By Walker Mills

Sea Control is joined by guests Major Kristen Heiserman, USAF; Dr. Ryan Burke, a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy; and Lieutenant Commander Adrienne Hopper from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We discuss a pair of articles by our guests arguing for greater integration of the NOAA fleet with the Department of Defense’s Arctic operations, and how leveraging the NOAA fleet can enhance Arctic security. 

Download Sea Control 448 – Integrating NOAA Into DoD’s Arctic Operations

Links

1. “White Hulls in the North: The Case for Tapping Unused Federal Resources in the Arctic,” by Kristen M. Heiserman and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, December 12, 2022.
2. “Bridging the Gap: How the United States Can Immediately Address It’s Arctic Capability Limitations,” by Adrienne Hopper and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, June 22, 2022.
3. National Strategy for the Arctic Region, the White House, October 2022.
4. Sea Control 250: Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Security, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, May 16, 2021.
5. “Why the US is Losing the Race for the Arctic and What to Do About It,” by Josh Caldon, CIMSEC, April 13, 2023.
6. US Air Force Academy Institute for Future Conflict.
7. Modern Warfare Institute Project 6633.
8. Dr. Ryan Burke, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Heather Haley joins the program to discuss invented traditions and the imagined community of the battleship USS Alabama. Heather is a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

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Links

1. “Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community,” by Heather M. Hanley, International Journal of Naval History, December 30, 2020.

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 Jonathan Selling.

By Jared Samuelson

Author Trent Hone rejoins the formation to discuss his book Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific. Trent is an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in the application of complexity science to organizational design.

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Links

1. Mastering the Art of Command – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.  

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 Jonathan Selling.

By Jared Samuelson

Zachary Kallenborn comes aboard to discuss the efficacy and impacts of using drone swarms in amphibious operations. Zachary is an Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident) with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Policy Fellow at the Schar School of Policy and Government, Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies and national security consultant.

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Links

This episode was edited and produced by Brendan Costello.