New Yorker – Did the US view Israel’s aerial campaign against Hezbollah as a dry run for it’s contemplated aerial campaign against Iran?
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Royal Navy – Royal Navy sells White Ensign as 'cool' brand
Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy is selling its trademark White Ensign logo to appear on products ranging from clothes to computer games in what it says is an attempt market its “quality brand” to potential young recruits.
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Chinese Navy – Chinese Navy's medical detachment conducts offshore exercise
Xinhua – The medical detachment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held a seven-day exercise under the complicated circumstances of a maritime battlefield.
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Canadian Navy – Operation Lancaster Designed To Assert Canadian Sovereignty in The Arctic
Halifax Live – Canada is undertaking sovereignty patrols in the Arctic.
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US Navy – Two ships, 2000 sailors set to deploy next week
Virginian Pilot – The USS Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group sets sail next week.
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Geopolitics / Iraq – When the Shiites Rise
Foreign Affairs – By toppling Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has liberated and empowered Iraq’s Shiite majority and has helped launch a broad Shiite revival that will upset the sectarian balance in Iraq and the Middle East for years to come. This development is rattling some Sunni Arab governments, but for Washington, it could be a chance to build bridges with the region’s Shiites, especially in Iran.
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History – Giants of the Corps: Col John W. Thomason Jr., the "Kipling of the Corps"
Leatherneck – Internationally acclaimed writer and artist John W. Thomason was a Marine first and foremost.
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US Marines – Protecting the Protectors
Marine Corps Gazette – Training to put an end to accidental discharges.
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US Navy – Was the Sailor Actually a Spy?
Time – His father tells TIME that Ariel Weinmann was just a disillusioned sailor who deserted the Navy, but the Navy has suggested he sold state secrets to a foreign power. How did a patriotic enlistee become accused of espionage?
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Royal Navy – Falkland Islands dispute heats up
Christian Science Monitor – Argentina is stepping up efforts to reclaim the islands over which it lost a 1982 war to Britain.
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US Navy – San Diego companies may answer need for long-range flying robots
San Diego Union Tribune – A look at the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance project for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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US Marines – Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines
New York Times – A look at Muslims’ service in the US military and how that is regarded by their communities.
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Iraqi Navy – The Iraqi Marines
Marine Corps Gazette – Assistance for a fledgling Marine organization.
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Geopolitics / Iraq – What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable
Foreign Affairs – Can anything — international mediation, regional collaboration, decentralization, or constitutional negotiations — save Iraq from a full-fledged civil war and the Bush administration from a foreign policy fiasco?
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History – The Attack at Taranto
Naval War College Review – The 1940 British air attack on the Italian battle fleet at Taranto Harbor has rightly been celebrated. However, measuring the success gained against the objectives assigned, the attack can be assessed only as a limited tactical victory with limited operational impact-a priceless opportunity lost.
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US Navy – Boeing debuts radar-jamming Growler
St. Louis Post Dispatch – Boeing Co. unveiled a new combat plane Thursday that’s designed to jam and slam enemy radar and communications while bolstering the U.S. military’s electronic warfare plans.
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Air Warfare – 9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes
Vanity Fair – How did the U.S. Air Force respond on 9/11? Could it have shot down United 93, as conspiracy theorists claim? Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD’s Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day-and the Pentagon’s apparent attempt to cover it up.
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Ground Warfare – The War on Terror
Wired – Shell-shocked troops are coming back from Iraq with snakes in their heads. A new virtual reality treatment offers hope for vets.
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US Navy – ASDS Mini-Sub Program Taking On Water
Defense Industry Daily – Problems continue with the Advanced SEAL delivery System mini-subs.
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Iraq – FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Washington Post – Transcript of an excellent online discussion with Thomas Ricks regarding his new book.
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Geopolitics / Lebanon – It's Not Another World War One
Washington Post – John Keegan puts the conflict in Lebanon in perspective.
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