Xinhua – Two old P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft, after being grounded for five years, have been reactivated for Pakistan’s terror war as a roll out ceremony was held Tuesday in southern Pakistan’s naval air base.
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Chinese Navy – China and U.S. hold naval exercises off Hawaii
Reuters – The Chinese and US navies are exercising off of Hawaii.
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US Marines – Preventing Atrocities
Marine Corps Gazette – In today’s environment of instantaneous communications, can a relatively minor atrocity bring down an entire military chain of command or even a government? (PDF format)
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Iraq – Situation Called Dire in West Iraq
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country’s western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there.
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Terrorism – Losing the War on Terror
Washington Post – Ahmed Rashid shows how in the five years since Sept. 11, the tactics and strategy of Islamic extremists fighting U.S. or NATO forces have improved dramatically. To a degree they could not approach five years ago, the extremists are successfully facing off against the overwhelming technological apparatus that modern armies can bring to bear against guerrillas. Islamic extremists are winning the war by not losing, and they are steadily expanding to create new battlefronts.
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US Marines – ???And There Was Light???
Leatherneck – New gear being researched and fielded provides leathernecks the edge in battle.
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Terrorism – Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'
Washington Post – The status of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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US Marines – Update on the Corps
Leatherneck – Closing in on his end of tour, the Marine Corps Commandant shares his thoughts on the Corps.
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US Navy – Sailors take to river for training they need to battle Iraqi insurgents
Virginian Pilot – Sailors from Little Creek are scheduled to deploy to Iraq in March to patrol a 60-mile stretch of the Euphrates River around Baghdad.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Thought: If Not Mahan, Who?
Naval War College Review – Postwar Japan is a case study in strategy making without a larger theoretical framework. Imperial Japanís attachment to Mahanian strategic theory did not outlive World War II. Japanís break with Mahanian thought, however, is occurring at a moment in history when Chinaís ambitions could usher in a new age of Mahan.
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Iraq – A general's new plan to battle radical Islam
Wall Street Journal – Greg Jaffee gives an insightful look into CENTCOM commander General Abizaid’s strategy on how to fight and win the Long War. This is an appropriate article to read on the anniversary of 9/11???
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Israeli Navy – Israel ends blockade of Lebanon
BBC – Israel has confirmed it has ended its blockade of Lebanon.
Washington Post – Israel Lifts Lebanese Sea Blockade.
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Terrorism – The World After 9/11
New Yorker – An interesting roundtable discussion on the war on terror, and whether America is stronger now.
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Russian Navy – 2 dead after fire on Russian nuclear submarine
CBC – An electrical short circuit caused a fire on board the Russian nuclear submarine Daniil Moskovsky that killed two crew members.
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US Navy – Enterprise fighters part of Afghanistan strikes
Virginian Pilot – For two straight days, planes from the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Enterprise attacked ground targets in Afghanistan in support of NATO-led troops.
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Iranian Navy – A Nuclear Submarine War?
NBC – Is Iran developing a cruise missile capability for its Kilo-class submarines to match the Israeli’s capability?
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Regression
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind describes how a third-generation military can revert to a second generation military???
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Norwegian Navy – Norwegian naval vessels ready for Lebanon
Xinhua – The Norwegian Government is now ready to send four missile/torpedo boats with a crew of 100 to join in UN operations in Lebanese waters.
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Greek Navy – Greek frigate to leave for Lebanon soon
Xinhua – The Greek government announced on Wednesday that a fully-staffed Hellenic Navy frigate will depart over the next few days in order to participate in an international peacekeeping force for south Lebanon.
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US Marines – Crimes in Hostilities – Part 1
Fourth Generation Warfare – Beginning to Learn
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind comments on the draft field manual, FM 3-24/FMFM 3-24, Counterinsurgency.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Liberating Anah
Army Times – Sean Naylor gives a good example of “Less Clausewitz, More Sun Tzu” in Iraq.
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Geopolitics / China – The World According to China
New York Times Magazine – Beijingís ambassador to the United Nations has begun to act as if he represents a very, very powerful country.
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US Navy – Medical Command and Control in Sea-Based Operations
Naval War College Review – Today, in attempting to transform itself to meet twenty-first-century requirements, the Navy is emphasizing not only increased readiness but also the ability to deploy naval forces quickly in response to crises and conflicts around the world, notwithstanding homeland defense needs. One element of that transformation is likely to be the joint “sea base.” If so, a series of questions will need to be answered from a medical perspective.
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Italian Navy – Italians prepare to land in Lebanon
Aljazeera – Italy is sending Marines to Lebanon for peacekeeping.
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