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Category Archives: USNavy
US Navy – Nimitz returns following six-month deployment
San Diego Union Tribune – The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returns from a deployment in the Gulf.
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US Navy – The Flyer
Sea Power – An interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Hough, Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation
US Navy – Pitching In
Sea Power – Sea-going helicopters will help relieve the operational load faced by U.S. Army ground forces in Iraq.
US Navy – In Demand
Sea Power – The number of unmanned aircraft deployed by U.S. forces has grown exponentially, and the nationís combatant commanders want even more.
US Navy – Deployment of 6,000 sailors and Marines begins Friday
Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group prepares to deploy.
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US Navy – Warship training tactic under scrutiny
Virginian Pilot – A Cold War tactic in which one ship tries to force another to turn may be at the root of collision between the Norfolk-based destroyers McFaul and Winston S. Churchill.
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US Navy – Presidential Helicopter Program
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry.
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US Navy – Companies Studying Persistent Unmanned Maritime ISR for Navy
Sea Power – Naval news from around the US defense industry
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US Navy – Navy plans to trim its fleet by 10 ships this fiscal year
Virginian Pilot – The Navy plans to trim its fleet by at least 10 more ships this fiscal year as it drops below 280 for the first time in modern days.
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US Navy – Japan to host US nuclear carrier
BBC – Japan is to allow a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in its waters for the first time. The vessel will replace the USS Kitty Hawk, the US Navy’s oldest active ship, when it is decommissioned in 2008.
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US Navy – Navy considers sailors trained for close-quarters assault
Virginian Pilot – The “Dirt Navy,” if put into play, could thrust sailors into a domain long reserved for foot soldiers. The force, perhaps 800-strong, could be used in missions that call for close contact with hostile coastlines.
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US Navy – Navy leader shows desire to retire the Kennedy
Virginian Pilot – Despite being pressed by lawmakers to hold on to the aging aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, the Navyís top admiral underscored his desire Thursday to retire the ship and build a future fleet with just 11 flattops.
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US Navy – Breaking barriers, sinking stereotypes
Virginian Pilot – Capt. Nora Tyson just finished serving as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Bataan. For a time after Hurricane Katrina, she was the voice of the Navy on TV.
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US Navy – Washington Report
Sea Power – Naval news from the US Congress.
US Navy – The Fixer
Sea Power – An interview with the Navy’s program executive officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare
US Navy – Why Doesn't America Have a Nelson?
Naval War College Review – The U.S. Navy has yet to produce a commander who can equal Nelsonís combination of war-fighting excellence, personal gallantry, and public prominence. Whether the Navy can produce one today, absent a powerful rival on the high seas, is doubtful at best.
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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