download Sea Control 502 – Wartime Command and Control with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.)

Links

1. “Wartime Command and Control,” by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), Proceedings, January 2024.

2. Sea Control 254 – Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), CIMSEC, May 28, 2021.

3. “Admiral Scott Swift on Leadership, Risk, and a Life in the U.S. Navy,” by Christopher Nelson, CIMSEC, August 14, 2017.

4. The American Sea Power Project.

5. “To deter China, the US and Taiwan should seek asymmetric symmetry,” by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) Heino Klinck, Defense News, January 25, 2024. 

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 Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Zach Ota comes aboard to discuss maritime security approaches in Oceania. Zach is a Marine Corps infantry officer and a Southeast Asia Regional Affairs Officer.

Download Sea Control 501 – Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota

Links

1. 21st Century as the Pacific Century – Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, University of Warsaw Press, 2023. 

2. Sea Control 255 – Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 

3. Sea Control 304 -France in the Pacific, CIMSEC, December 23, 2021.

4. Sea Control 333 – CRIMARIO: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific, CIMSEC, April 3, 2022. 

5. Island Soldier.

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 Walker Mills

Dr. Peter Chalk joins the program to discuss the future of the United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement and an article Dr. Chalk wrote for War on the Rocks on the same topic. Dr. Chalk also covers the British role in AUKUS. Dr. Chalk is a maritime subject matter expert with the Institute of Security Governance.

Download Sea Control 500 – The UK’s Indo-Pacific Engagement with Dr. Peter Chalk

Links

1. “The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement,” by Peter Chalk, War on the Rocks, November 30, 2023. 

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast and a Senior Editor for CIMSEC. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Brendan Costello.