Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff reflects on a half-century of partnership with the U.S. Navy.
Background – North Korea – James F. Dunnigan on why Korea is not as important to the US as Iraq.
US Marines – Training intensifies at Camp Pendleton.
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US defense industry.
Background – War on Terrorism – William Arkin on the dark side of the war on terrorism.
Indian Navy – India will build its own aircraft carrier within 10 years.
US Marines – Another in a continuing series on Marines who joined the Corps after 9/11.
History – A review of the evolution of the Royal Marines after World War II.
US Navy – Carrier battlegroups, amphibious ready groups, and a hospital ship are being readied to go to the Gulf.
US Navy – Life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.
US Navy – How a intranet site is helping surface warfare officers.
US Navy – More details on the role the Navy will play in missile defense with the Aegis radar and Standard SM-3 missiles
US Navy – The US is working on improved warheads for its missiles.
Indian Navy – India evaluates dolphins to place mines on ships.
Indian Navy – India considers purchasing Rafale fighters for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov — if they ever finalize their purchase of it.
US Navy – Should a SWAT team be placed on every ship?
Myanarese Navy – Mynamar is expanding its naval facilities in the Coco Islands.
US Navy – A tour of the USS Mount Whitney, on video. The link to the video is in the right hand column and requires Real Player.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how this is a crucial year for the MV-22 Osprey.
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln takes a shore leave in Australia.
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US fleet.
US Navy – Christmas as sea aboard the USS Constellation.
US Navy – More on the Sea Power 21 vision.
Iranian Navy – Iran is cooperating more closely with the US in the Gulf.
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan’s diesel-powered submarines remain operational.
US Marines – Afghanistan serves as a pilot program for the transformation of the Marine Corps.
Background – Axis of Evil – James F. Dunnigan analyzes the similarities and differences within the axis of evil.
Argentinian Navy – The supply ship that was trapped in Antarctic ice has finally made it to port.
South Korean Navy – South Korea will allow women to have naval combat roles.
US Navy – What will be the effect of merging Navy and Marine Corps air wings?
Background – Transformation – More evidence that transformation is dying on the vine???
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on how the Iraq end game may play out.
Royal Navy – Royal Marines and US Marines will lead the attack into Iraq through an amphibious assault on the port of Basra.
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff in the Gulf.
Spanish Navy – A look at what US allies are doing to help the blockade in the Gulf via Task Force 150.
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup returns home.
US Navy – Aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
US Marines – More details on the new Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
Background – Burma – Burma’s role in South East Asian affairs.
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff, patroling off of Iraq.
Royal Navy – Britain, France, and Holland are chartering RoRo ferries to transport vehicles and supplies to the Gulf.
US Marines – James F. Dunnigan on the Marines new anti-tank guided missile, the Javelin.
US Navy – A brief summary of the US Navy’s work on laser weapons.
US Navy – Plans for CVNX move ahead.
US Navy – More on the Ohio-class conversions to cruise missile submarines.
Background – War on Terror – A fascinating essay detailing the new approach to fighting Al Qaeda – selective assasination; and what are the the unintended consequences of beginning a policy of selective assassination???and an interview with the story’s author, Seymour Hersch.
US Navy – A look at life aboard the cruisers and destroyers of the carrier battlegroup.
US Navy – US forces are set to flow into the Gulf after Christmas. An update on what is already there???
US Marines – The Marines are forming a Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
US Navy – The USS John F. Kennedy will be overhauled at its base rather than in a drydock.
Background – War on Terror – An interview with General Tommy Franks.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy may not bring its Sea Harriers to the Gulf.
Royal Navy – HMS Ocean will sail with a Marine Commando in mid-January.
Taiwanese Navy – Work on getting diesel-powered submarines for Taiwan moves forward.
US Navy – The hospital ship USS Comfort is set to sail for the Gulf.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Chief of Staff of the Army don’t believe that Iraq will be such a walkover.
US Marines – Part IV of the Harrier series with a look at the future of vertical flight in the Marines.
US Navy – The US announces it will deploy a limited antiballistic missile system in 2004; a boost-phase intercept component of it will be sea based on Aegis-equipped destroyers using Standard missiles.
US Marines – Part 3 in the series of what is wrong with the Harrier jump-jet.
US Marines – Another in the series of articles on the experiences of individuals who have joined the Marines since 9/11.
Iranian Navy – Iran has received more gunboats from North Korea.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – More on the Kurishima’s capabilities.
US Navy – Training sailors to protect themselves against terrorism.
US Marines – Part 2 of the series on what is wrong with the AV-8B Harrier.
German and Spanish Navies – A look at the day-to-day operations of Task Force 150, off the Horn of Africa.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Aegis-equipped Kirishima sets sail for the Gulf.
US Marines – Flying the AV-8B Harrier can be a deadly task.
Background – Iraq – A glimpse of Saddam’s possible tactics???
Background – Airpower – How a string of discoveries by unheralded engineers and airmen helped bring America to the pinnacle of modern military power.
Royal Navy – The British are about to send HMS Ark Royal to the Gulf.
Background – The American Empire? – A humorous – and not so humorous – look at how the “American Empire” differs from those that came before it.
History – An interesting essay looking at the evolution of US naval thinking between WWI and WWII
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup is on its way home from the Gulf.
US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk has returned to port in Japan.
Spanish Navy – Spain is upset at the US’s release of the merchant ship carrying SCUDs. Is the US serious about non-proliferation — or not?
Background – Taiwan – Are the US and Taiwan growing closer???or not?
US Navy – The USS Belleau Wood amphibious ready group is about to return home.
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
Royal Navy – A look at some of the rules of engagement for boarding ships at sea.
Background – Cruise Ship Industry – The cruise-ship industry adjusts to the war on terrorism.
Venezuelan Navy – Venezuelan troops continue to seize tankers whose crews are part of a national strike.
US Navy – The US has released from custody the ship carrying Scuds to Yemen.
US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk battlegroup exercised off of Taiwan 2 weeks ago.
Canadian Navy – Life aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
US Marine Corps – Transforming the Marine Corps in a time of chaos.
Spanish Navy – Spain has boarded a freighter carrying Scud missiles on its way from North Korea to Yemen.
US Navy – The USS Theodore Roosevelt battlegroup will start their training operations early.
US Marines – Marine Forces Atlantic reaches around the world to put Marines in “every clime and place.”
US Navy – The next Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named the???USS George H.W. Bush???
Background – Transformation – A look at the patron saint of transformation, Colonel John Boyd.
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the US does not have hard evidence on current Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
US Navy – Miscellaneous Navy news from around the fleet.
US Navy – The US is maintainting that carrier deployments in the Gulf are at routine levels.
Merchant Marine – A plan is prepared to better protect merchant ships against terrorist attack.
Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction – William Arkin on new weapons that could be used against Iraq to neutralized its weapons of mass destruction.
Background – Information Warfare – James F. Dunnigan on the use of personal digital assistants by the military.
Indian Navy – India is having problems completing its purchase of Scorpene-class attack submarines from France.
US Navy – The dock landing ship USS Portland returns from a UNITAS cruise around South America.
US Navy – A current summary of US forces in the Gulf.
Background- Media – A detailed look at the history of the relationship between the US military and the US media – and proposals for the future of that relationship.
South African Navy – South Africa’s Meko-class corvettes will come on-line soon.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
Background – Wargaming – Can the study of massively multiplayer online games help defeat Al Queda?
Outgaming Osama
Background – Effects Based Warfare – James F. Dunnigan explains that this is old wine in new bottles???
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