Financial Times – The Ministry of Defence is set to miss its Christmas deadline for producing an outline of a national shipbuilding strategy because of foot-dragging by the Royal Navy over changing the delivery schedule for its new vessels.
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Monthly Archives: December 2004
US Marines – Studies Aim to Refocus Urban Training, Tactics
SeaPower – As enemy insurgents continue to harass and kill U.S. troops in Iraq with suicide bombs and makeshift explosives, a major effort is under way at home to determine how U.S. forces can better prepare for such unconventional threats in the future.
Miscellaneous – War Studies Courses
Professor Julian Schofield, Concordia University – Course syllabi for three courses that cover many topics in the field of War Studies. Each course has extensive lecture notes online, along with a suggested bibliography.
Introduction to Strategic Studies
Royal Navy – UK navy aids Colombian drug raids
BBC – A joint operation between Britain and Jamaica has helped cut the amount of cocaine smuggled into the Caribbean from Colombia by 80%.
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US Marines – Marines urged to seek help as suicides on rise
San Diego Union Tribune – More Marines are committing suicide than at any time since the Corps started closely monitoring such deaths, prompting the government to step up intervention efforts based on a clear message ñ set aside your pride and seek counseling.
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US Marines – MSG Detachment Bogot-, Colombia
Leatherneck – While the world watches Marines under fire in Afghanistan and Iraq, there’s a little-noticed high-threat post in a high-risk area, where Marines man posts at the U.S. Embassy in Bogot·, Colombia, and where taking care of business also means taking care of each other.
Israeli Navy – Navy mulls new missile boats
Haaretz – The Israel Navy is examining two new missile boats, Saar 5+, and a new Barak 8 sea-to-sea missile system for defending ships over ranges of more than 100 kilometers, after incoming Admiral David Ben Besht decided to cancel a plan to acquire 10,000-ton warships.
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US Navy – Navy Leaders Push Simulator-Based Training
SeaPower – As a solution to the inter-locking challenges of maintaining a high readiness rate while have less access to real world training opportunities, Navy officials said, are the rapidly improving high-tech simulators that provide realistic training in individual, team and even battle-group skills, tactics and decision-making ó at greatly reduced costs.
Port Security – Port Security War Game
Booz Allen – A write up of a strategic simulation of a terror attack designed to assess the vulnerability of Americaís cargo transportation system and supply chains found that such an attack could cripple global trade and have a devastating impact on the nationís economy. The participants, including leaders from business and government, focused on ways to improve detection before a weapon gets to a U.S. port, as well as strategies to help businesses build resiliency into their operations. (PDF format)
Royal Navy – Bullying naval captain sets sail for re-education
The Sunday Times – A Captain relieved of duty after being accused of bullying on his ship is expected to be put through an extended anti-discrimination course.
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US Navy – Destroyer Williams joins fleet, bearing latest technology
Virginian Pilot – Aboard the destroyer USS James E. Williams, which has a robotic mine-hunting system that uses a small, unmanned submersible, like a tiny submarine, to scan the water for floating bombs.
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US Navy – For four subs, it's goodbye ballistic missiles, hello SEALs
Virginian Pilot – Aboard the USS Georgia, which is about to be converted from ballistic missile submarine to special operations submarine.
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US Navy – Over Iraq, Pilots Fly Into Action When Troops Call for Help
Washington Post – A look at the close air support assets available to US forces on the ground in Iraq.
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Iraq – We Back You
Washington Post – Military historian Rick Atkinson on how we need to separate the warriors from the war.
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Geopolitics / United States – Is America Losing Its Edge?
Foreign Affairs – For 50 years, the United States has maintained its economic edge by being better and faster than any other country at inventing and exploiting new technologies. Today, however, its dominance is starting to slip, as Asian countries pour resources into R&D and challenge America’s traditional role in the global economy.
Royal Navy – Trawler sinking 'not deliberate'
BBC – A report on the sinking of the Hull trawler the Gaul has ruled out theories it was deliberately sunk by Russians or pulled down by a submarine.
More from the Daily Telegraph.
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History – Pearl Harbor: A Midget Sub in the Picture?
Naval History – Experts update their analysis of a captured Japanese photo they say shows a midget submarine attacking Battleship Row on 7 December 1941.
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Royal Navy – Captain broke bond of trust, says Navy
Daily Telegraph – A Royal Navy captain who was flown back to Britain after accusations of bullying and harassment was permanently removed from the command of his ship yesterday. David Axon’s leadership and management on board HMS Somerset fell “significantly short of the exemplary standards the Royal Navy requires of its commanding officers”, the Navy said in a statement.
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Royal Navy – RAF Kinloss air squadron to be disbanded in the new year
The Scotsman – The number of Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft is to be decreased.
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US Navy – Only Highly Trained Need Apply in Navy's 'New World' of Optimal Manning
SeaPower – For decades, sailors newly assigned to a Navy ship could expect to ease into the job, getting trained before they actually started work. Five years from now, many sailors will have trained themselves and be ready to work immediately.
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Israeli Navy – Navy steps up at-sea boardings to counter terror threat
Jerusalem Post – In a concerted effort to boost security against the threat of terrorism from the sea, the Israeli Navy has dramatically increased the number of surprise at-sea boardings on merchant ships heading to Israeli ports.
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US Marines – Bringing 'Jointness to the Tactical Level: Where Does the Marine Corps Fit In?
Marine Corps Gazette – Is it time to incorporate more jointness in Marine expeditionary unit operations?
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Iraq – To Understand Insurgency in Iraq, Read Something Old, Read Something New
Inside the Pentagon – A look at book picks from generals, defense and intel experts.
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US Marines – New Threats Demand Thinking Outside the Box
SeaPower – An interview with Retired Col. Randy Gangle – Director, Marine Corps Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities
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Royal Navy – Navy's newest 'cutting-edge' assault ship enters service
The Scotsman – HMS Bulwark has entered service.
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