US Navy – US surrounds hijacked tank ship
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008BBC – The US navy says it has deployed further vessels to surround a cargo ship loaded with 33 tanks and hijacked by pirates off Somalia last week.
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BBC – The US navy says it has deployed further vessels to surround a cargo ship loaded with 33 tanks and hijacked by pirates off Somalia last week.
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BBC – A US Navy destroyer has made visual contact with a Ukrainian ship which was seized by pirates last week and is now moored off the Somali coast.
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Defense Technology International – Contractor sea trials of the first of the British Royal Navyís Type 45 air defense destroyers ñ HMS Daring – have now been concluded, with the type to be accepted by the service in December for further tests.
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Armed Forces Journal – Critical US Navy anti-submarine warfare skills that have been allowed to atrophy must be restored
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New Yorker – A decorated marineís war within. Another look at post traumatic stress disorder.
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World Politics Review – Urs Gehriger of the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche recently spoke with Nagl about the success of Gen. David Petraeus’ counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq, and what needs to be done to successfully implement them in Afghanistan.
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CNN – Security forces aboard the oiler USNS John Lenthall fired warning shots toward two approaching small boats off the Somali coast Tuesday.
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Army Times – The incoming head of U.S. Central Command, Army Gen. David Petraeus, plans to form a team of under 100 experts to conduct a top-to-bottom strategic assessment of CentComís area of responsibility. Petraeus tapped Col. (P) H.R. McMaster to lead the Joint Strategic Assessment Team, or JSAT.
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Associated Press – The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Thursday at its new home port just south of Tokyo, welcomed by a mix of cheering crowds and protesters.
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Associated Press – The international shipping industry must take on more responsibility to protect vessels against pirate attacks and kidnappings in the dangerous waters of Somalia rather than rely on the U.S. Navy says the commander of the 5th Fleet.
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Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau helps clean up Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike.
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The Atlantic – Iraq-style counterinsurgency is fast becoming the U.S. Armyís organizing principle. Is our military preparing to fight the next war, or the last one?
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Daily Telegraph – Russian warships are sailing towards the Caribbean for the first time since the Cold War to take part in a joint naval exercise with Venezuela.
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Defense Technology International – Today the German navy corvette Magdeburg will enter service in Warnemuende, base of the First Corvette Squadron. It will be the second corvette of five of the Braunschweig K130 class, the most modern ships in service with the German navy.
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Vanity Fair – With the Pentagon requesting $20 billion more for Afghanistan, and American casualties mounting there, Sebastian Junger rejoins the men of Battle Company at their Korengal Valley outpost. The war has changed them; have they changed the war?
Junger’s previous article from January 2008 is: Into The Valley of Death.
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Washington Post – Excepts from Bob Woodward’s new book, The War Within, that describes the inside story of how President Bush’s team dealt with its failing Iraq strategy.
Part 2: Outmaneuvered And Outranked, Military Chiefs Became Outsiders
Part 3: ‘You’re Not Accountable, Jack’
RIA Novosti – Russia’s new carrier-based fighters will replace the Su-33 naval fighter in service with the Russian Navy after 2016.
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Virginian Pilot – The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, diverted from a humanitarian mission to Colombia, has begun delivering food and water to Haiti to help with disaster relief.
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Los Angeles Times – The Venezuelan government announced Sunday that four Russian naval vessels will participate in joint exercises in the Caribbean this year, a move that could heighten already strained relations between Washington and Moscow.
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