Virginian Pilot – With new Marine recruits in boot camp on Parris Island.
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Monthly Archives: December 2004
Information Warfare – Air Warfare in Transition
Air Force – Complex combinations of aircraft, sensors, and data links bring dramatic change in combat employment.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – 4GW On The Home Front
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reminds us that 4GW is also being fought on American soil, by parties that have nothing to do with the armies of the Prophet.
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Israeli Navy – Israel to buy 2 more German Dolphin subs
Jerusalem Post – OC Navy Adm. David Ben-Bashat has reportedly confirmed that Israel is to purchase two more Dolphin-class submarines from Germany and that the contract will be signed this coming spring.
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US Marines – With 25 Citizen Warriors in an Improvised War
New York Times – On patrol with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Iraq. An excellent example of how strong morale in a unit can overcome any material deficiences it has.
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US Marines – Initial Look at Distributed Operations Reveals Potential and Problems
SeaPower – Commanders are beginning to see vast potential for interagency cooperation and intelligence sharing in Distributed Operations (DO), the Marine Corpsí new operational concept. The plan is a major change in how the Corps deploys in response to unconventional warfare threats.
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Pakistani Navy – Pak Navy Gets Hovercraft, Assault Boat
SADA – The Pakistani Navy Saturday achieved yet another milestone in defence capabilities by inducting hovercraft and military assault boats into its marine force.
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US Navy – Piercing the Depths: Is man-made noise driving whales from sea to shore?
Virginian Pilot – A detailed look at the sonar / whale controversy.
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Information Warfare – Images of Fighting in Fallujah Compel at Different Levels
Washington Post – An example of information warfare in action – Thomas Ricks shows two different sides of what happened to civilians in Fallujah.
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Geopolitics / Pakistan – Can Pakistan Work? A Country in Search of Itself
Foreign Affairs – Is Pakistan-nuclear proliferator, terrorist incubator, key U.S. ally-on the verge of collapse? In a new book, Stephen Philip Cohen rejects the most alarmist scenarios but warns that, without major reforms, Pakistan’s prospects are indeed grim.
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US Navy – Truman aircraft used in attack on insurgent locations in Iraq
Virginian Pilot – Aircraft from the USS Harry S. Truman are flying combat missions over Iraq.
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US Marines – A Marine company and a month in Fallujah
Christian Science Monitor – A look at the men behind the Marines.
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Iraq – Scary Surprises in Mosul
Washington Post – David Ignatius on how previously stable cities in Iraq are sliding into anarchy, due to the insurgency.
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Iraq – Rebels Aided By Allies in Syria, U.S. Says
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on how U.S. military intelligence officials have concluded that the Iraqi insurgency is being directed to a greater degree than previously recognized from Syria, where they said former Saddam Hussein loyalists have found sanctuary and are channeling money and other support to those fighting the established government.
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History – Naval Training Evolved by Trial, Error
Sea Power – A look at how training has evolved in the US Navy.
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Russian Navy – Nightmare at sea
St. Petersburg Times – A review of a new book on the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian Navy Moves to Improve Coastal Security, Boost Information Sharing
SeaPower – Canadaís Navy is in the midst of a post-9/11 push to better secure the worldís longest coastline and ensure it is pulling its weight in monitoring the continentís maritime frontiers.
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Editorial Note – Posting Problems
Apologies for the irregular postings over the last few days. I am having problems posting news stories to NOSI, we are experiencing some technical glitch and are looking into the problem???more details to follow.
Ground Warfare – Army Wages War on Modern Menaces
Wired – A very interesting look at the new ground warfare technologies being shown at the Army Science Conference.
There are two separate articles by the author describing this conference: Army Wages War on Modern Menaces and More Robot Grunts Ready for Duty
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Iraq – Rumsfeld's War – Interview with Lindsey Graham
PBS Frontline – A military lawyer (JAG) during the Persian Gulf war, Sen. Lindsey Graham (South Carolina, R.), calls military lawyers “the conscience of the military.” He says the JAGS have been marginalized in recent years and he has introduced an amendment to increase their authority and independence. In this interview, he discusses the early clash between military and civilian lawyers over rules of treatment and interrogation at Guantanamo and how Donald Rumsfeld dealt with the feud. And he outlines in this interview how harsh interrogation techniques of Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo “migrated” to Abu Ghraib where Iraqi detainees were being held, supposedly under the terms of the Geneva Conventions. But with no military lawyers at Abu Ghraib to advise its commanders, Graham tells FRONTINE it’s another example of the price being paid “for executing a great war plan and a pretty poor occupation plan.”
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US Marines – US sends marines to Philippines
BBC – The US is sending up to 600 marines to the Philippines to help with disaster relief efforts in the country
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US Marines – Marine Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
SeaPower – During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a small, ill-equipped, yet elite unit of Marines fanned out across Iraq, attached to U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, British Commandos and Marine Task Force Tarawa. The 46 men of 2nd ANGLICO, one of the Marine Corpsí Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies, were at the forefront of battle in every major battlespace of the war.
Iraq – Rumsfeld's War – Interview with James Mann
PBS Frontline – In his recent book Rise of the Vulcans – The History of Bush’s War Cabinet, James Mann detailed the intertwined relationships and intellectual disputes of six advisers to George W. Bush who have shaped the administration’s foreign policy: Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell, Wolfowitz, Cheney and Armitage. Here in this interview, Mann details who they are, how they think and operate, and the larger context to their story: the ideology and idealism of the neo-conservatives in the Bush administration up against the “realists” more moderate views on war and foreign policy. Commenting on the latest turn taken in their battle, Mann says, “After September 11, all through the war with Iraq, the neo-conservatives won the argument. But with the violence, with the chaos, Iraq didn’t turn out the way they expected. And the result is that the neo-conservatives who were really ascendant on Iraq policy are now in decline.”
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US Marines – Gaining a Toehold in Iraqi Town
Washington Post – With the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit which has started taking the town of Haswah back from the Insurgency.
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Royal Navy – Navy to Unveil New Sonar System
The Scotsman – The Royal Navy will showcase its new Sonar 2087 system, which is being fitted to six frigates.
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