By Andrea Howard

Sea Control host Andrea Howard talks with CDR BJ Armstrong and Capt. John Freymann about their new book, Developing the Naval Mind. CDR Armstrong and Capt. Freymann are both Permanent Military Professors at the United States Naval Academy, and the conversation covers how their time in Unrestricted Line communities influenced the book, as well as the syllabus in the book and their methods for reading and writing.

Sea Control 311 – Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann

Links

1. Developing the Naval Mind, by CDR BJ Armstrong and Capt. John Freymann, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2021.
2. “Cheer Up!! There Is No Naval War College,” by Capt. William Sims, USNI Proceedings, May, 1916.
3. “Damn Exec,” by LCDR Stuart Landersman, 1965
4. “Military Conservatism,” by RADM William Sims, USNI Proceedings, March 1922.
5. Sea Control 241 – The Future of Navy and Marine Corps Learning with John Kroger, by Andrea Howard, CIMSEC, April 15, 2021.

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

This episode was edited and produced by Alexia Bouallagui.

By Marie Williams

Lt. Colonel Laura Keenan joins the program to discuss her Strategy Bridge #WritingContest2021 prize-winning article, “The Lion and The Mouse: The Need for Greater U.S. Focus in the Pacific Islands,” and her strategy for the United States to build meaningful partner capacity in the Pacific Island Countries.

Download Sea Control 310 – The Lion & The Mouse with LTC Laura Keenan

Links

1. Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project. In the South Pacific War Zone (1943).
2. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform. Kiribati.
3. “Soft Power,” by Joseph S. Nye, Foreign Policy, No. 80, Autumn, 1990.
4. The Climate Reality Project.
5. U.S. House of Representatives. The Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands.
6. U.S. Department of Defense. DOD Climate Assessment Tool (DCAT).
7. U.S. Department of Defense. Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request.
8. “The Pacific Deterrence Initiative: Peace through Strength in the Indo-Pacific,” by Sen. Jim Inhofe and Sen. Jack Reed, War on the Rocks, May 28, 2020.
9. Secretary Hillary Clinton. “Remarks at the Pacific Islands Forum Post-Forum Dialogue.” August 31, 2012.

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

By Jared Samuelson

Emma Salisbury joins the podcast for a deep dive into the military-industrial complex as we explore her War on the Rocks article, “Lessons on the Littoral Combat Ship.”

Download Sea Control 309 – Lessons from LCS with Emma Salisbury

Links

1. “Lessons from the Littoral Combat Ship,” by Emma Salisbury, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2021.

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 Jonathan Selling.