– San Diego Union Tribune – The Marine Corps will begin assigning women to newly opened combat jobs this year, conduct research on their physical capabilities, and in the most striking move, open the infantry officer training course to them, the commandant said in a message to all Marines Monday.
US Marines – U.S. comes to agreement with Japan to move 9,000 Marines off Okinawa
– Washington Post – The U.S. and Japanese governments said Thursday that they will move about 9,000 Marines off Okinawa to other bases in the Western Pacific, in a bid to remove a persistent irritant in the relationship between the two allies.
Chinese Navy – Shoal mates
– The Economist – America’s navy riles China in its backyard
Chinese Navy – How Effective Will China’s Carrier-Based Fighters Be?
– DefenseTech – An exceprt from an analysis of what the J-15 will mean for China’s neighbors written last sumer by DefenseTech’s go to China guru Andrew Erickson.
Chinese Navy – China’s Carrier Fighter Fleet
– DefenseTech – Some photos of China’s entire carrier-based fighter fleet.
Royal Navy – HMS Astute submarine grounding was caused be navigation and planning errors
– Daily Telegraph – A series of errors contributed to the grounding of a nuclear-powered submarine off the west coast of Scotland more than two years ago, a report has found.
Chinese Navy – Recent acitivites around Chinese Shipyards
– Information Dissemination – A catch up on the activities around the different Chinese shipyards.
Vietnamese Navy – Vietnam hosts naval exchange with US Navy
– Associated Press – Vietnam kicked off a weeklong naval exchange Monday with the U.S. Navy, with the former battlefield enemies cooperating amid percolating tensions in the South China Sea with Beijing.
Royal Navy – Reverse thrust
– The Economist – “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” asked John Maynard Keynes. David Cameron might feel like quoting the great economist when he tells Parliament, as now seems almost certain, that the government is reversing its decision to buy the aircraft-carrier version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, rather than the F-35B variant originally ordered by Labour in the 1990s.
Royal Navy – New warplanes 'less capable', secret paper shows
– Daily Telegraph – Britain’s Armed Forces will be less able to undertake future military operations with the fighter jets ministers are preparing to buy in a cost-saving exercise, secret defence plans have revealed.
US Navy – U.S. Navy Plans Better Ship Maintenance
– Aviation Week and Space Technology – As promised, the U.S. Navy is focusing on taking greater care of its surface fleet, with the release this month of a new manual that details how the service will better maintain most of those ships.
US Navy – Cutting-edge Navy warship being built in Maine
– AP – An enormous, expensive and technology-laden warship that some Navy leaders once tried to kill because of its cost is now viewed as an important part of the Obama administration’s Asia-Pacific strategy, with advanced capabilities that the Navy’s top officer says represent the Navy’s future.
Royal Navy – 'Major milestone' for Royal Navy warship
– Daily Telegraph – The ”largest and most powerful warship” ever built for the Royal Navy is beginning to take shape as two massive sections of HMS Queen Elizabeth were joined together.
US Navy – U.S. Navy Focus Shifts to Asia-Pacific
– Aviation Week – The U.S. Navy’s expanding mission in Asia and the Pacific Ocean is a striking example of early planning turned on its head by changing threats. That upset is now being righted by innovations on the fly.
Chinese Navy – Chinese Navy Employs UAV Assets
– Signal – China’s navy has begun using unmanned aerial vehicles as part of its blue-water operations. At least one type has been photographed by foreign reconnaissance aircraft, and other variants have been reported. Not only has China been displaying an assortment of models at air shows, it also is incorporating advanced U.S. unmanned vehicle technology into current and future systems.
Iran – Our Men in Iran?
– New Yorker – Seymour Hirsch looks at US covert operations in Iran.
Miscellaneous – The Invisible Army
– New Yorker – For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, war can be hell.
Chinese Navy – The dragon’s new teeth
– The Economist – A rare look inside the world’s biggest military expansion.
Chinese Navy – China’s military rise
– Economist – There are ways to reduce the threat to stability that an emerging superpower poses.
Geopolitics / Asia – America's Pacific Logic
– Stratfor – Robert D. Kaplan writes that the Obama administration “pivot” to the Pacific, formally announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last November and reiterated more recently by the president himself, might appear like a reassertion of America’s imperial tendencies just at the time when Washington should be concentrating on the domestic economy. But in fact, the pivot was almost inevitable.
Russian Navy – Driving Inside the Soviets’ Secret Submarine Lair
– Wired – Driving through the cavernous entrance carved into the heavy rock of the mountain was pure James Bond, but the base that unfolded inside was a hard-hitting mix of superspy fantasy and the coarse reality of the Cold War world in which it played a key part.
Philippine Navy – Philippines 'withdraws warship' amid China stand-off
– BBC – The Philippines says it has withdrawn its largest warship from a continuing stand-off with Chinese boats in the disputed South China Sea.
Royal Navy – Falkland Islands: Britain 'would lose' if Argentina decides to invade now
– Daily Telegraph – Admiral Sir John Forster Woodward – who in 1982 gave the order to sink the General Belgrano – regrets not making more of how the Falklands war was won.
Philippine Navy – Philippine warship 'in stand-off' with Chinese vessels
– BBC – The Philippines says its main naval vessel is engaged in a stand-off with Chinese surveillance ships at a disputed South China Sea shoal.
Indian Navy – Russian-built nuclear submarine joins Indian navy
– BBC – India has formally commissioned a nuclear-powered submarine into its navy, rejoining the elite club of nations with such a weapon.
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