Captain Walker D. Mills is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer serving as an exchange officer in Cartagena, Colombia and is the 2021 Military Fellow with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, a Non-Resident Fellow with the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future War and a Non-Resident WSD-Handa Fellow at Pacific Forum.

Articles by Walker D. Mills

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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.
The Grumman HU-16 Albatross saw service in the Air Force and Navy through the 1970s, and in the Coast Guard into the 1980s. A similar aircraft today could perform a variety of tasks in support of Navy and Marine Corps missions.

Give Amphibians a Second Look

By Captain Walker D. Mills, U.S. Marine Corps; and Lieutenant Commander Dylan Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy
December 2020
Amphibious aircraft are a promising complement to other U.S. platforms in the western Pacific.
Though small, the ten-seat Wigetworks Airfish 8 wing-in-ground-effect aircraft demonstrates the commercial viability of the technology. The craft’s “reverse-delta” wingform creates a body of “stagnation air” underneath that helps it fly efficiently when close to the surface.

Modern Sea Monsters

By Captain Walker D. Mills, U.S. Marine Corps, Lieutenant Commander Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine, U.S. Navy, and Captain Joshua Taylor, U.S. Navy
September 2020
Wing-in-ground-effect aircraft are ideal for the Navy and Marine Corps’ vision of how they would fight a Pacific war.