The Online Courses section has been expanded.
Royal Navy – More on the delay of the U.K.’s aircraft carrier program.
Background – Afghanistan – On patrol with the U.S. 10th Mountain Division on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Things are not going so well for the U.S. on the ground???
Background – North Korea – Know thine enemy. Kim Jong Il, the world’s most dangerous dictator, has always been a figure surrounded by mystery and myth. But, from defectors and former aides, a portrait is emerging of family dysfunction, palace intrigue and imperial menace.
US Marines – The large outbreak of malaria among Marines who spent time ashore in the West African nation of Liberia in the summer was apparently caused by a nearly wholesale failure of the troops to follow protective measures, and in particular not taking a once-a-week malaria-preventing drug.
Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks looks at the pros and cons of the latest U.S. exit strategy from Iraq.
Background – History – US and Soviet naval forces nearly clashed at sea while Israeli and Arab forces fought the Yom Kippur war.
Another day, another New Feature: Archive. The archive is an archive of all of NOSI from the start, divided into 6 month long files. It will be updated each January and July.
Royal Navy – Like the Russian Navy, the Royal Navy struggles to dispose of decommissioned nuclear submarines.
I have come across a number of naval-related online courses that should be of interest to teachers, students, and self-learners. I will archive these in the new left hand button Online Courses. If you know of any others, please contact me using the comment form. Please note, I have already checked the U.S. Naval War College and US Naval Postgraduate school and come up empty handed, so far.
Background – Online Courses – The study and understanding of the ocean can be considered to be a building block to the study and understanding of naval affairs. Here are the complete course materials for the majority of the courses offered by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Ocean Engineering. The courses cover the areas of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.
Background – Online Courses – Here are the course materials for a number of online courses on Oceanography and Marine Sciences from Fathom.
Indian Navy – A few more details of Operation Sagittarius, the mission marked the first time Indian warships escorted US ships.
US Marines – the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, with about 2,200 Marines aboard the USS Peleliu, went ashore in southern Iraq to assist a campaign to halt the smuggling of oil and fuel.
US Navy – As the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) prepare for the next test flight of the Aegis in the Pentagon’s ballistic-missile defense program, lessons from the last flight, in which an interceptor rocket failed to destroy its target, underscore the challenges of hit-to-kill technology.
Announcement of New Feature – I have added a new feature to NOSI today, in the left-hand navigation bar, a Reading List / Curriculum. The intention of this reading list and curriculum is to provide a reference library of articles that can be used both by new users of NOSI to bring them up-to-date on a subject; and by long-time users to NOSI to help them quickly review a subject. Think of the whole list of articles as a basic curriculum in current military affairs. All of these are articles I have linked to in the past. What you see right now is just a start, over the next few months I’ll put some more up as I review all the articles I have linked to from the start.
Israeli Navy – Could the Harpoon be used as a nuclear-tipped land attack missile?
US Navy – Sometime this winter, the Pentagon will take another step in its 22-year search for an effective and politically feasible missile-defense system, as it decides upon appropriate basing platforms, or modes, for U.S. interceptor missiles intended to destroy attacking ballistic missiles during their first few seconds of flight. A decision is not expected for months, but some missile defense experts believe that the Pentagon’s long and tortuous path toward development of a missile-defense system should end under water.
US Navy – The U.S. Navy will drastically limit the use of a controversial low-frequency sonar system, which environmental groups say disorients and kills endangered whales and other species, under a court agreement disclosed yesterday.
US Navy – P-3 Orions are being used for ground surveillance in the Phillipines.
US Marines – Leadership is more than taking charge. The author provides keen insights on the totality of effective leadership.
US Navy – The US will make its first port call in Vietnam in 30 years.
US Navy – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vernon Clark’s call in June 2002 for creating a “culture of innovation,” to help transform the U.S. Navy’s ability to project and sustain persistent combat power, has resulted in the development of a Navy “roadmap” for experimentation that will shape the sea services’ more than $10 billion annual investment in technology.
