Virginian Pilot – A look at the Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) that gives today’s F/A-18 Hornets their ability to see targets on the ground three to five times better than earlier models of the system.
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Category Archives: USNavy
US Navy – The Graduating Class of 9/11
Washington Post – How the events that have transpired since 9/11 have affected the graduating class at the US Naval Academy.
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US Navy – LaSalle to bow out of Navy service
Virginian Pilot – The command ship USS LaSalle retires from service.
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US Navy – Washington Report
Sea Power – The latest from Capital Hill regarding the Navy.
US Navy – Domain Defense
Sea Power – The Navy and Coast Guard began years ago to devise a national strategy for maritime security based on improved global intelligence.
US Navy – War with China?
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind’s analysis of Robert Kaplan’s recent article “How We Would Fight China.”
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US Navy – A Smarter Scout
Sea Power – Linked to a new communications network and fitted with torpedoes and other munitions, the Fire Scout would be a multirole weapon.
US Navy – Retired carrier USS America sunk off Atlantic coast
Virginian Pilot – The retired aircraft carrier America is on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, sunk by the Navy in a series of explosive tests.
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US Navy – Paper is out, as cruiser's navigation goes digital
Virginian Pilot – After hundreds of years of using nautical charts made from parchment to plastic, the Navy is preparing to throw them all overboard.
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US Navy – Inside the Ring
US Navy – Where will the US forward deploy a second carrier in the Pacific – in Hawaii or Guam?
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US Navy – How We Would Fight China
US Navy – Adrift 500 Feet Down, a Minute Was an Eternity
New York Times – A closer look at events aboard the USS San Francisco, after its fatal collision with an undersea mountain.
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US Navy – UAV Tests its Sea Legs
Sea Power – The Global Hawk has performed well on missions over land, but has not been assigned to long-range surveillance of the world’s oceans.
US Navy – For Shipyard and Region, Shock and Vow to Fight
New York Times – A look at the fate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
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US Navy – Means of Control
Sea Power – The Navy and Army are developing common ways to manage control of unmanned vehicles and systems of many types.
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US Navy – Navy Cyber Cafes Help Keep Many in Touch
Associated Press – Since the Navy began setting up ”Internet cafes” for soldiers overseas to keep in touch with their loved ones, almost 200 of the high-tech tents have sprung up in war zones.
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US Navy – Navy Outlines Errors Preceding Fatal Submarine Crash
New York Times – Navy investigators have found that a series of mistakes both at sea and in preparations onshore helped cause a nuclear submarine to crash into an undersea mountain in January, killing one sailor and injuring 97 others.
More from the BBC – Crew blamed for grounding US sub.
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History – Three Sheets to the Wind – How Naval History has Shaped the English Language ó Part II
Sea Power – From politics to intoxication, naval terminology has filtered into every area of modern discourse. The English language is filled with words and phrases that were derived from naval history.
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US Navy – Navy sonar under scrutiny
Virginian Pilot – The Navy plans to create a sonar training range where its forces can learn to detect enemy submarines. But with sonar known to have contributed to some whale deaths and possibly linked to other cases of animal distress a battle is brewing.
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US Navy – The Secrets of Centric
Sea Power – New technologies are one element of success as the Navy applies its theory of warfare, but new structures and processes also are essential.
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US Navy – Tightening the Net
Sea Power – After years of planning, the Navy is about to breathe life into the FORCEnet concept mandating change to every aspect of naval warfare.
US Navy – U.S. Navy hospital ship ends Indonesia mission
Reuters – The USNS Mercy completes her mission in Indonesia for a second time.
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US Navy – Sea Services Bring Forth A New Revolution in Aviation
Sea Power – Government and industry experts looking for ways to streamline their organizations and improve readiness should take a few pointers from the sea servicesí aviation programs.
US Marines – The SOCOM Dilemma
Sea Power – Defense Secretary Rumsfeld wants more Marine involvement in the command, but there is a deep divide over how that will be accomplished.
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US Navy – Senate rejects retiring carrier JFK this year
Virginian Pilot – Senators rebuked a Navy plan today to retire the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy later this year, likely forestalling the proposed transfer of a Norfolk-based flattop to the Kennedy’s homeport in Mayport, Fla.
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