Fiction Contest Week

USNI-CIMSEC Fiction Contest Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC

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By Dmitry Filipoff

Fiction Contest Week is finally here! For the next two weeks, CIMSEC will run the top stories submitted in response to our Short Story Fiction Contest, launched in partnership with the U.S. Naval Institute for the third consecutive year.

The top 3 winning stories will be jointly featured by the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings and CIMSEC. Additionally, the top 10 stories that advanced to the final round of judging will be featured in CIMSEC’s Fiction Contest Week.

These exciting and thoughtful stories explore the future of maritime security and war at sea. Nascent threats, tactics, and technologies are ingeniously envisioned and applied, with often unexpected scenarios and outcomes. Through these stories we can peer into future challenges and explore how the unthinkable may unfold.

These top 10 stories are listed below, and are not necessarily listed in the order they placed or will appear. Stay tuned to the very end to find out who won!

“Manned Unmanned Warfare,” by Ivan Villescas
“Bulldogs Away,” by Ralph G. Francisco
“Puddle Jumpers,” by Kevin P. Smith
“Splash Twelve,” by Tyler E. Totten
“Warfighting Second,” by Jacob Rothstein
“Valiance,” by Daniel Lee
“Thunder in the Lightless Sea,” by Jonathan French
“Exit Music,” by Ben Plotkin
“Kraken!” by Jon Paris
“Expeditionary Logistics,” by Jack Montgomery

Dmitry Filipoff is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content. Contact him at Content@cimsec.org.

Featured Image: Art created with Midjourney AI.

Podcast

Sea Control 394 – Powering EABO with Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher

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By Jared Samuelson

Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher join the program to discuss expeditionary energy in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations.

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Links

1. “Powering EABO – Aluminum fuel for the future fight,” by Walker D. Mills, Jacob Clayton, and Erik R. Limpaecher, Marine Corps Gazette, August 2022.
2. “Need Fuel? Marines Should Make Moonshine Hydrogen,” by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, Proceedings, November 2021.
3. “The Promise of Hydrogen: An Alternative Fuel at the Intersection of Climate Policy and Lethality,” by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, Modern War Institute, December 27, 2021.
4. “Cocaine Logistics for the Marine Corps,” by Walker Mills, Dylan Phillips-Levine, and Collin Fox, War on the Rocks, July 22, 2020.
5. Sea Control 303 – The Case for Seaplanes with David Alman, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 19, 2021.
6. “Climate Action 2030,” Department of the Navy.
7. Sea Control 220 – On Contested Shores with B.A. Friedman & Timothy Heck, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, January 3, 2021.
8. “Secure Alternate Fuel Environment (SAFE) Concept – Fuel for Contested Logistics in an Era of Climate Change Adaptation,” Defense Energy Seminar, Naval Postgraduate School, December 7, 2021.
9. Making Hydrogen Fuel Anywhere: ONR Tests Prototype to Power Marines in Expeditionary Environments, Office of Naval Research, February 14, 2022)

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 Joshua Groover.

Podcast

Sea Control 393 – Beyond the CWC Concept with CAPT Bill Shafley

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By Jared Samuelson

CAPT Bill Shafley rejoins the podcast to discuss the Carrier Battle Groups of the Cold War, how the modern Carrier Strike Group evolved, and how the DESRON staffing construct may need to change.

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Links 

1. “A New Desron Staff – Beyond the Composite Warfare Commander Concept,” by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, Aug 18, 2022.
2. “A New Carrier Strike Group Staff for Warfighting and Warfighters,” by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, February 24, 2020.
3. “Put the Commander Back in Commander’s Intent,” by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, May 13, 2020.
4. “Sea Control 154: New Forms of Naval Operational Planning,” with CAPT Bill Shafley and Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 27, 2020.
5. “New Forms of Naval Operational Planning for Earning Command of the Seas,” by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, September 10, 2018.

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.

Fostering the Discussion on Securing the Seas.