Lieutenant Commander Phillips-Levine is a Navy pilot who has flown the F/A-18 Super Hornet in support of operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom and is currently serving as a department head in Strike Fighter Squadron 2. He was previously assigned to Naval Special Warfare as a joint terminal attack controller and fire support officer in support of combat operations in Operation Inherent Resolve. 

Articles by Trevor Phillips-Levine

A Marine Corps unmanned systems operator on the USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). Marine detachments equipped with small and medium-sized unmanned systems deployed on board Navy warships could provide an organic aviation and over-the-horizon ISR capability.

Augment the Fleet with Marine Corps UASs

By Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lieutenant Commanders Collin Fox and Dylan Phillips-Levine and Commander Trevor Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy
March 2024
While every Marine is a rifleman, the high-end fight demands that every rifleman be ready to support the Navy fleet from the air, land, and sea.
Sailors assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS-18)

How the Navy Can Avoid a 21st-Century Gallipoli

By Lieutenant Commanders Trevor Phillips-Levine, Dylan Phillips-Levine, Collin Fox, U.S. Navy; and Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps
January 2022
The disastrous ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in April 1915 was attempted after a failed mine countermeasures operation to open the Dardanelles Strait. The U.S. Navy can avoid a similar fate.
submarine

Use Emerging Technology For ASW

By Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lieutenant Commanders Collin Fox, Dylan Phillips-Levine, and Trevor Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy
October 2021
The Navy needs innovative antisubmarine platforms to defend against the growing undersea threat.
Helicopter

Implementing Expeditionary ASW

By Captain Walker D. Mills, U.S. Marine Corps, Lieutenant Commanders Collin Fox, Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine, and Trevor Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy
April 2021
The Marine Corps needs to develop new capabilities to support the Commandant’s call to play a role in ASW.
Marines will need to maximize camouflage, concealment, and deception techniques to survive in an environment without air supremacy.

Air Supremacy Lost: An Imminent Danger for Ground Troops

By Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lieutenant Commanders Dylan Phillips-Levine and Trevor Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy
December 2020
After decades without enemy air threats, the Marine Corps had little incentive to invest in air-defense systems or train to operate under contested airspace—until now.