Malaysian Navy – Malaysia is sending Army and Navy units to guard its islands that contain tourist resorts against attacks from Phillipine Muslim guerillas.
Russian Navy – The Russian aircraft carrier Minsk is now an amusement park in China.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy task force off Yugoslavia, led by HMS Invincible, have assisted in rescuing survivors from the Greek ferry that sunk in the Aegean.
US Navy – The commanding officer of the LST LaMoure County was relieved of his command, after running aground off Chile. No decision has been made whether to repair the ship.
US Navy and US Coast Guard – The Navy and Coast Guard have captured for the first time a supply ship that aids speedboats smuggling drugs into the US.
US Navy – The oiler LeRoy Grumman collided during refueling with the Spanish frigate Numancia.
Background – Yugoslavia
U.S. Navy – Marines aboard the USS Austin and Croatian soldiers are participating in an amphibious exercise entitled “Phiblex 2000.”
Royal Navy – A Royal Navy task force of 15 ships, led by HMS Invincible, HMS Fearless and HMS Ocean is exercising off Yugoslavia.
Royal Australian Navy – The frigate HMAS Newcastle will stand by off the Solomon Islands to assist in peace talks, if needed.
Sri Lankan Navy – The Sri Lankan Navy destroyed several Sea Tiger gunboats in a running gun battle.
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Calgary in the Persian Gulf.
There will not be a NOSI column on Sunday, we’ll be back on Monday. Today is “Down Under Day” in tribute to the Olympics in Sydney???
Royal Australian Navy – Aboard HMAS Waller, one of the Collins-class attack submarines. A frank description of the problems with the boat is provided.
Royal New Zealand Navy – How New Zealand has been integrating its new ANZAC frigates into its operations.
U.S. Navy – In order to help make its case for a larger nuclear attack submarine fleet, the U.S. Navy is starting to be more open about its submarines and their operations and their value.
U.S. Navy – A “safety stand down” has been ordered that requires all ships in the fleet to take a full day to review safety and navigation procedures, to help avoid further accidents.
Russian Navy – A Russian ship, Admiral Pantilev, accidentally fired on a Russian town during a naval exercise.
India Background – Why India is increasingly important to the U.S.
U.S. Navy – Sanctions placed by the U.S. government are hampering relations between the Indian and U.S. navies.
Chinese Navy – the Chinese Navy has made recent port visits to Pearl Harbor and Everett.
Indian Navy – India’s Marine Commandos have many missions.
Indian Navy – India will host an “International Fleet Review” in February 2001. 22 navies are expected to participate.
Indian Navy – INS Delhi and INS Kora are visiting Shanghai, China. INS Aditya, a tanker, and a missile corvette, INS Kuthar are visiting Pusan, South Korea. All 4 ships will then visit Japan.
We are experiencing some technical problems and will be back tomorrow hopefully???
Phillipine Navy – Phillipine armed forces are engaged in a pitched battle with rebels on the island of Jolo, who are holding a number of hostages. The battle apparently is an attempt to rescue the hostages. The Phillipine Navy has set up a blockade of the island.
U.S. Navy – The USS Tarawa amphibious ready group delivered food and shelter materials to the population of devastated East Timor.
U.S. Navy – The Congressional Budget Office issued a report yesterday stating the US military is woefully underfunded and needs an additional $50 billion / year to maintain its current size and committments.
Russian Navy – in what is heralded as an important precedent for the Russian legal system, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of an ex-navy officer who was jailed on espionage charges after exposing the perilous state of Russia’s decaying nuclear fleet.
U.S. Navy – the commander of naval air forces in the Pacific feels he has too many missions and too few resources to carry them out.
U.S. Navy – the USS La Moure County, an LST, ran aground today off Chile while conducting amphibious exercises. There was minor damage to the ship but no injuries to the crew.
Russian Navy – Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarines are to be converted to freighters to carry nickel from mines in Russia’s north to Murmansk. The freighters will be manned by naval crews.
