Associated Press – The international shipping industry must take on more responsibility to protect vessels against pirate attacks and kidnappings in the dangerous waters of Somalia rather than rely on the U.S. Navy says the commander of the 5th Fleet.
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Operations Other Than War – Amid the debris, Nassau's sailors offer a wave of relief
Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau helps clean up Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike.
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Iraq – The Petraeus Doctrine
The Atlantic – Iraq-style counterinsurgency is fast becoming the U.S. Armyís organizing principle. Is our military preparing to fight the next war, or the last one?
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Russian Navy – Russia deploys warships to the Caribbean
Daily Telegraph – Russian warships are sailing towards the Caribbean for the first time since the Cold War to take part in a joint naval exercise with Venezuela.
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German Navy – Littoral Stealthy Corvette
Defense Technology International – Today the German navy corvette Magdeburg will enter service in Warnemuende, base of the First Corvette Squadron. It will be the second corvette of five of the Braunschweig K130 class, the most modern ships in service with the German navy.
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Afghanistan – Return to the Valley of Death
Vanity Fair – With the Pentagon requesting $20 billion more for Afghanistan, and American casualties mounting there, Sebastian Junger rejoins the men of Battle Company at their Korengal Valley outpost. The war has changed them; have they changed the war?
Junger’s previous article from January 2008 is: Into The Valley of Death.
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Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Monday September 22
NOSI is taking a short break and will next update on Monday September 22.
During this time, please consider visiting our related site and downloading the War Studies Primer for an introductory course on the study of war.
Look at slides 2 and 3 in the War Studies Primer for its Table of Contents, and then choose a lecture to read and enjoy.
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Iraq – The War Within – Part 1: Doubt, Distrust, Delay
Washington Post – Excepts from Bob Woodward’s new book, The War Within, that describes the inside story of how President Bush’s team dealt with its failing Iraq strategy.
Part 2: Outmaneuvered And Outranked, Military Chiefs Became Outsiders
Part 3: ‘You’re Not Accountable, Jack’
Russian Navy – Russian Navy to adopt new carrier fighters after 2016
RIA Novosti – Russia’s new carrier-based fighters will replace the Su-33 naval fighter in service with the Russian Navy after 2016.
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Operations Other Than War – Kearsarge personnel help deliver disaster relief to Haiti
Virginian Pilot – The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, diverted from a humanitarian mission to Colombia, has begun delivering food and water to Haiti to help with disaster relief.
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Russian Navy – Russia ships to join Venezuela naval exercises in Caribbean
Los Angeles Times – The Venezuelan government announced Sunday that four Russian naval vessels will participate in joint exercises in the Caribbean this year, a move that could heighten already strained relations between Washington and Moscow.
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Operations Other Than War – Hitting the Beach
Defense Technology International – The USS Kearsarge’s medical team lands in Colombia.
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Geopolitics / Burma – Letter From Rangoon: Drowning
New Yorker – George Packer asks can the Burmese people rescue themselves and can the junta be circumvented?
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Malaysian Navy – Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia
BBC – Malaysia is sending three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy.
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Afghanistan – Talibanistan: Right at the Edge
New York Times Magazine – The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistanís tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror wil be fought ñ and possibly lost.
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Iraq – The General's Dilemma
New Yorker – David Petraeus, the pressures of politics, and the road out of Iraq.
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US Navy – US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia
Associated Press – The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, anchored Friday outside the key Georgian port of Poti, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.
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Iraq – How to Exit Iraq
New York Times – John Nagl on what our exit strategy should be from Iraq.
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Operations Other Than War – Canadian Team Brings Experience to the Kearsarge
Defense Technology International – Canadian Army Captain Daniel Rouest heads up the 15-member Canadian contingent currently aboard the USS Kearsargeóhis team being the first of three teams of Canadian doctors, trauma nurses, and dentists that will spend 6 weeks each aboard the ship, bringing the total number of Canadians to have participated in Continuing Promise to about 42 by time the float ends in December.
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Brazilian Navy – Brazil to Develop Nuclear-Powered Submarine, with French Help
Defense Technology International – Brazil will spend $160 million by the end of 2009 to develop a nuclear-powered submarine aimed at protecting oil reserves found recently off the Brazilian coast, the defense ministry announced on August 29. It hopes the sub wil be completed by 2020.
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Operations Other Than War – Kearsarge Parties, Gets Down to Business
Defense Technology International – After almost two weeks floating off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, ferrying medical and engineering personnel to shore and patients in need of surgery back to the ship for care, the crew and medical personnel staffing the USS Kearsarge needed a break???
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Operations Other Than War – Operation Continuing Promise Sets Sail
Defense Technology International – While stretched thin fighting two hot wars, deploying troops on peacekeeping and training missions from southeast Asia to Bosnia, launching a new Africa combatant command, and keeping a battle-ready deployment on the North/South Korean border; the American military still makes it a priority to invest time, resources and personnel to conduct smaller humanitarian missions among poverty-stricken populations in need of medical care.
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Royal Navy – Navy forced to curb role as Gordon Brown imposes cuts
The Times – The government is planning further big cuts to the Royal Navy after deciding that terrorism is the only serious threat to Britain. Annual accounts from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that it is to cut funding for new ships and equipment by more than 20%, from about £1.8 billion a year to a maximum of £1.4 billion.
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Operations Other Than War – Bataan deploys from Norfolk for hurricane relief exercises
Virginian Pilot – As two new tropical storms roll through the Atlantic, the amphibious assault ship Bataan left Norfolk Naval Station this morning to conduct hurricane relief exercises.
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US Navy – Navy cancels new destroyers
Los Angeles Times -The Navy took the unusual step of abruptly canceling construction of its expensive new class of destroyers last month because the ships lack abilities that top commanders believe are necessary to protect U.S. interests, according to the service’s senior officer.
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