New York Times – Admiral Fallon’s first interview since his early retirement.
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
French Navy – Roaming with the Roosevelt
Defense Technology International – France is deploying the nuclear attack submarine SNA LíAmethyste on a two month deployment to the U.S. east coast and Caribbean. It will operate there as part of the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group.
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Operations Other Than War – Navy ñ and family ñ to the rescue
San Diego Union Tribune – The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan carrier strike group participated in a humanitarian operation after Typhoon Fengshen hit the Philippines.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Historic Visit by Japanese Destroyer to China
Defense Technology International – In a historic event considering the bitter conflict in the the previous century between the two nations, the first Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warship to visit China since World War 2 arrived in the port of Zhangjiang on June 24, 2008.
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Geopolitics – The Future of American Power: How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest
Foreign Affairs – Fareed Zakaria writes that despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain’s decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world — but only if it can overcome its political dysfunction and reorient U.S. policy for a world defined by the rise of other powers.
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Royal Navy – £3.2bn giant carrier deals signed
BBC -The Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth £3.2bn to build the UK’s biggest ever aircraft carriers.
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US Marines – Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
Associated Press – The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October
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Royal Navy – Prince William's ship makes major cocaine bust
Associated Press – The British Royal Navy ship on which Prince William is serving made a major cocaine bust in the north Atlantic.
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US Navy – Carriers Too Slow to Embrace UAVs, Think Tank Says
Defense Technology International – A recent report (PDF) by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, titled, ìRange, Persistence, Stealth, and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air Systemî by Thomas P. Ehrhard, PhD and Robert O. Work takes the U.S. Navy to task for not pushing harder to develop and field unmanned air combat systems for its aircraft carriers.
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US Marines – New training hones Marines' visual skills
USA Today – Faced with an alarming increase in sniper attacks in Iraq, Marine commanders in late 2006 began looking for ways to turn the tables on an elusive enemy. The result is the combat hunter program, an experiment in training Marines to fight insurgents by making the Marines as wily as the enemy they face. The training combines outdoor skills culled from hunting and tracking with the street smarts developed by police and Marines who grew up in cities.
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US Navy – USS Cole attack 'plotter' charged
BBC – US military prosecutors have filed charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship that left 17 sailors dead.
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Iraq – Army study: Iraq occupation was understaffed
Associated Press – A nearly 700-page study released Sunday by the Army found that “in the euphoria of early 2003,” U.S.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send enough troops to handle the occupation.
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