Sea Power – While much of the public controversy related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has swirled around Iraq and the presidential debates, the United States and its allies appear to be slowly making headway with a lesser-known effort to track down nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Sixty countries have become supporters of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), an effort to stop shipments of WMD, their delivery systems and related materials worldwide.
Category Archives: USNavy
US Navy – Crew swaps could extend to Marine amphib groups
Virginian Pilot – The Navyís crew-swapping experiments aboard destroyers and smaller ships could be expanded to entire Marine Corps battalions and the amphibious ships on which they deploy, according to the first Marine general to command a traditionally Navy-run expeditionary strike group
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US Navy – Northrop Grumman Combat UAV is Set for Flight in 2007
Sea Power – Naval news from around the fleet.
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US Navy – Will Judgment Be a Casualty of NCW?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Technology is a powerful enabler, but it threatens to compromise the decision-making prerogatives of the commander closest to the action with the best view to make decisive judgments.
US Navy – Affordability is Key to Future of Naval Aviation
Sea Power – An interview with the commander of the Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm Walter Massenburg.
US Navy – Admiral says Navy must practice fiscal restraint
Virginian Pilot – The Navy must learn to operate more frugally.
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US Navy – Carrier crews to shrink
Virginian Pilot – Experiments to reduce the number of sailors aboard cruisers, destroyers and amphibious ships have shown so much promise that the Navy has decided to take its next big step: shrinking the crew of an aircraft carrier.
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US Navy – High-Speed SEALION is Slated For Transformational Experiments
Sea Power – The U.S. Navy plans to use its stealthy SEALION (SEAL Insertion, Observation, Neutralization) technology demonstration watercraft in future experimentation sponsored by the Department of Defenseís Office of Force Transformation.
US Navy – Submarine Virginia is brought to life in Norfolk
Virginian Pilot – More on the newly commissioned USS Virginia.
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US Navy – Who's Responsible for Losing the Media War in Iraq?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The military laments that its successes in Iraq and Afghanistan have gone unnoticed, while any bad news is immediately set on by a national media intent on painting every U.S. commitment as a quagmire. This might be true, but the military is not without responsibility for this state of affairs.
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US Navy – Navy Eyes $1 Billion Support Ships To Supply Carrier Strike Groups
Sea Power – The U.S. Navy has begun studying operational alternatives for a new class of fast combat support ships (T-AOEs) to keep its carrier strike groups resupplied at sea. The ships will be designed as a sea-basing asset and to sustain the combat effectiveness of the next-generation aircraft carrier.
US Navy – The Virginia offers it all, minus the periscope
Virginian Pilot – More about what life is like on the newly commissioned USS Virginia.
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US Navy – Shrinking Navy fleet triggers debate
Copley News Service – Is the US fleet too small?
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US Navy – New submariners are the Navy's brew crew
Virginian Pilot – Aboard the US Navy’s newest submarine, the USS Virginia.
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US Navy – Navy makes a clothes call
US Navy – The Navy is testing new uniforms for its sailors.
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US Navy – Ship System Innovations Will Have Lasting Impact on Navy's Future
Sea Power – The U.S. Navyís transformation in the post-Cold War era has brought an array of high-tech innovations that captured the publicís imagination. As the nation struck back at al-Qaeda or fought to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, the public spotlight has focused on the Navyís futuristic unmanned vehicles, super-automated mission-control centers and precision munitions. But more mundane innovations in ships systems and operations also will have a lasting, though less dramatic, impact on the Navy of the 21st century.
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US Navy – As Underwater Threat Re-emerges, Navy Renews Emphasis on ASW
Sea Power – After a decade in the shadows, the Navy has put antisubmarine warfare (ASW) back at the top of its warfighting priorities, injecting new leadership and increased funding into the fight against a re-emerging undersea threat.
US Navy – New chief takes control of Navy submarine fleet
Virginian Pilot – The navy has a new top submarine commander.
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US Navy – S.D. might be home to Swedish sub
San Diego Union Tribune – If the US leases a Swedish submarine, there is a good chance it will be based in San Diego.
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US Navy – Navy changes how it names carriers' warship groups
San Diego Union Tribune – ???enter the “Carrier Strike Group”???
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US Navy – Navy ships leave Norfolk to support the war on terrorism
Virginian Pilot – The USS Harry S Truman battlegroup deploys for a 6 month cruise.
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US Navy – New submarine Virginia turned over to the Navy
Virginian Pilot – The USS Virginia is turned over to the Navy.
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US Navy – Rear admiral's flying career takes a back seat to new job
Virginian Pilot – A look at the life and responsibilities of Rear Adm. Stephen A. Turcotte, the new commander of the Navyís sprawling Mid-Atlantic Region.
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US Navy – Pervasive Sensing Holds the Key To Network Centric Operations
Sea Power – The promising idea of network centric warfare presents some daunting challenges, including the requirement for fetching a few bytes of good quality information from oceans of data to support decision-making. Military commanders increasingly require in-depth knowledge of the enemyís intentions to stay ahead of them in operations that are ever more fast-paced and intense.
US Navy – Can Heliplane Fill the 'Connector' Gap in Navy's Sea Basing Concept?
Sea Power – The Pentagon Office of Force Transformation and the Navyís fleet readiness and logistics office are assessing a 50-year-old technology to fill one of the biggest gaps in a naval warfighting concept for the future. The heliplane, a hybrid craft with both a rotor and wings, might be a way to provide the fleet with heavy lift ìconnectorsî to rapidly move troops and materiel from ships at sea to tactical units ashore.
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