Israeli Navy – The U.S. confirms that Israel’s Dolphin-class submarines are armed with nuclear-tipped Harpoon cruise missiles that serve as a submarine-based strategic deterrent force for Israel.
Royal Navy – The U.K. trims back on its design for its new aircraft carriers.
Background – Diplomacy – Niall Ferguson asks did the United Kingdom’s influence in its heyday match the United States’ today? Two Hegemonies provides an answer; but “empire” might be the better word.
Background – Secretary of Defense – The political evolution and influences of Donald Rumsfeld.
Russian Navy – Germany will help Russia disassemble its decommissioned nuclear submarines.
US Navy – More from the Chief of Naval Operations on why routine 6 month deployments are a thing of the past.
US Navy – Navy investments for the future emphasize connectivity, modularity, and unmanned systems. Taking these concepts to sea will be a trio of surface sea framesóbeginning with the Littoral Combat Ship in 2007.
Merchant Marine – As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) takes steps to better protect U.S. ports and harbors, questions linger about the potential effectiveness of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) in helping to ensure that terrorists do no harm by taking advantage of security gaps in international shipping.
Apologies for the late update today???
Background – Bases – A great redeployment of forces is reshaping the US network of overseas military facilities.
US Marines – The Iwo Jima amphibious ready group prepares to return home.
US Marines – How the Marine Corps will organize to fight can be found within a hierarchy of concepts.
US Coast Guard – Secretary Rumsfeld questions continued reliance on the Coast Guard in military deployments.
US Navy – The US fleet has shrunk to its smallest size since WWI.
Background – History – The distinguished public servant and scholar James Schlesinger recently gave marching orders to those assembled for the annual Midway Night, this year commemorating the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Here is an edited version of his remarks.
Background – Information Warfare – Network-centric operations have already made U.S. forces capable of moving faster and lighter, as shown in Iraq, but they are just as useful in low-intensity conflict or in rebuilding a nation.
Royal Australian Navy – A look at how oil smuggling is still being carried out in the Gulf.
US Navy – A look at how carrier battlegroup workups have changed since the closure of Vieques.
Background – History – A look at a day of naval combat against Iran – April 18, 1988.
US Navy – The US is considering basing an aircraft carrier in Hawaii.
US Marines – A veteran of two tours in Vietnam offers his views on preparing to fight in military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT).
US Navy – The latest naval news from the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Background – Iraq – The full text of General Zinni’s recent speech to the US Naval Institute.
US Navy – The Iwo Jima amphibious ready group pulls out of Liberia.
US Marines – Sometimes the best way to learn to lead is to watch our superiors in action.
Background -War on Terror – William Arkin reviews the progress of the war on terror, 2 years in.
Canadian Navy – Canada considers outsourcing its sovereignty patrol.
US Navy – More naval news from around the US fleet.
Singaporean Navy – The navies of Singapore and Malaysia are exercising in the Malacca Straits.
US Navy – The Chiefs should be reading Proceedings???
Background – Iraq – A visit with America’s greatest Middle East sage, Professor Bernard Lewis.
NOSI will next be updated on Monday, so here is Sunday’s background piece???
Background – Diplomacy – The Bush administration’s tone-deaf approach to the Middle East reflects a dangerous misreading of the nature and sources of Arab public opinion . Independent, transnational media outlets have transformed the region, and the administration needs to engage the new Arab public sphere that has emerged.
Royal Australian Navy – The latest on the Collins-class submarines.
US Navy – The US will close its base at Roosevelt Roads, in Puerto Rico.
US Navy – Tucked between the lines of Navy Assistant Secretary John J. Young, Jr.’s announcement in August regarding a block-buy for Virginia-class submarines are clear indications the Navy’s procurement of ships and aircraft is in store for major change across-the-board.
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