New Yorker – When the Americans begin to withdraw from Iraq, will their main contribution be in the form of air power?
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Terrorism – Letter From Jedda – Young Osama
New Yorker – Osama bin Ladenís first lessons in jihad.
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Israeli Navy – Navy quits sending ships through Suez
Jerusalem Post – The Israel Navy has decided to cease sending its warships through the Suez Canal, out of concern they will be targeted by global jihad terrorists.
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History – Douglas MacArthur's Last Triumph
Military History – Conducted against great odds, the September 1950 amphibious landings at Inchon rehabilitated the U.S. militaryís tarnished postñWorld War II image.
Fourth Generation Warfare – It Ain't Fair
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reviews the use of suicide bombing in Fourth Generation Warfare.
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US Navy – With the 5th Fleet: Using words as their weapon
Virginian Pilot – Aboard the Navy coastal patrol boat USS Firebolt.
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Information Warfare – Information Battleground
Air Force – The Air Force is locked in a global struggle to attack, defend, collect, and manipulate data.
US Navy – Analysts say Navy ship plan faces uncertainties
Virginian Pilot – A new proposal to revive Navy shipbuilding and add more than 30 vessels to todayís fleet of about 280 depends on the serviceís ability to control construction costs and keep other expenses ñ including the war on terror ñ from eating into shipbuilding budgets.
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Iraqi Navy – With the 5th Fleet: Iraq's crude navy
Virginian Pilot – The Iraqi navyís main goal is to protect the country’s oil terminals. U.S. and coalition forces now protect the rigs against attacks by terrorists and smugglers.
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US Navy – Navy's new command distances it more from Cold War
Copley News Service – In another move away from its Cold War concentration on deep-ocean operations, the Navy is forming a command that will focus on missions on land and in the shallow waters of ports and rivers, which could be more relevant in fighting terrorism???The new Navy Expeditionary Combat Command will have a certain back-to-the-future look, with units designed to operate in the rivers and coastal waters much like the “brown water” Navy missions in Vietnam and in the Civil War. It will consist of about 40,000 sailors trained for a physical, up-close style of conflict more from the 18th century than today’s stand-off, high-tech naval combat.
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US Marines – U.S. Forces Try New Approach: Raid and Dig In
New York Times – With the Marines in Anbar Province, attempting to implement the inkblot strategy???
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US Navy – Navy to Expand Fleet With New Enemies in Mind
New York Times – The Navy wants to increase its fleet to 313 ships by 2020, reversing years of decline in naval shipbuilding and adding dozens of warships designed to defeat emerging adversaries.
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US Navy – A ''wrenchturner'' helps keep the aging F-14s in the sky
Virginian Pilot – With the F-14 mechanics aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq – The Mayor of Ar Rutbah
Foreign Policy – Amid the chaos in Iraq, one company of U.S. Special Forces achieved what others have not: a functioning democracy. How? By relying on common sense, the trust of Iraqis, and recollections from Political Science 101. Now, their commander reveals the gritty reality about nation-building in Iraq, from the ground up.
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History – One Last Look at Lady Lex
World War II – The waterway at deck’s edge was neatly lined with shoes, and???a short while later, terrible to behold, every doorway, hatch or open space was ablaze.
US Navy – With the 5th Fleet: Bomb crew disposes of all kinds of hazards
Virginian Pilot – A look at the work of the members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 4.
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US Navy – Mini-sub bugs: noisy, shaky and years late
Richmond Times Dispatch – The problems are so great with the Advanced SEAL Delivery System, the Special Operations Command announced yesterday that it is stopping further tests on the prototype, delaying the next two and re-examining the program.
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US Marines – The Iraq story: how troops see it
Christian Science Monitor – An interesting look at how the Marines feel about the media’s coverage of the war in Iraq.
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Russian Navy – Delta-IV "Ryazan" to get service lifetime extension
Bellona – The nuclear submarine, Ryazan, has moored at the quayside of the
Zvezdochka federal state unitary enterprise to enable work to be
carried out to extend its service life.
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US Navy – Nearly swamped research sub has been repaired, reinforced
San Diego Union Tribune – The USS Dolphin returns to sea after its near-death experience in 2002.
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Royal Navy – £3.6bn carriers deal faces delay
The Herald – The latest on the UK carrier acquisition.
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Miscellaneous – Donald Rumsfeld: Old Man in a Hurry
Esquire – Thomas P.M. Barnett’s insightful essay into Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure as Secretary of Defense.
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Ground Warfare – The Struggle to Gauge a War's Psychological Cost
New York Times – A look at combat stress in soldiers in Iraq.
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History – Locked in a Sinister Embrace
Military History – When French Vice Adm. Pierre de Villeneuve emerged from Cadiz with his 33 mammoth warships, Britainís Royal Navy awaited him with only 27, often smaller, ships of the line. But the British also had Lord Horatio Nelson.
US Navy – U.S. to Shut Base in Italy That Aids Nuclear Subs
New York Times – The United States intends to close one of its two foreign naval bases that service nuclear submarines. The 33-year-old naval base at La Maddalena, off the coast of Sardinia, will close because of “military reshuffling.”
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