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Monthly Archives:: September 2005
Operations Other Than War – Navy Teams Lift Residents From Rita's Murky Waters
Washington Post – A look at how the USS Iwo Jima helped victims of Hurrican Rita.more…
Indian Navy – India sees new strategic sea lane in Andaman Sea
Reuters – Indian naval exercises with Thailand and Indonesia are aimed in part at ensuring security for a new sea route linking the Indian and Pacific oceans, a top Indian general said.more…
US Navy – LRLAP Test Successes Advance Prospects for Naval Fire Support
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry. more…
US Navy – A sea of changes for Navy's chaplains
Virginian Pilot – As the Navy shrinks its ranks and sends its sailors to spend more impromptu time at sea, the serviceís chaplain corps is undergoing a transformation, too.more…
US Marines – Pentagon Gives Osprey Production Go-Ahead
Associated Press – The Pentagon on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to begin full-rate production of the V-22 Osprey, the hybrid helicopter-airplane that the Marine Corps considers vital to the future of its air fleet.more…
Royal Navy – Faslane 'vulnerable to terrorists'
The Scotsman – Faslane submarine base and the nearby Coulport missile depot are vulnerable to a deadly mortar or suicide boat attack, a nuclear weapons expert warns in a new book.more…
Spanish Navy – Spanish Navy Orders New Fleet Replenishment Ship
Sea Power – Naval news from the Spanish, United Arab Emirates, Turkish, Swedish, and Latvian navies. more…
Indian Navy – Russia, India to hold joint naval, air exercises in October
Associated Press – Russia and India will hold joint naval and air exercises in mid-October.more…
Indian Navy – Indo-US joint Naval exercise underway off Goa coast
New Kerla – Aircraft carriers from the Indian Navy and the US Navy began a ten-day long joint naval exercise on Monday off the Goa coast. more…
Taiwanese Navy – Submarines to carry new missiles, Jane's reports
Agence France-Presse – Taiwan plans to equip its two Dutch-built submarines with Harpoon anti-ship missiles that could be used to attack key Chinese naval bases.more…
Operations Other Than War – Military Launches Hurricane Rescue Effort
Associated Press – The USS Iwo Jima is assisting in post-Hurricane Rita relief efforts.more…
US Coast Guard – Washington Report
Sea Power – As lawmakers return from summer recess this month, House and Senate conferees are preparing to spar over funding for the Coast Guardís Deepwater modernization program in fiscal 2006. more…
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Monday September 26
NOSI will next be updated on Monday September 26. See you then.
History – Net-centric before Its Time
Naval War College Review – The main caution that the story of the Jeune ???cole offers for advocates of network-centric warfare and American defense transformation is not that they may be wrong in their assessments but that they may be right, too early. more…
Geopolitics / Afghanistan – Afghanistan Four Years On: An Assessment
Parameters – A look at where Afghanistan stands today in terms of its efforts to become a viable nation. more…
Indonesian Navy – Indonesia fires at Chinese boat
BBC – An Indonesian warship has opened fire on a Chinese fishing boat, killing a member of its crew and wounding two others.more…
Russian Navy – PF naval squadron to set out on cruise to Indian Ocean
ITAR-TASS – The Russian Pacific Fleet heads out to exercise in the Indian Ocean.more…
US Navy – LSU seeking mobile military field hospitals to replace Charity
Associated Press – Louisiana State University has asked the US Navy to provide the USNS Comfort as a temporary replacement for Charity Hospital, which was effectively destroyed by hurricane Katrina.more…
US Navy – As Rita approaches, Bataan delayed, other ships sent to sea
Virginian Pilot – The Navy today put on hold the return home of one of its ships sent to hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Coast, the USS Bataan, anticipating it may be needed again as Hurricane Rita threatens the area.more…
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