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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Category Archives: USNavy
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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US Navy – Carrier Truman joins hurricane relief effort
Virginian Pilot – The USS Harry S. Truman heads to the Gulf Coast, to serve as a helicopter carrier.
Associated Press – More Navy Ships Headed to the Gulf Coast and Pentagon Resources Pouring Into Gulf Area.
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US Navy – USS Bataan
US Navy – Navy ships depart Hampton Roads for Gulf Coast
Virginian Pilot – The USS Iwo Jima, the USS Tortuga, the USS Shreveport and the USS Grapple head towards the Gulf Coast.
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US Navy – Pentagon mobilizing relief efforts
CNN – The Pentagon was mobilizing troops and resources Tuesday as part of a massive relief effort in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina???The USS Bataan is in action, and other amphibious ships and the hospital ship USNS Comfort are on their way???
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US Navy – Local Navy ships ready to provide aid to Katrina victims
Virginian Pilot – The Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship Bataan, already in the Gulf of Mexico for training, may be called on to provide humanitarian aid to refuges of Hurricane Katrinaís destruction.
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US Navy – US and Japan plan floating runway
The Guardian – Japan and the US are planning to build a giant floating runway off the coast of western Japan in a bid to reduce noise pollution by US military aircraft.
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US Navy – The Submarine as a Case Study in Transformation: Implications for Future Investment
Naval War College Review – Many who were not submariners thought that the U.S. submarine force had lost its raison d’Ítre when the Cold War ended, which was not the case. The following will show, therefore, that there has always been a next “most important mission” for these warships.
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US Navy – New Mine Countermeasure System Designs Are Hitting the Water
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry.
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US Navy – Balancing Act
Sea Power – An interview with Rear Admiral Michael L. Holmes, Commander, Patrol & Reconnaissance Group who is juggling new missions and demands with smaller, more dispersed maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces.
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