US Navy – The Navy announces what training areas it will use to substitute for Vieques.
US Navy – The USS Saipan amphibious ready group sails for the Gulf.
Background – US Military – James Fallows in a fascinating exchange with the authors of two recent books on the role of character in US military affairs today.
US Navy – The Navy that evolves from Sea Power 21 may become the new U.S. global military model.
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Constellation – the only carrier currently in the Gulf.
US Marines – Marines have been barred from leaving the service for the immediate future.
US Marines – The unit operations center will provide the Marine Corps with a modern, standardized, and digital combat operations center.
Royal Navy – When it deploys to the Gulf, HMS Ark Royal will be outfitted as a commando carrier and will be carrying a Royal Marine Commando, along with HMS Ocean.
US Navy – Patroling with the Maritime Interdiction Force off of Iraq.
US Navy – The pros and cons of sea-based command ships.
French Navy – France has been using the landing ship Foudre to move troops to the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Royal Navy – The HMS Ark Royal task force will sail for the Gulf on Saturday.
US Navy – The USS Theodore Roosevelt leaves for its predeployment workup.
Background – Airpower – Thomas Ricks gives us a look inside the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia.
Background – Peace – James F. Dunnigan on how the world is becoming a more peaceful place.
US Navy – The USNS Comfort sails for the Gulf.
US Navy – The USS Tarawa amphibious ready group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit sail for the Gulf.
Background – The Nature of Warfare – William Arkin signs off on his last DotMil column and asks if the US is better off now that debate and dissent within the US military is being eliminated by Defense Secretary Rumsfeld.
Russian Navy – The future of the Russian Navy will be large cutbacks of up to 1/5th of the fleet.
US Navy – Life aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney.
Background – Pax Americana – An excellent essay on the American Empire.
Israeli Navy – Will Israel use its cruise missile equipped Dolphin-class submarines to retaliate against Iraq, if Iraq strikes Israel?
US Marines – More elements of the I MEF are on their way to the Gulf.
US Navy – A tour of the hospital ship USNS Comfort.
Background – Transformation – Another look at how Defense Secretary Rumsfield is trying to change the Pentagon.
Background – Terrorism – An essay on the root causes of terrorism.
US Navy – The Theodore Roosevelt battlegroup may deploy early.
US Navy – More on the RFA Argus’ deployment to the Gulf.
US Navy – A look at SEAL operations in Afghanistan.
Iranian Navy – Iran is building a new frigate and a new destroyer.
Royal Navy – The UK is sending the hospital ship RFA Argus to the Gulf.
US Navy – Joint military experiment Millennium Challenge shows the way for effective transformation
Israeli Navy – Israel, Turkey and the US are conducting “Reliant Mermaid” – a search and rescue exercise in the Mediterranean.
NAVINT – Antony Preson’s roundup of naval news from Italy, Australia, Russia, Pakistan, and India.
War on Terrorism – The difficulty the US is having keeping track of freighters belonging to Al Qaeda???and the threat they pose to the US.
US Navy – Aircraft from the USS Constellation again strike the no-fly zone.
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln battlegroup will remain in the Gulf indefinitely.
US Navy – The USS Donald Cook enters Malta for emergency repairs.
US Navy – The USNS Comfort prepares to sail.
US Marine Corps – New training systems for Marines are coming online.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff reflects on a half-century of partnership with the U.S. Navy.
Background – North Korea – James F. Dunnigan on why Korea is not as important to the US as Iraq.
US Marines – Training intensifies at Camp Pendleton.
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US defense industry.
Background – War on Terrorism – William Arkin on the dark side of the war on terrorism.
Indian Navy – India will build its own aircraft carrier within 10 years.
US Marines – Another in a continuing series on Marines who joined the Corps after 9/11.
History – A review of the evolution of the Royal Marines after World War II.
US Navy – Carrier battlegroups, amphibious ready groups, and a hospital ship are being readied to go to the Gulf.
US Navy – Life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.
US Navy – How a intranet site is helping surface warfare officers.
US Navy – More details on the role the Navy will play in missile defense with the Aegis radar and Standard SM-3 missiles
US Navy – The US is working on improved warheads for its missiles.
Indian Navy – India evaluates dolphins to place mines on ships.
Indian Navy – India considers purchasing Rafale fighters for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov — if they ever finalize their purchase of it.
US Navy – Should a SWAT team be placed on every ship?
Myanarese Navy – Mynamar is expanding its naval facilities in the Coco Islands.
US Navy – A tour of the USS Mount Whitney, on video. The link to the video is in the right hand column and requires Real Player.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how this is a crucial year for the MV-22 Osprey.
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln takes a shore leave in Australia.
US Navy – Miscellaneous naval news from around the US fleet.
US Navy – Christmas as sea aboard the USS Constellation.
US Navy – More on the Sea Power 21 vision.
Iranian Navy – Iran is cooperating more closely with the US in the Gulf.
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan’s diesel-powered submarines remain operational.
US Marines – Afghanistan serves as a pilot program for the transformation of the Marine Corps.
Background – Axis of Evil – James F. Dunnigan analyzes the similarities and differences within the axis of evil.
Argentinian Navy – The supply ship that was trapped in Antarctic ice has finally made it to port.
South Korean Navy – South Korea will allow women to have naval combat roles.
US Navy – What will be the effect of merging Navy and Marine Corps air wings?
Background – Transformation – More evidence that transformation is dying on the vine???
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on how the Iraq end game may play out.
Royal Navy – Royal Marines and US Marines will lead the attack into Iraq through an amphibious assault on the port of Basra.
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff in the Gulf.
Spanish Navy – A look at what US allies are doing to help the blockade in the Gulf via Task Force 150.
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.
US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup returns home.
US Navy – Aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
US Marines – More details on the new Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
Background – Burma – Burma’s role in South East Asian affairs.
Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff, patroling off of Iraq.
Royal Navy – Britain, France, and Holland are chartering RoRo ferries to transport vehicles and supplies to the Gulf.
US Marines – James F. Dunnigan on the Marines new anti-tank guided missile, the Javelin.
US Navy – A brief summary of the US Navy’s work on laser weapons.
US Navy – Plans for CVNX move ahead.
US Navy – More on the Ohio-class conversions to cruise missile submarines.
Background – War on Terror – A fascinating essay detailing the new approach to fighting Al Qaeda – selective assasination; and what are the the unintended consequences of beginning a policy of selective assassination???and an interview with the story’s author, Seymour Hersch.
US Navy – A look at life aboard the cruisers and destroyers of the carrier battlegroup.
US Navy – US forces are set to flow into the Gulf after Christmas. An update on what is already there???
US Marines – The Marines are forming a Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.
US Navy – The USS John F. Kennedy will be overhauled at its base rather than in a drydock.
Background – War on Terror – An interview with General Tommy Franks.
Royal Navy – The Royal Navy may not bring its Sea Harriers to the Gulf.
Royal Navy – HMS Ocean will sail with a Marine Commando in mid-January.
Taiwanese Navy – Work on getting diesel-powered submarines for Taiwan moves forward.
US Navy – The hospital ship USS Comfort is set to sail for the Gulf.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Chief of Staff of the Army don’t believe that Iraq will be such a walkover.
US Marines – Part IV of the Harrier series with a look at the future of vertical flight in the Marines.
US Navy – The US announces it will deploy a limited antiballistic missile system in 2004; a boost-phase intercept component of it will be sea based on Aegis-equipped destroyers using Standard missiles.
US Marines – Part 3 in the series of what is wrong with the Harrier jump-jet.
US Marines – Another in the series of articles on the experiences of individuals who have joined the Marines since 9/11.
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