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US Navy – New chief sees expanded role for Navy
Copley News Service – American sailors might operate well beyond their traditional domain of the high seas, the Navy’s new top officer said Thursday in laying out his vision of the Navy’s future.
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US Navy – The Mach 7 Munition
Sea Power – The Navy is planning experiments with artillery that would be able to hit targets with precision 200 to 300 miles inland. The high-tech weapon would give naval surface ships a new, persistent ability to provide indirect fire to Marines or other inland maneuver forces that are rapidly outrunning the umbrella of current naval guns.
US Navy – Doing More
Sea Power – After watching U.S. ground forces shoulder the burden of missions in Afghanistan and Iraq during the last four years, Navy leaders are now preparing to provide regional combatant commanders a host of new units and skills tailored to support a range of new capabilities for the war on terrorism.
US Navy – Redefining Tech Support
Sea Power – The Operational Readiness Test System Tech Assist Remote Support (ORTSTARS) redefines the Navyís current notion of long-distance technical support, and is improving readiness and reliability during its initial deployment.
US Navy – Technology and Naval Blockade: Past Impact and Future Prospects
Naval War College Review – Major changes in the ability of states to prevent the movement of ships or goods over the sea lanes have profoundly affected the ways in which maritime blockades are conducted. These changes have rendered the traditional law of blockade largely obsolete. The objective of maritime blockade operations, however, has remained constant.
US Navy – Remote Control
Sea Power – Ordnance disposal robots are being deployed against deadly concealed explosives in Iraq, Afghanistan.
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US Navy – LRLAP Test Successes Advance Prospects for Naval Fire Support
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry.
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US Navy – A sea of changes for Navy's chaplains
Virginian Pilot – As the Navy shrinks its ranks and sends its sailors to spend more impromptu time at sea, the serviceís chaplain corps is undergoing a transformation, too.
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US Navy – LSU seeking mobile military field hospitals to replace Charity
Associated Press – Louisiana State University has asked the US Navy to provide the USNS Comfort as a temporary replacement for Charity Hospital, which was effectively destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
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US Navy – As Rita approaches, Bataan delayed, other ships sent to sea
Virginian Pilot – The Navy today put on hold the return home of one of its ships sent to hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Coast, the USS Bataan, anticipating it may be needed again as Hurricane Rita threatens the area.
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US Marines – Hearts and Minds
Sea Power – Marine Civil Affairs Groups take on a larger role in Iraq as U.S. forces vie with insurgents for loyalties of the local population.
US Navy – The World in a Shoebox
Sea Power – Navy ships begin a new era of electronic navigation, service plans for full fleet digital conversion by 2009.
US Marines – Pentagon pulling 4,700 troops from Gulf Coast
Reuters – The US Marines and US Navy pull out of Gulf Coast relief operations.
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US Navy – Grim Reaper comes calling for F-14 training unit
Virginian Pilot – The current and past history of the Grim Reaper’s fighter squadron.
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US Marines – Set to Soar
Sea Power – The MV-22 Osprey overcomes its troubled past but is too fast for current armed escorts. Will the Cobra Zulu copter provide a solution?
US Navy – Forward Progress
Sea Power – The sea basing scheme that would revolutionize U.S. power projection moves toward Joint Chiefs’ approval as a joint warfighting concept.
US Navy – Rerouted: Senator Lott of Mississippi steps in to divert hospital ship
Philadelphia Inquirer – US Senators now appear to be in charge of US Navy operational deployments???
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US Navy – Florida Pilots 'Counseled' for Rescues
Associated Press – A look at how initiative is reward in the US Navy today???
Update: Here is the original article from the New York Times – Navy Pilots Who Rescued Victims Are Reprimanded
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US Navy – Controlling the Command
Sea Power – A deployable joint command and control center steps from Navy labs toward fighting forces in a major test by Southern Command.
US Navy – Comfort upgrades to 250 beds, but mission is still unclear
Marine Corps Times – The hospital ship USNS Comfort is about to arrive off of the Gulf Coast.
Fox News – USNS Comfort May Serve As Respite for Responders.
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US Navy – Worn soldiers, storm victims grateful for Navy ship's comforts
Virginian Pilot – Aboard the USS Iwo Jima, off the Gulf Coast.
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US Navy – Squadrons to the rescue
Pensacola News Journal – What the USS Bataan’s helicopters were doing on Saturday.
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US Navy – Crew of Navy ship ready to play larger role in relief effort
Chicago Tribune – A look at what life has been like aboard the USS Bataan this week, and how much more it could have contributed to the relief effort in New Orleans. As it has literally steamed in circles this week in the Gulf of Mexico, it serves as a symbol of the US government’s disastrous response to the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina.
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US Navy – Carrier Roosevelt deploys for Persian Gulf
Virginian Pilot – The USS Theodore Roosevelt deploys to the Persian Gulf which will be the last cruise of the F-14 Tomcat.
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