Foreign Affairs – Global power shifts happen rarely and are even less often peaceful. Washington must take heed: Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating into political and military strength. The West must adapt — or be left behind.
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Monthly Archives: August 2004
US Navy – Submarine-hunt exercise takes four warships to sea
Virginian Pilot – A squadron of four warships leaves today for the coastal waters of the Carolinas, where the ships will hone their skills hunting submarines in Exercise Smart Search ’04.
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Wargaming – The War Room
Wired – Inside the fully immersive proving ground where tomorrow’s soldiers are being trained by coalition forces of the Pentagon, Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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Royal Navy – U.K., France, Norway Order Submarine Rescue System
Sea Power – The latest naval news from the UK, Israel, Norway, Australia, Nigeria, and South Korea.
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US Marines – 8-Day Battle for Najaf: From Attack to Stalemate
New York Times – A look at how Najaf has turned into another Falluja.
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Royal Navy – Who will defend our Armed Forces from enemies at home?
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan laments the latest UK defense cuts.
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US Navy – SEALs Need Better Support from Naval Intelligence
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Do SEALs need better intelligence support?
US Navy – Navy may delay plans for new line of carrier
Virginian Pilot – The fate of CVN-21 could change as the Navy realigns its funding priorities over the next two years.
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Royal Navy – Navy moored for firefighting duty
Times of London – Seven warships are to be made fast in port as crews begin firefighting training for next monthís threatened national fire strike.
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US Navy – Navy Cracking Glass Wall Between Reserve, Active Forces
Sea Power – The active and reserve forces are being increasingly integrated.
Transformation – US redeploying for quicker action
BBC – President Bush announces withdrawals and redeployments of American troops around the world.
More details from the Washington Post
US Navy – USS Yorktown returning to Pascagoula from final deployment
Associated Press – The guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown is about to be decommissioned.
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Transformation – Arthur K. Cebrowski on Transformation of Defense
Ubiquity – By anticipating evolution in social, threat and technological landscapes, the Office of Force Transformation makes changes before they’re needed
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Taiwanese Navy – U.S. to Approve Sale of Aegis Ships to Taiwan
Reuters – The United States will announce the sale of four Aegis missile-defense warships to Taiwan next year with delivery likely to begin in 2011.
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Piracy – Piracy in Malacca Strait down as patrols increase
Straits Times – Sea crime in the Malacca Strait appears to have dropped since Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore began stepping up patrols along the waterway on July 20.
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Ground Warfare – Two Soldiers
New Yorker – A look at how the dead come home.
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US Coast Guard – Arm the Coast Guard for the War on Terror
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The solution to an underequipped Coast Guard is not to assign the workósuch as maritime boardingsóto someone else, but to provide the Coast Guard with the resources to do its work properly.
Geopolitics / Grand Strategy – System Perturbation: Conflict in the Age of Globalization
Thomas P.M. Barnett – Thomas Barnett defines system perturbations – how small triggers can have large effects.
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History – Dong Xoai: Seabees Earn a Special Place in Combat History
Sea Power – Seabee involvement during the Vietnam conflict began as part of a humanitarian effort assisting refugees emigrating from the north to the south, in response to the 1954 Geneva Convention agreements recognizing Ho Chi Minhís communist government. The June 9, 1965, ambush at Dong Xoai, 55 miles north of Saigon, is particularly important because the first Medal of Honor given to a Seabee, Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields, was bestowed for extreme valor during the assault.
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US Marines – U.S. forces raid al-Sadr home in Najaf
US Marines – The latest on the Marines in Najaf.
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US Marines – Death, Duty in Forgotten Corner of War
Washington Post – An indepth look at the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment in Western Iraq.
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US Marines – Corruption In The Corps?
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind better explains the corruption he sees creeping in the Marines.
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US Marines – Cemetery Fight Haunts Some U.S. Troops
US Coast Guard – Multimission Costs Too Much
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Should the Coast Guard retain its jack-of-all-trades doctrine or focus on the nationís most critical security missions?
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