Sea Control 599: The Tanker War

Sea Control 599: The Tanker War

Thomas M. Duffy is a retired American diplomat and naval officer writing as an independent researcher. His interests are naval history and maritime strategy. Tom’s assignments over his 38-year overall career with the US Government included service aboard USS Cochrane (DDG-21) during the Tanker War and as a maritime strategist in the Pentagon with the US Navy’s Strategic Concepts Group (OP-603). After joining the Foreign Service, he served primarily in the Middle East, including as the first State Department Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) with the US FIFTH Fleet in Bahrain and as US Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Tom holds a BA in Government from Notre Dame and an MA in War Studies from King’s College, London. He is a graduate of the US Naval War College and taught about strategy at the US National War College.

J. Overton is co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions.”

Links -

Tanker War in the Gulf: Operation Earnest Will, Diplomacy and Seapower in Practice

Stop Phrasing Military Moves as ‘Deterrence’

Tom’s Linkedin page

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Sea Control 602: Maritime OSINT with Raae Baker

Sea Control 602: Maritime OSINT with Raae Baker

Rae Baker is an expert in Maritime Intelligence, focused on hunting vessels and tracking elusive AIS signals in her role as Senior OSINT Analyst in Adversary Intelligence. Rae specializes in Human Tar...

10 Apr 24min

Sea Control 601: Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals

Sea Control 601: Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals

Ian T. Brown is a retired Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter pilot, with multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Pacific throughout his career. He has written dozens of articles,...

8 Apr 40min

Sea Control 600: Civil Defense in Taiwan

Sea Control 600: Civil Defense in Taiwan

Links:  https://thecultureshack.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/updated-resilience-roadmap- 2.0-.pdf https://blog.schee.info/2024/11/04/civil-defense-in-taiwan-its-not-just-one-or-two-groups/ https://...

31 Mar 37min

Sea Control 598: Continental Powers and Naval Development

Sea Control 598: Continental Powers and Naval Development

Links No paywall “Erasing the American Global Military Footprint Won’t Make a Better World,” in Newsweek “Five Recommendations for Left-of-Boom Security Assistance to Taiwan,”in War on the Rocks “The ...

12 Mar 38min

Sea Control 597: Iran Escalation Scenario

Sea Control 597: Iran Escalation Scenario

Ross Hill is the founder and CEO of Insight Forward (IF), a Geopolitical Risk Intelligence advisory service specializing in corporate intelligence. He has over 15 years’ experience in public and priva...

4 Mar 23min

Sea Control 596: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas

Sea Control 596: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas

Links: Steve’s website “The Last Navigator: A Young Man, and Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea” The Last Navigator documentarySteve’s lecture at the US Naval Academy

5 Feb 53min

Sea Control 595: China's Command Revolution with Elsa Kania

Sea Control 595: China's Command Revolution with Elsa Kania

Links1. Elsa Kania's LinkedIn profile.

22 Jan 1h 12min

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