Virginian Pilot – The USS Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group will leave Norfolk today for the Caribbean, where its sailors will assist in a humanitarian effort to rebuild schools, dig wells and provide medical support in the aftermath of Hurricane Jeanne.
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Monthly Archives: January 2005
US Marines – Marines Ground Osprey Aircraft
Associated Press – The Marine Corps has suspended flights of the experimental tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft after officials discovered that the coating of a crucial part is wearing off faster than expected.
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Intelligence – The Coming Wars
New Yorker – Seymour Hersch says the U.S. has special operations forces in Iran determining the locations of their nuclear weapons program; and he reveals the Pentagon’s plans for Iranóand for expanded covert activities.
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US Navy – With Navy changes, loss of carrier may be OK, study suggests
Virginian Pilot – Critical changes in the way the Navy uses and maintains aircraft carriers may permit the service to retire one of the mammoth ships without substantially weakening the fleetís ability to fight wars or respond to crises, a new report to Congress suggests.
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Terrorism – Iraq War is Breeding a New Generation of Professional Terrorists
Guardian – The chaos of Iraq is giving rise to a new generation of “professional” terrorists who will eventually replace al-Qaida as a global threat, according to a report by the National Intelligence Council. The report warns that the US faces an increasing risk of an attack involving biological agents.
More from the Washington Times – Inside the Ring
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Iraq – The ballot, not the bullet, will see off Iraq's religious terrorists
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan provides some perspective on the upcoming elections in Iraq.
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US Navy – Navy Organization and Missions
SeaPower – The state of the Navy in January 2005.
Information Warfare – Battle Lessons
New Yorker – Junior officers weren’t prepared for Iraq. So they’re training each other-online.
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US Navy – The Mount Whitney charts a new course
Virginian Pilot – The USS Mount Whitney takes over as command ship of the 6th Fleet.
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US Navy – Bush Is Told of Carrier's Value
Associated Press – More about the politics of decommissioning the USS John F. Kennedy.
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Editorial Note
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US Navy – Submarine Crash Shows Navy Had Gaps in Mapping System
New York Times – A look at some of the problems with the US Navy’s charts.
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History – Battleships and British Society, 1920-1960
International Journal of Naval History – This article will explore the image of the Royal Navy’s battleships in British society between 1920 and 1960. Although much of what follows might be said to apply to Royal Navy as a whole, particularly ‘glamorous’ vessels such as aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers, it is the contention of this piece that the Royal Navyís battleships by virtue of their sheer size and power captured the public imagination more than any other type of warship. The study of the image of the battleship in popular culture provides a significant insight into the atmosphere of Britain helping to reveal and highlight attitudes not just towards the Royal Navy, but also towards politics, the empire and Britain’s role in the world.
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Geopolitics / Islam – Whither Political Islam?
Foreign Affairs – Thinking of modern jihad as simply a cultural extension of Islam is a common, and unfortunate, mistake. Two new books by Gilles Kepel and Olivier Roy offer better historical and sociological explanations, but they are only a start.
US Navy – Indonesia denies U.S. pilots use of airspace; carrier leaves
Associated Press – The aircraft carrier leading the U.S. military’s tsunami relief effort – the USS Abraham Lincoln – steamed out of Indonesian waters yesterday after the country declined to let the ship’s fighter pilots use its airspace for training missions – part of a broad effort by Indonesia to reassert control over its territory.
More from the Washington Post – Indonesia Sets Limits On Foreign Relief Role.
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French Navy – French naval ships to arrive in Aceh with aid
French Navy – Two French warships, the helicopter carrier Jeanne d’Arc and the frigate George Leygues, are scheduled to arrive on Friday in Aceh province to delivery humanitarian aid to the tsunami-battered town of Meulaboh, the French Embassy in Jakarta said on Thursday.
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Canadian Navy – Chicoutimi on way to Halifax
Canadian Press – Three months after making its ill-fated departure from Scotland, the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi was again on its way Thursday, bound for Canada. This time, however, the sub has been welded to the deck of a sealift transport for the voyage to Halifax.
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US Navy – 'Pipe Dream' Becomes Reality as Sub Training Enters Information Age
SeaPower – A look at how submarine training is entering the 21st century.
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US Marines – U.S. Marines Expand Tsunami Relief Efforts
Associated Press – U.S. Marines have expanded their role in Sumatra’s tsunami relief operation after days of delays caused by Indonesian objections to armed U.S. troops and the setting up of a base camp on shore, officials said???
???while Indonesia sets a timeline for their withdrawal???
New York Times – Indonesia Orders Foreign Troops Providing Aid to Leave by March 26
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US Navy – E-Mail Shows Toll of Crash on Submarine and Sailors
New York Times – The nuclear submarine that ran aground Saturday in the South Pacific hit so “incredibly hard” that about 60 of its 137 crew members were injured and the sailor who died was thrown 20 feet by the impact, according to internal Navy e-mail messages sent by a top admiral.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Jena
Defense and the National Interest – ???That’s the problem when you invade someone; you end up having to fight on their turf???
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US Navy – One ship, two cities: A sea of trouble
Virginian Pilot – The carrier John F. Kennedy could be retired to cut costs under a proposed Department of Defense budget. That could spell the end for Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Fla., where the ship is based.
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Geopolitics / Conflict – The Wars of 2004
StrategyPage – James F. Dunnigan summarizes the 10 largest ongoing wars.
US Navy – U.S. submarine hit undersea mountain
CNN – The U.S. Navy submarine accident that killed one sailor and injured 24 others occurred when the vessel — traveling at high speed — hit an undersea mountain head-on.
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US Marines – U.S. Marines Aid Tsunami-Battered Towns
Washington Post – The Marines have landed in both Indonesia and Sri Lanka, finally, to give aid.
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