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A Way Out of the House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow’s film A House of Dynamite presents a leader’s worst nightmare: A potentially catastrophic attack has been launched without warning or attribution. In the crisis that follows, all the policy options under discussion range from bad to horrifying. The Cuban Missile Crisis would seem like a game of Monopoly in comparison to the choices the U.S. President faces in this film. The film has prompted renewed attention to the dangers of a potential nuclear war.
The First Day of School Without Me: Relief, Guilt, and What Comes Next
For the first time in years, I didn’t return to the classroom. Here’s what it feels like to leave teaching and face an unknown future. The First Day Back… Without Me Today teachers returned to school, and for the first time in years, I am not one of them. I woke up without that familiar weight on my chest, the one that always pressed harder as the first day crept closer.
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Sea Control 426 - “Every Ship a SAG” with LT Kyle Cregge
By Andrea Howard LT Kyle Cregge joins the podcast to discuss his March 2023 article, “Every Ship a SAG,” published by CIMSEC. LT Cregge is a surface warfare officer slated to relieve as the Operations Officer on USS Pickney. The conversation covers his vision of incorporating Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV) into the fleet, in support of turning every ship into its own Surface Action Group (SAG). Download Sea Control 426 – “Every Ship a SAG” with LT Kyle Cregge Links 1.
Tips for Getting Your ‘Fish’
Lieutenant Howard is a graduate of the Submarine Officer Advanced Course and slated to relieve as navigator and operations officer on the USS New Jersey (SSN-796). Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2015, she was a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford and King’s College London and a division officer on the USS Ohio (SSGN-726/Blue). She serves on the Naval Institute Editorial Board.
Proceedings - October 2022 Vol. 148/10/1,436
The U.S. Naval Institute is a private, self-supporting, not-for-profit professional society that publishes Proceedings as part of the open forum it maintains for the Sea Services. The Naval Institute is not an agency of the U.S. government; the opinions expressed in these pages are the personal views of the authors.
Sea Control 323 - Embrace the F-Word with Roger Herbert
By Andrea Howard CAPT Robert Herbert, USN (Ret.) joins the program to discuss his article in the January 2022 edition of USNI Proceedings entitled, “Embrace the F-Word.” He retired in 2021 from the U.S. Naval Academy faculty, where he served as the Robert T. Herres distinguished military professor of ethics. He previously served for 26 years as a Naval Special Warfare officer and commanded SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two, Naval Special Warfare Unit Three, and the Naval Special Warfare Center.
Sea Control 320 - Better, Faster, Cheaper Ship Maintenance - Now! with Artem Sherbinin
By Andrea Howard Sea Control host Andrea Howard talks with LTJG Sherbinin, USN about an article in the January 2022 edition of USNI’s Proceedings entitled, “Better, Faster, Cheaper Ship Maintenance – Now!” The article was coauthored with LT Thomas Wester, USN and CPT Richard Kuzma, USA. LTJG Sherbinin is a surface warfare officer stationed in San Diego, currently leading the team writing the Navy’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
Sea Control 311 - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann
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.
The United States’ Nuclear Security Infrastructure Is Dangerously Old
Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. Modernizing vital technologies will help ensure a reliable deterrent. By Austin Wright, a non-proliferation and strategic trade professional, and Andrea Howard, a naval submarine officer. Researchers work on a nuclear testing project at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 1974.
Sea Control 231 - Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers & Dr. Sarah Kirchberger
By Andrea Howard Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger join Sea Control to discuss how Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies might disrupt sea control and ultimately integrate into international navies. Note from the producers: During our recent site migration, we became aware there are two separate “feeds” for the Sea Control podcast. We have no control over the original feed, run through a site named Feedburner.
Sea Control 249 - Revelations from the USS Thresher with Capt. Jim Bryant (ret.)
By Andrea Howard Retired Navy Captain Jim Bryant joins the program to discuss the history of the Thresher-class of submarines, the technical innovations in the class, and revelations from the recent release of documents regarding the loss of USS Thresher in 1963. Download Sea Control 249 – Revelations from the USS Thresher with Capt. Jim Bryant (ret.) Links 1. “Navy Release Latest Round of USS Thresher Documents,” USNI News, February 4, 2021. Andrea Howard is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast.
Sea Control 241 - The Future of Navy and Marine Corps Learning with John Kroger
By Andrea Howard John Kroger joins the show to discuss his time as the Navy’s first Chief Learning Officer and what he sees as the future of Navy and Marine Corps education. Download Sea Control 241 – The Future of Navy and Marine Corps Learning with John Kroger Andrea Howard is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org. Fostering the Discussion on Securing the Seas.
Basic Principles for a Complex Nuclear Environment
Russia’s new public nuclear strategy is the first of its kind, and it suggests some ways the Navy may need to adapt. On 2 June 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin released Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, an unprecedented six-page document describing Russian nuclear weapons doctrine.1 It constitutes Moscow’s first-ever publicly available, official policy on deterrence—one aimed at foreign audiences.
Basic Principles for a Complex Nuclear Environment
On 2 June 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin released Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, an unprecedented six-page document describing Russian nuclear weapons doctrine.1 It constitutes Moscow’s first-ever publicly available, official policy on deterrence—one aimed at foreign audiences.
A Decade of Dominance? The Navy’s Ten-Year Challenge
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The Pandemic and America’s Response to Future Bioweapons
In the fall of 2011, Dr. Ron Fouchier developed “one of the most dangerous viruses you can make.” Fouchier, a Dutch virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, claimed that his team had “done something really, really stupid” and “mutated the hell out of H5N1.” At nearly the same time, Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin-Madison worked on grafting the H5N1 spike gene onto 2009 H1N1 swine flu, creating another transmissible, virulent strain.
Fast and Furiously Accurate
Testifying before Congress, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin outlined the consequences of the United States falling behind Russia and China on one of the most threatening breakthroughs today—hypersonic weapons: “Let them have their way, or go nuclear.”1 The United States may face this dismal choice between incapacitation or nuclear escalation if attacked with hypersonic weapons without a credible, equal response.
Tactical Nuclear Weapons Are Back
The first offset, in the 1950s, centered on President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “New Look” strategy, which promised “firepower with less manpower”—or “more bang for the buck”—through advantages in the nuclear arsenal.3 Eisenhower dramatically increased the number of U.S. TNWs in Europe to deter a conventional land attack from the massive Soviet Red Army.
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