I have come across a number of naval-related online courses that should be of interest to teachers, students, and self-learners. I will archive these in the new left hand button Online Courses. If you know of any others, please contact me using the comment form. Please note, I have already checked the U.S. Naval War College and US Naval Postgraduate school and come up empty handed, so far.

Background – Online Courses – The study and understanding of the ocean can be considered to be a building block to the study and understanding of naval affairs. Here are the complete course materials for the majority of the courses offered by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Ocean Engineering. The courses cover the areas of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: MIT Department of Ocean Engineering

Background – Online Courses – Here are the course materials for a number of online courses on Oceanography and Marine Sciences from Fathom.

• Fathom: Oceanography and Marine Sciences

Indian Navy – A few more details of Operation Sagittarius, the mission marked the first time Indian warships escorted US ships.

• The Straits Times: Sky’s the limit with S’pore-India defence

US Marines – the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, with about 2,200 Marines aboard the USS Peleliu, went ashore in southern Iraq to assist a campaign to halt the smuggling of oil and fuel.

• Associated Press: Pentagon to Call on More Support Troop