Washington Post – David Ignatius says a May 1972 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to prevent dangerous incidents at sea is a model for how to begin reducing dangerous tensions with Iran.
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Category Archives: USNavy
US Navy – TACAIR Integration Hits the Wall
Air Force – Big plans to combine Navy and Marine Corps air in a single operational force have come apart.
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US Navy – U.S. Opens Naval Exercise in Persian Gulf
New York Times – More on the US wargames in the Gulf.
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US Navy – Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against 'Sizzler' Missile
Bloomberg – The U.S. Navy, after nearly six years of warnings from Pentagon testers, still lacks a plan for defending aircraft carriers against a supersonic Russian-built missile, according to current and former officials and Defense Department documents.
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US Navy – US Navy starts war games in Gulf
BBC – The US Navy has begun its most extensive manoeuvres in the Gulf region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but denies sabre-rattling aimed at Iran.
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US Navy – American armada prepares to take on Iran
Daily Telegraph – Aboard the USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf.
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US Navy – Carrier John F. Kennedy stops in Norfolk for last time
Virginian Pilot – The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is visiting Norfolk this week before heading to Boston for its final port.
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US Navy – U.S. ships move to protect Persian Gulf's oil shipments
Virginian Pilot – Despite their differences in size and weaponry, the USS Firebolt and the USS Stennis share a stated mission: Deter the Iranian Navy from hostile acts in an area vital to oil shipments by showing the Tehran regime that U.S. military strength remains formidable despite its entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Navy – US Navy to use dolphins for security
Daily Telegraph – The US Navy wants to bolster security by deploying dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and intercept waterborne attackers.
Associated Press – Navy plan would put dolphins on underwater patrol.
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US Navy – Naval force a floating diplomat in Arabian Sea
Virginian Pilot – A look at the work of Combined Task Force 150, operating near the Horn of Africa.
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US Navy – New riverine squadron is established at Little Creek
Virginian Pilot – The Navy established its second riverine warfare squadron at a ceremony Friday morning at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base.
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US Navy – US Navy seeks new owner for retired research submarine
Associated Press – Free to a good home: vintage submarine, recently restored. One prior owner.
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US Navy – Carrier Eisenhower returns to Gulf after mission off Africa
Associated Press – The U.S. Navy has scaled back its presence off Somalia’s coast, withdrawing the Norfolk-based Eisenhower aircraft carrier after a three-week mission there.
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US Navy – Navy gets two more years to train with sonar
Virginian Pilot – The Defense Department gave the Navy permission Tuesday to keep training with sonar for another two years, a move denounced by activists who say the sound waves can harm dolphins and other marine mammals.
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US Navy – U.S. Bringing Second Carrier to Mideast
Associated Press – The deployment of the USS John C. Stennis strike group to the Middle East will put two U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf region for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion, in a clear response to Iran’s aggressive posture in the region.
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US Navy – New Warhead Could Siphon Funds From Sub Builders
The Day – A long-delayed decision on a replacement warhead for the missiles carried on Trident submarines may mean more work for nuclear warhead designers ó but possibly at the expense of funding for submarines.
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US Navy – Navy Expeditionary Combat Command proves its worthiness
Virginian Pilot – Just over a year ago, the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command existed as a broad concept worked over by a dozen busy senior Navy officials. That small group has swelled to a 200-person headquarters at Little Creek Naval Amphibious base that is responsible for 32,000 sailors around the globe.
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US Navy – 'Safety stand-down' ordered for Navy's submarine force
Virginian Pilot – The Navy today set in motion a review of its worldwide submarine force because of two recent accidents involving Norfolk-based subs, one in which two crew members were killed and another in which a sub and tanker collided.
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US Navy – Speed of tanker sucked sub up to surface
Virginian Pilot – The submarine USS Newport News was submerged when a Japanese oil tanker passed overhead at a high speed, creating a sucking effect that made the sub rise and hit the ship, the US Navy says.
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US Navy – Gunships attack suspected al Qaeda fighters in Somalia
Associated Press – The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower will join a task force off the coast of Somalia, where U.S. forces attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters today. The carrier joins the cruisers Bunker Hill, Anzio and amphibious landing ship Ashland in security operations in the Indian Ocean.
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US Navy – Norfolk-based sub and Japanese merchant ship collide
Virginian Pilot – A Norfolk-based nuclear submarine and Japanese merchant ship collided in the Arabian Sea late Monday, but there were no injuries on either vessel, the U.S. Navy and Japanese officials said.
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US Navy – The Navy's war on whales
Los Angeles Times – Jean-Michel Cousteau asks the US Navy to help save the whales. An interesting example of lawfare???
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US Navy – Admiral picked to lead Middle East war efforts
Virginian Pilot – The new head of CENTCOM is an admiral.
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US Navy – US Navy patrols Somalia's coast
BBC – US naval forces have deployed off the Somali coast to prevent leaders of defeated Islamist militias escaping.
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US Navy – The Thousand-Ship Navy
Armed Forces Journal – A look at what is mean by the new term “1,000 ship navy?”
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