Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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?

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

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.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Iranian Navy – Iran has received more gunboats from North Korea.

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – More on the Kurishima’s capabilities.

US Navy – Training sailors to protect themselves against terrorism.

US Marines – Part 2 of the series on what is wrong with the AV-8B Harrier.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

German and Spanish Navies – A look at the day-to-day operations of Task Force 150, off the Horn of Africa.

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Aegis-equipped Kirishima sets sail for the Gulf.

US Marines – Flying the AV-8B Harrier can be a deadly task.

Background – Iraq – A glimpse of Saddam’s possible tactics???

Background – Airpower – How a string of discoveries by unheralded engineers and airmen helped bring America to the pinnacle of modern military power.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Royal Navy – The British are about to send HMS Ark Royal to the Gulf.

Background – The American Empire? – A humorous – and not so humorous – look at how the “American Empire” differs from those that came before it.

History – An interesting essay looking at the evolution of US naval thinking between WWI and WWII

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup is on its way home from the Gulf.

US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk has returned to port in Japan.

Spanish Navy – Spain is upset at the US’s release of the merchant ship carrying SCUDs. Is the US serious about non-proliferation — or not?

Background – Taiwan – Are the US and Taiwan growing closer???or not?

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

US Navy – The USS Belleau Wood amphibious ready group is about to return home.

Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.

Royal Navy – A look at some of the rules of engagement for boarding ships at sea.

Background – Cruise Ship Industry – The cruise-ship industry adjusts to the war on terrorism.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Venezuelan Navy – Venezuelan troops continue to seize tankers whose crews are part of a national strike.

US Navy – The US has released from custody the ship carrying Scuds to Yemen.

US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk battlegroup exercised off of Taiwan 2 weeks ago.

Canadian Navy – Life aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.

US Marine Corps – Transforming the Marine Corps in a time of chaos.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Spanish Navy – Spain has boarded a freighter carrying Scud missiles on its way from North Korea to Yemen.

US Navy – The USS Theodore Roosevelt battlegroup will start their training operations early.

US Marines – Marine Forces Atlantic reaches around the world to put Marines in “every clime and place.”

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

US Navy – The next Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named the???USS George H.W. Bush???

Background – Transformation – A look at the patron saint of transformation, Colonel John Boyd.

Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the US does not have hard evidence on current Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

US Navy – Miscellaneous Navy news from around the fleet.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

US Navy – The US is maintainting that carrier deployments in the Gulf are at routine levels.

Merchant Marine – A plan is prepared to better protect merchant ships against terrorist attack.

Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction – William Arkin on new weapons that could be used against Iraq to neutralized its weapons of mass destruction.

Background – Information Warfare – James F. Dunnigan on the use of personal digital assistants by the military.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Indian Navy – India is having problems completing its purchase of Scorpene-class attack submarines from France.

US Navy – The dock landing ship USS Portland returns from a UNITAS cruise around South America.

US Navy – A current summary of US forces in the Gulf.

Background- Media – A detailed look at the history of the relationship between the US military and the US media – and proposals for the future of that relationship.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

South African Navy – South Africa’s Meko-class corvettes will come on-line soon.

US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.

Background – Wargaming – Can the study of massively multiplayer online games help defeat Al Queda?

Background – Effects Based Warfare – James F. Dunnigan explains that this is old wine in new bottles???

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

US Navy – The USS Truman battlegroup departs for the Gulf.

Venezuelan Navy – Venezuela is using its navy to keep its oil industry afloat during a nation-wide general strike.

Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham will be repaired, after running aground off of Australia.

US Marines – More details of Exercise Edged Mallet in Kenya.

Russian Navy – The Russian port of Murmansk is evolving from a military to a commercial port.

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan will send an Aegis-equipped destroyer to the Gulf, for the first time.

Background – Man Portable Surface to Air Missiles – James F. Dunnigan on why downing an airliner with a SA-7 is harder than it looks.

Navy – NOSI – Naval Open Source Intelligence ¦ Navy News

Spanish Navy – More on the Spanish tracking of tankers that are suspected to be unsafe off the Spanish coast.

US Marines – The US is considering using an enlarged version of the Wasp-class helicopter carrier as its sea basing platform.

Iraqi Navy – What threats does Iraq pose to the US Navy in the Gulf?

US Navy – The commander of a US attack submarine that collided with a civilian tanker in the Mediterranean last month has been relieved of his command.

History – I don’t normally point out obituaries, but Captain Beach *was* the US Navy to many people. We are in his debt for explaining the naval life to so many people.

US Marines – Another in a series of articles on life in the Marine Corps today.

Background – Journalism – A report from inside the US military’s boot camp for journalists.

US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

US Navy – The US in increasing its mine countermeasures force in the Gulf.