MHQ – While the army swept around Iraqi defenses during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. Marines drove straight ahead.
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Malaysian Navy – Navies pledge better communication
New Straits Times – The navies of Malaysia and Indonesia today pledged to avoid a recurrence of last Friday’s incident in which two warships brushed sides while patrolling disputed waters near Pulau Sipadan.
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US Navy – Nuclear Options – Do we need new nukes?
Slate – Fred Kaplan analyses the controversy over the W-76 nuclear warhead which are aboard the Trident missiles.
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US Navy – Navy treats Indonesian earthquake victims
UPI – The hospital ship Mercy continues to operate off of Indonesia.
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History – Fighting for Okinawa, 1945
Leatherneck – Sixty years ago this month, a joint force (including three Marine divisions) assaulted the island of Okinawa in what was to become the last major campaign of World War II in the Pacific. “Iwo Jima remains a special touchstone to Marines, but Okinawa had its own horrors and heroes.”
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Naval clash looms in row with China
The Times – A row between Japan and China intensified yesterday as Tokyo took steps towards granting Japanese companies the right to test-drill for oil and gas in a disputed area of the East China Sea.
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Military Space – Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snap
Wired – A look at some of the amazing capability of commercial imaging satellites. Make sure to look at the photo gallery.
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US Navy – Awfully Slow Warfare
Sea Power – Frustrated by the pace of antisubmarine warfare in the network-centric age, the Navy is bringing new technologies into play.
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Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Kanimbla on its way home
The Advertiser – HMAS Kanimbla is to end relief operations off of Indonesia.
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Malaysian Navy – Patrolling of disputed area will continue
New Strait Times – Malaysian naval ships will continue patrolling the disputed maritime border in the Sulawesi Sea.
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US Navy – Sub tender Emory S. Land returns home
Stars and Stripes – The submarine tender Emory S. Land has returned from an unusual mission.
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Wargaming – A 'Sim' That's Dead Serious
Washington Post – A look at Gator 6, an interactive video that is being used to train officers bound for Iraq.
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Geopolitics – A New Doctrine for New Wars
Wall Street Journal – In a prescient article originally published shortly after 9/11, former Secretary of the Navy James Webb lays out what might have been and possibly still could be a winning strategy for defeating groups like al-Qa’ida.
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Indian Navy – Footsteps Heard at Sea
Christian Science Monitor – As Indians and Pakistanis cross Kashmir’s ‘peace bridge’, US and Chinese admirals take note.
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Chinese Navy – China Builds a Smaller, Stronger Military
Washington Post – A top-to-bottom modernization is transforming the Chinese military, raising the stakes for U.S. forces long dominant in the Pacific.
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US Navy – Mixed Navy-Coast Guard Crew To Man Sea Fighter Catamaran
Sea Power – Naval news from around the fleet
US Navy – The Navy's Changing Tide
Virginian Pilot – The U.S. Navy, so tradition-bound that it still lists the 207-year-old sailing vessel Constitution on its registry of ships, is yet in the midst of the boldest era of change since the dawn of the nuclear age.
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US Navy – The Navy's Changing Tide: Service floats "sea base" concept
Virginian Pilot – Navy leaders contend that the “sea base” ñ a network of ships providing offshore artillery fire, air support, food, ammunition and even a place to sleep for ground troops ñ is about to replace the carrier as the centerpiece of the fleet.
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US Navy – Sea bases: the Navy's new way to fight
Virginian Pilot – The proposed sea base is a network of ships that would provide artillery fire, air support, supplies and a secure home for troops fighting on land. No one knows yet what the sea base of the future will look like. But here are some of the vessels – existing and planned – the Navy has said could be included in the force.
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US Navy – Sea bases: the Navy's new way to fight
Virginian Pilot – The proposed sea base is a network of ships that would provide artillery fire, air support, supplies and a secure home for troops fighting on land. No one knows yet what the sea base of the future will look like. But here are some of the vessels – existing and planned – the Navy has said could be included in the force.
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Geopolitics / Central Asia – Democracy is not about to sweep Central Asia
International Herald Tribune – Ahmed Rhasid says democracy will not overtake Central Asia any time soon.
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US Marines – Battle-Weary Marine Unit Awaits 'Taste Of Freedom'
Washington Post – A look at the first Marine unit to serve three rotations in Iraq.
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US Marines – Field Medical Service School
Leatherneck – “Corpsman up!” Not something any Marine wants to shout, but each leatherneck knows that cry sends motivated Field Medical Service School-trained corpsmen into immediate action.
Indian Navy – First indigenous aircraft carrier construction starts tomorrow
PTI News – The construction of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design (DND), will commence at the Cochin Shipyard with the “steel cutting” ceremony tomorrow.
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US Coast Guard – Congress Set for Tug-of-War Over Coast Guard Jurisdiction
Sea Power – As Congress tweaks its oversight of homeland security funding and policy this session, the Coast Guard could be caught in a tug-of-war between competing House and Senate committees stubbornly clinging to their turf.
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