Frontline – Over 30 days and 26 missions, the story of the men of Dog Company – the Army’s 1-8 Cavalry Regiment stationed in South Baghdad on the bank on the Tigris River. The final battle for Iraq will be won or lost in places like this and by soldiers like these. Read the transcript
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Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
US Navy – US sending navy ships to quake-struck region of Indonesia
Xinhua News Agency – The hospital ship USNS Mercy is returning to Indonesia.
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US Navy – Breaking the Mold
Sea Power – A new Navy concept of mine countermeasures aims to deliver speed and agility to the fleet, vastly improving operational timelines.
Royal Australian Navy – Australian planes, ship bring relief to Indonesia quake zone
Agence France Presse – HMAS Kanimbla, which was on its way home after providing aid to victims of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, has been diverted from Singapore back to Sumatra to provide aid to victims of the new earthquake.
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Israeli Navy – UPI Intelligence Watch
UPI – The Israeli navy is exercising with NATO navies for the first time.
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US Navy – Carrier Eisenhower rejoins fleet after $2.5 billion overhaul
Virginian Pilot – A look at the improvements made to the USS Eisenhower.
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US Marines – Marine general upbeat upon return from Iraq
San Diego Union Tribune – The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force has returned from Iraq.
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Ground Warfare – Recalling Iraq's Terrors Through Virtual Reality
Washington Post – The US military is attempting to battle post traumatic stress disorder with virtual reality tools.
More from San Diego Union Tribune – Military to try virtual combat stress remedy
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Geopolitics / Israel – Their best defence
The Guardian – According to Martin Van Creveld’s new book, entitled Defending Israel, Israel has no choice but to withdraw from the West Bank – not to indulge the Palestinians but to save itself
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Geopolitics / Yemen – Yemen After the Cole
Sea Power – Volatile nation remains a strategically important ally, but experts worry about its intrinsic vulnerabilities.
US Navy – US 7th Fleet makes first visit to Zhanjiang
People’s Daily Online – The USS Blue Ridge makes a port call in China.
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US Navy – Blue Angels Striving for Perfection
Aviation Week and Space Technology – A look inside the Blue Angels flight demonstration team.
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Piracy – After tsunami, fears of a piracy resurgence
Reuters – A string of bold attacks by armed bandits in the Malacca Strait is stoking fears of a new wave of sea piracy in one of the world’s busiest waterways, fuelled by desperation in tsunami-ravaged northern Indonesia.
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US Navy – Behind the Numbers
Sea Power – Navy budget request is up in 2006 as cost of high-tech weapons keeps rising; some Marine Corps budget lines decline.
US Navy – New US naval strike group takes charge
Gulf Daily News – The USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group has arrived in the Gulf.
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Geopolitics / Empire – The Overstretch Myth
Foreign Affairs – The United States’ current account deficit and foreign debt are not dire threats to its global position, as would-be Cassandras warn. U.S. power is firmly grounded on economic superiority and financial stability that will not end soon.
Miscellaneous – Colombian police find drugs sub
BBC – Police in Colombia have uncovered another submarine, which they believe was built by drug smugglers to transport cocaine.
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US Navy – Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower Back After Once-In-Lifetime Overhaul
Associated Press – The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower finishes its Service Life Extension Program refit.
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History – The Battle of Tra Binh Dong and the Korean Origins of the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
Marine Corps Gazette – Lasting impressions of Korean Marines’ martial arts skills led to the establishment of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.
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Dutch Navy – French trawler 'was sunk by sub'
BBC – Marine accident experts investigating the sinking of a French trawler off the English coast last year have said the accident was caused by a submarine.
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Swedish Navy – Navy to hone hunting skills on Swedish sub
Virginian Pilot – The US Navy has formally agreed to lease a Swedish submarine and its crew for a year so U.S. nuclear-powered subs, as well as other ships and planes, can practice hunting it.
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US Marines – In Iraq with 'reservists that fight'
Christian Science Monitor – When the reservists of Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Marine Regiment based in Houston got the call, most expected an uneventful tour in Iraq. The marines had anticipated pulling only security duty. Six months later, the Bravo Company infantrymen are as battle-worn and “salty” as any US unit.
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US Navy – Changing Vision
Sea Power – The Navy is considering how to navigate the new strategic landscape depicted in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s view of the future.
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Indian Navy – Naval chief in US to enhance ties
Sify News – Indo-US naval cooperation and acquisition of US equipment and systems were on top of the agenda when Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash met top American defence officials in Washington.
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US Navy – USS Spruance Returns Home One Final Time
News4Jax – The destroyer USS Spruance is slated for retirement after more than three decades of service.
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