US Navy – Why people enter the silent service.

• Virginian Pilot: Despite hardships, submarines draw those in search of unique Navy duty

US Navy – The latest naval news from the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia, Russia, India, Canada, and China.

• Sea Power: Final River-Class OPVs Roll Off Line As Vosper Closes Woolston Yard

Background – History – Beach patrols, as performed by the US Coast Guard, in World War II.

• Sea Power: The Sand Pounders

Background – Terrorism – Defining terrorism has become so polemical and subjective an undertaking as to resemble an art rather than a science. Most attempts to arrive at a workable definition have tended to revolve around three inter-related factors namely, the terroristsí (or persons being termed terrorists) motives, identity and methods. The second article in CDIís Explaining Terrorism series examines the difficulties involved in defining terrorism.

• Center for Defense Information: Terrorism: The Problems of Definition

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