Virginian Pilot – Key members of Virginia’s congressional delegation, including the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, lined up Wednesday to thwart Pentagon plans to retire one of the Navy’s 12 aircraft carriers.
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Monthly Archives: January 2005
Iraq – Rumsfeld's Legacy: The Iraq Syndrome?
Washington Post – Professor Lawrence Freedman on how just as Vietnam became McNamara’s War, Iraq has become Rumsfeld’s War.
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US Navy – Indonesia delays US navy aid mission
Financial Times – A US plan to use navy landing craft to deploy about 1,000 marines on the tsunami-stricken west coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has been delayed because of Indonesian concern that it might resemble an invasion, senior US military officials have said.
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Geopolitics / Indian Ocean – Tsunami Ripples: A New Strategic Map
New York Post – Ralph Peters argues for a shift in our strategic priorities and a fundamental rethinking of the way we view the world. His conclusion is that the Indian Ocean lies at the heart of postmodern strategy.
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US Navy – US nuclear submarine runs aground
BBC – The US nuclear submarine USS San Francisco has run aground south of the Pacific island of Guam, injuring several sailors on board.
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Nigerian Navy – Nigerian admirals pay the price for stealing captured oil tanker
The Times – Two Nigerian admirals have been dismissed after a court martial found them guilty of helping to steal an oil tanker.
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Indian Navy – Indian Navy quietly helps Lanka clean up
Agence France Presse – How the Indian Navy is assisting in Sri Lanka.
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Geopolitics / United States – Grand Strategy in the Second Term
Foreign Affairs – In his first four years, George W. Bush presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. strategy since the days of F.D.R. Over the next four, his basic direction should remain the same: restoring security in a more dangerous world. Some midcourse corrections, however, are overdue. Washington should remember the art of speaking softly and the need for international legitimacy.
History – Saga of U-505
World War II Magazine – A German submarine became the first enemy vessel captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. Hans Goebeler survived the ordeal aboard the U-boat.
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Royal Navy – Sri Lanka is main focus of British forces' relief
The Times – The British military contribution, codenamed Operation Garron, is to be concentrated in Sri Lanka, although the worst-affected areas are in Indonesia.
HMS Chatham, the Type 22 frigate, has now moved to a spot offshore from Batticaloa, the provincial capital of the eastern province. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Diligence will join the frigate.
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US Navy – Sailor Serves on Ship That Rescued Her
Associated Press – What goes around comes around aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln???
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US Navy – USS Stennis to arrive at new homeport in Bremerton
Associated Press – The USS John C Stennis has a new homeport.
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US Navy – Navy has new pier, protections in works in Norfolk
Virginian Pilot – The Navy has proposed building a 1,600-foot, two-tiered pier for its aircraft carriers, advancing a double-decker design it first built for smaller ships about four years ago at the Norfolk Naval Station.
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Editorial Note – Archive from July 2004 – December 2004 Now Available
US Navy – US Sends Hospital Ship to Treat Tsunami Victims
Voice of America – The U.S. military has dispatched the Navy hospital ship Mercy to the tsunami region in Southeast Asia, and is prepared to also send modular hospitals by air that could arrive within hours.
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US Marines – Diverted Marines Happy to Help in Asia
Associated Press – The Bonhomme Richard, with 1,300 Marines aboard, and the smaller USS Duluth are joining the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its battle group in the relief effort for the northwestern Sumatra province of Aceh, where as many as 100,000 people are believed to have been killed by the Dec. 26 catastrophe. Another ship, the USS Rushmore, was also on its way.
More from the Associated Press – Pentagon Spending $6M a Day on Asia Relief
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US Navy – Navy looks to consolidate its operations
Virginian Pilot – The Navy will enter a new round of military base closings this spring looking for ways to consolidate its operations and co-locate more facilities with the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, the service’s top admiral asserted Tuesday.
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US Navy – Pentagon sees need for more tsunami help
Associated Press – The latest from the Indian Ocean.
Aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard: Associated Press – US sends in marines to show how much it cares
Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: Associated Press – Top Guns’ take rear seat to helicopter pilots and Christian Science Monitor – View from US chopper
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US Navy -Local Navy unit coordinates aid mission
Virginian Pilot – What the Navy Environmental Health Center is doing to aid the tsunami victims.
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US Navy – USNS Mercy Leaves for Southeast Asia
KFMB – USNS Mercy sails for the Indian Ocean.
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US Navy – Naval base is spared damage by tsunamis
Associated Press – Why Diego Garcia was spared by the tsunamis.
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Information Warfare – The War Inside the Arab Newsroom
New York Times Magazine – A fascinating look behind the scenes of the Al Arabiya news channel, and how it compares and contrasts to Al Jazeera.
“Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed is trying to turn Al Arabiya into a new kind of Arab news channel, with fewer hostage tapes and more moderate voices. But that’s hard to do when his employees aren’t sure they want to change, American troops occasionally arrest his reporters and his anchors get personalized death threats from Iraqi insurgents.”
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US Navy – Building a fleet for coastal rescue
Boston Globe – An interesting call for the creation of a new class of “littoral humanitarian assistance ships.”
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US Navy – U.S. helicopters speed aid to Indonesia
Associated Press – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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Associated Press – U.S. Helicopters Rescue Tsunami Survivors
Associated Press – U.S. Military Contributes to Tsunami Aid
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US Marines – Hurdles Impede Marines on Relief Mission
Associated Press – Neither Sri Lanka or Indonesia wishes for the US to land Marines on their soil to aid in relief efforts. Therefore the USS Bonhomme Richard has joined the USS Abraham Lincoln off of Sumatra. The USS Mount Rushmore will proceed to Sri Lanka on its own. The high speed transport WestPac Express is heading to the region. The hospital ship USNS Mercy is being considered for deployment.
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CNN – U.S. to double helicopter fleet
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