BBC – President Bush announces withdrawals and redeployments of American troops around the world.
More details from the Washington Post
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
US Navy – USS Yorktown returning to Pascagoula from final deployment
Associated Press – The guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown is about to be decommissioned.
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Transformation – Arthur K. Cebrowski on Transformation of Defense
Ubiquity – By anticipating evolution in social, threat and technological landscapes, the Office of Force Transformation makes changes before they’re needed
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Taiwanese Navy – U.S. to Approve Sale of Aegis Ships to Taiwan
Reuters – The United States will announce the sale of four Aegis missile-defense warships to Taiwan next year with delivery likely to begin in 2011.
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Piracy – Piracy in Malacca Strait down as patrols increase
Straits Times – Sea crime in the Malacca Strait appears to have dropped since Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore began stepping up patrols along the waterway on July 20.
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Ground Warfare – Two Soldiers
New Yorker – A look at how the dead come home.
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US Coast Guard – Arm the Coast Guard for the War on Terror
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The solution to an underequipped Coast Guard is not to assign the workósuch as maritime boardingsóto someone else, but to provide the Coast Guard with the resources to do its work properly.
Geopolitics / Grand Strategy – System Perturbation: Conflict in the Age of Globalization
Thomas P.M. Barnett – Thomas Barnett defines system perturbations – how small triggers can have large effects.
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History – Dong Xoai: Seabees Earn a Special Place in Combat History
Sea Power – Seabee involvement during the Vietnam conflict began as part of a humanitarian effort assisting refugees emigrating from the north to the south, in response to the 1954 Geneva Convention agreements recognizing Ho Chi Minhís communist government. The June 9, 1965, ambush at Dong Xoai, 55 miles north of Saigon, is particularly important because the first Medal of Honor given to a Seabee, Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields, was bestowed for extreme valor during the assault.
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US Marines – U.S. forces raid al-Sadr home in Najaf
US Marines – The latest on the Marines in Najaf.
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US Marines – Death, Duty in Forgotten Corner of War
Washington Post – An indepth look at the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment in Western Iraq.
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US Marines – Corruption In The Corps?
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind better explains the corruption he sees creeping in the Marines.
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US Marines – Cemetery Fight Haunts Some U.S. Troops
US Coast Guard – Multimission Costs Too Much
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Should the Coast Guard retain its jack-of-all-trades doctrine or focus on the nationís most critical security missions?
Editorial Note
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US Navy – Pentagon Takes Major Step Toward Battlespace System Harmonization
Sea Power – A family of operational pictures is a key element of precision engagement.
Geopolitics / Nation States – The Fate of the State
Defense and the National Interest – Martin Van Creveld on how The State, which since the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is dying.
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US Marines – Marine Foreign Advisors
Leatherneck – Training Marine advisors for coalition forces is an important focus for the Security, Cooperation, Education and Training Center at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va.
Iraq – Iraq Report: July 2004
Defense and the National Interest – An interesting, anonymous analysis of the current state of affairs in Iraq.
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Royal Marines – British special forces sent in to counter Olympics terror threat
Daily Telegraph – The SBS have been sent to Greece to help protect British athletes taking part in the Olympic Games.
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Geopolitics / America – A Conversation with Colin Powell
The Atlantic – PJ O’Rourke interviews Secretary of State Colin Powell. A fascinating insight into how Powell views the world as it relates to the US.
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US Navy – New research sub to replace aging Alvin
CNN – A new deep-sea research vessel will be able to carry people to 99 percent of the ocean floor, diving deeper than the famed Alvin that pioneered the study of seafloor vents, plate tectonics and deep ocean creatures over the past 40 years.
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US Navy – Taking Soundings throughout the Asia-Pacific: The Retiring Commander Offers Parting Views
Asia Pacific Media Network – An interview with the retiring CINCPAC, Admiral Thomas Fargo, in which he gives his view of the Pacific.
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History – Star-Crossed Translator: 2dLt Merle Ralph Cory, USMCRóKIA on Guadalcanal
Leatherneck – A little-known Marine who died on Guadalcanal 60 years ago had made major contributions to the war against Japan, even before Pearl Harbor.
US Navy – The US Military is in Bad Shape
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The armed forces that President Bushís team took over in 2001 were in deep trouble. Though they performed well in Iraq, they are war-weary and funds for the future are scant.
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