Russian Navy – the Russian government continues to attempt to persecute (and prosecute) those who document its illegal activities in disposing of nuclear waste from submarine reactors
Royal Navy – More details have emerged on the British assault in Sierra Leone. In addition to elements of the 1 Bn The Parachute Regiment and the SAS, elements of the Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron took part in the attack.
Royal Navy – The British Type 23 frigate HMS Grafton has run aground while trying to negotiate narrow fjords close to the town of Droebak which is 19 miles from Oslo. The ship has sustained damage to the bow, but there were no injuries.
Royal Navy – In a daring dawn raid, members of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment and the SAS freed 6 British Army hostages being held by rebels in Sierra Leone. The Paras suffered casualties of 1 killed and several wounded. The Royal Navy ship Sir Percivale, in Freetown harbor, is being used as a casualty receiving ship.
Royal Navy – Part of Portsmouth naval base is to be handed over to a civilian shipbuilder, with day-to-day maintenance of warships in the remaining naval area also being privatised. The Royal Navy is making the changes in an attempt to ease its financial plight.
East Asia Background – The Japanese and Chinese have agreed to provide each other with advance notification of future maritime incursions.
Royal Navy – More problems with the propulsion system of Britain’s Swiftsure-class nuclear attack submarines, leading to further readiness woes.
U.S. Navy – Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig has been shaking up the U.S. Navy since taking his post two year ago. Insiders say he has an excellent chance of being Secretary of Defense in a Gore administration.
Columbian Navy – The Russian mafia appears to have been assisting in the construction of the drug smuggling submarine found under construction in Columbia this week. Apparently this is not the first time that drug running has been tried in submarines???
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – An officer of the MSDF has been accused of passing operational U.S. Navy intelligence to the Russian Navy. This is the first major spy scandal in Japan since 1980.
Russian Navy – The Russian military will be cut in size by one third by 2003, with the Russian Navy being reduced in size by 50,000 personnel.
Russian Navy – A German journalist claims in an article in the Berliner Zeitung Daily that a guided missile from a Russian warship sank the Kursk. The Russian’s deny the story.
U.S. Military – A cogent discussion of why morale is low in the U.S. military.
NATO – a report from submarine rescue exercise Sorbet Royal 2000, off Turkey, aboard the Turkish submarine Hizirreis.
Columbian Navy – The Columbian government has uncovered a team of Columbian drug smugglers who were constructing a 100 foot long submarine for drug smuggling.
U.S. Navy – Even more on the readiness debate???
U.S. Marines – The U.S. Marines have cleared the MV-22 Osprey and AH-1W Cobra to resume flight operations. The CH-53E Super Stallions remain grounded.
U.S. Navy – The U.S. Navy has provided Russia with an intelligence assessment of what caused the loss of the Kursk.
U.S. Navy – An recent report by the Navy Inspector General has concluded that funding shortages are impairing the combat performance of naval aviators.
U.S. Navy – Due to a lack of funds, the U.S. Navy is spending more time in port this fiscal year than it intended to – it simply does not have the funds available to send ships to sea.
U.S. Navy – F-18 Hornets are wearing out faster than expected. They will need to undergo a Service Life Extension Program in order to remain in service, the funding for which will cut into funds available to purchase the aircraft which will be their successors.
NATO – NATO is about to begin Operation Sorbet Royal 2000, its largest ever submarine rescue exercise. The exercise is held every 3 years, and was scheduled for this time before last month’s sinking of the Kursk.
Columbian Navy – The Colombian navy intercepted a speedboat off its Pacific coast on Sunday and seized three tons of cocaine.
U.S. Navy – The destroyer Nicholson and fast combat support ship Detroit collided during refueling. Damage to both ships is said to be minimal. There were some minor injuries to the Nicholson’s crew.
U.S. Navy – Most U.S. forces are ready to perform wartime missions, but if we had to fight two simultaneous major conflicts we would run a high risk of increased casualties because of shortfalls in the ability to move, supply and protect troops. The Navy was specifically noted for a lack of carrier aircraft, especially EA-6B Prowlers.
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