Background – Information Warfare – A look at how Naval Academy midshipmen are wargaming information warfare. Washington Post: Cyber War Game Tests Future Troops

Royal Marines – 3 Commando Brigade is heading home. Associated Press: British commandos head back to home and families Canadian Navy – Canada needs to secure the sovereignty of the Northwest Passage. Toronto Star: Snowplow sinks sovereignty patrol US Navy – The USS Harry S Truman battlegroup will head home soon. Virginian Pilot: Truman to [...]

Malaysian Navy – A new training ship will be build by the Malaysian Navy. The Star: Second training ship for navy US Navy – Aboard the USNS Comfort. Virginian Pilot: War brings out wide-ranging skills of personnel US Marines – Tales from an embedded reporter with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Washington Times: War diary: [...]

Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan still can’t decide if it wants to buy the Kidd-class destroyers from the US. Taipei Times: MND asks navy to cut missiles in bid to save Kidds deal US Coast Guard – Coast Guard members on board the USS Chinook have located and secured a cache of Iraqi military equipment and [...]

Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Stuart helps Australia defends its borders against drug smugglers. Daily Telegraph: North Korean heroin ship is seized by SAS The Australian: Bail refused for ‘heroin’ ship crew US Navy – What the Seabees are doing in Iraq. Knox News: Admiral: Seabees still have major role in Iraq Background – Air [...]

Royal New Zealand Navy – On antiterrorism patrol in the Gulf. Nzoom: Frigate Te Mana rescues Iranians US Navy – The US may keep the aircraft carrier USS Constellation in commission, rathering than retiring it. San Diego Union Tribune: Constellation may be in service longer Royal Navy – The Royal Navy’s nuclear attack submarines will [...]

Indian Navy – India launches its first stealth warship. Agence France Presse: India launches its first indigenous stealth warship

US Navy – The USS Constellation and USS Kitty Hawk battlegroups leave the Gulf and sail for home. Associated Press: Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Leaves Gulf US Marines – Marines begin exercising in the Phillipines. The China Post: U.S. troops arrive for war games in the Philippines Background – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – How UAVs [...]

Royal Navy – The submarine HMS Turbulent returns home. The Guardian: Cruise missile sub back in UK US Navy – Navy pilots complain that tanking from US Air Force tankers was not always conveniently available for them over Iraq. Virginian Pilot: Pilots complain of refueling delays US Marines – With the Force Recon Marines. Associated [...]

With the fall of Tikrit, we now return you to our regularly scheduled programming??? US Navy – The first submarines return from off of Iraq. Associated Press: Submarines Return Home From Iraq War US Navy – A new design for a naval unmanned aerial vehicle. Aviation Week: Navy Design Unveiled

US Marines – Tikrit falls to the Marines, the Pentagon says the war is essentially over. BBC: War ‘close to end’ after Tikrit seized Background – Iraq – A look at how Baghdad’s collapase looked from inside Baghdad. The New Yorker: Letter from Baghdad – The Collapse

Indian Navy – India sets an ambitious exercise schedule for the next few months. Agence France-Presse: Indian navy to hold exercises with Oman, US, Russia: report US Navy – More about the status of US aircraft carriers in the Gulf. Virginian Pilot: Some carriers may head home soon Washington Post: Some Ships, Planes Likely to [...]

Royal Navy – The English are sending most of their naval task force in the Gulf home or to the Far East; HMS Ocean will remain on station in the Gulf. The Times: RAF crews are the first home, their job done US Marines – Some Marines head toward Tikrit??? Associated Press: U.S. Marines Move [...]

Royal Navy – While RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Percivale have delivered humanitarian supplies to Umn Qasr, the port is still considered too dangerous for civilian ships. BBC: Port still blocked to aid ships US Navy – The life and responsibilities of a plane captain on an aircraft carrier. Virginian Pilot: On carrier, some [...]

US Marines – With Task Force Tarawa south of Baghdad. Virginian Pilot: Heat, boredom are enemies of Charlie Company US Marines – With the Marines outside Baghdad. Washington Post: Troops Pause After Battle in ‘Hell on Earth’ Background – Strategy – John Keegan criticises Saddam’s strategy, and describes what it should have been. Daily Telegraph: [...]

US Navy – A more detailed look at how the Navy is using dolphins to clear mines at Umn Qasr. Washington Post: The Navy’s Dolphin-Safe Program US Navy – Because so many amphibious ready groups and carrier battlegroups are currently forward deployed, those that deploy to relieve them will be at sea a long time [...]

US Marines – With the 7th Marine Regiment outside Baghdad. Washington Post: Marines Warily Hunt Unseen Enemy US Marines – With Task Force Tarawa, covering the lines of supply. New York Times: Protecting the Rear in 100∞ Heat US Marines – The Marines engage in a tense firefight on the edge of Baghdad. New York [...]

Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan lays down a scenario for how civil war may develop in Iraq in the coming days and weeks. StrategyPage: The Coming Iraqi Civil War Background – Iraq – Ralph Peters nicely documents Saddam’s record of atrocities against his own people. New York Post: Baghdad Butcher Background – Iraq [...]

Background – Strategy – John Keegan again asks, what is Iraq’s strategy? Daily Telegraph: Where are all Iraq’s soldiers hiding? Background – Strategy – A summary of John Keegan’s thoughts on the war to date. Weekly Standard: A Real War Expert Background – Strategy – Ralph Peters comments on the successful US strategy so far. [...]

Background – Strategy – Thomas Ricks analyses the options available to the US now that it is outside Baghdad. Washington Post: Advance’s Dilemma: Press On, Or Wait Background – Strategy – John Keegan asks some fascinating questions about the seeming lack of any Iraqi strategy. Daily Telegraph: Who do you think you are kidding, Mr [...]