Singaporean Navy – A review of the state of Singapore’s fleet, as it celebrates its 36th anniversary.

• The Stratis Times: Navy takes the rough with the smooth

Chinese Navy – More details on the Chinese submarine disaster – it happened over 2 weeks ago.

• Boston Globe: Cause of submarine disaster is mystery

US Navy – A look at US forces redeploying home from the Gulf.

• Sea Power: Naval Forces Begin Return Home As War in Iraq Subsides

Background – Nuclear Proliferation – At the end of the cold war, weapons of mass destruction were mostly abstractions. Suddenly, they are proliferating, and those who now have or want nukes will use them to blackmail, or worse.

• New York Times Magazine: The Thinkable

Indian Navy – The importance of the naval exercises between India and Russia.

• Stratfor: Indo-Russian naval exercises a message to United States

Chinese Navy – Still no explanation of what transpired aboard the Ming-class submarine resulting in the loss of the crew but the preservation of the boat.

• BBC: China sub deaths baffle experts
• Washington Post: Chinese Submarine Accident Kills 70

Royal Australian Navy – Australia’s efforts in mine clearance in the Gulf have been substantial.

• The Age: Secrets of Australian heroism revealed

Background – History – An excellent history of the beginnings of the US Navy’s
SOSUS program. SOSUS was a massive Cold War R&D project that built upon
earlier discoveries in ocean acoustics, particularly long-range sound
transmission, and applied it to the detection of Soviet submarines.

• International Journal of Naval History: From Surveillance to Global Warming:John Steinberg and Ocean Acoustics

Chinese Navy – A Chinese submarine suffers a mysterious accident, all of its crew are killed, and the submarine has been towed to port.

• BBC: Dozens die on Chinese sub
• Daily Telegraph: Chinese sub crew of 70 are killed by ‘malfunction’

US Marines – Marines in Iraq prepare to reembark for the US.

• Virginian Pilot: War duty done, Marines get set to load up for home

US Navy – With the Seabees in Iraq.

• Virginian Pilot: In the field with the Seabees

US Navy – Is the US considering a naval blockade of North Korea?

• Daily Telegraph: US plans ‘Cuba lite’ blockade on North Korea

Background – Air War – A review of the air war.

• Washington Post: An Air War of Might, Coordination and Risks

Background – Transformation – William Arkin on why the US military should rest on its laurels for a while and not worry about the future so much.

• Los Angeles Times: It Ain’t Broke After All

Nigerian Navy – Nigeria’s navy will attempt to end a hostage situation on several oil rigs.

• BBC: Nigeria oil rig crisis talks fail

Royal Marines – A Special Boat Squadron patrol that went wrong in Iraq???

• The Times: Two SBS survive ambush, desert trek and Syria jail

US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln battlegroup is almost home.

• Associated Press: USS Lincoln aircrews arrive at Navy bases along West Coast

US Navy – The Truman and Roosevelt battlegroups prepare to return home.

• Virginian Pilot: Roosevelt to Return in June

US Coast Guard – Patroling off of Iraq with the Coast Guard.

• Virginian Pilot: Patrol boats guard passage to Iraq

Background – Iraqi Army – Why the Iraqi Army performed so poorly.

• Washington Post: A Brief, Bitter War for Iraq’s Military Officers

Background – Imperialism – Niall Ferguson on why Americans don’t really have what it takes to rule the world.

• New York Times Magazine: The Empire Slinks Back