US Navy – The US Navy is being criticized for being too conservative in its design of CVN-77.
- Virginian Pilot: Navy is skimping on radar for carrier, House panel says
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The spy ship sunk last year has been found to have been armed.
US Navy – Iraq is moving its oil smuggling operations from tankers to wooden dhows.
- CNN:
U.S., coalition forces target oil smuggling in Persian Gulf - Associated Press: Iraqi oil smugglers now using dhows instead of tankers, U.S. says
Royal Marines – Spanish conspiracy theories about Gibraltar.
Russian Navy – Russia has no freedom of the press, when it comes to reporting naval or environmental news.
- Boston Globe: Russian journalist’s conviction stands
- Radio Free Europe: Russia: Military Journalist Pasko Loses Appeal
US Merchant Marine – How to help the US Merchant Marine survive.
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