Associated Press – An Associated Press reporter who was embedded with Marines during the invasion of Baghdad reconnected with the same unit for this report.
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US Navy – The Mosquito Can Be More Dangerous Than the Mortar Round: The Obligations of Command
Naval War College Review – Flesh and blood are critical elements of all weapon systems. Absent the will and physical capability to fight due to uncontrolled disease, any equation for victory is doomed. As the painfully high rate of malaria infection among unprotected Marines in Liberia recently demonstrated, the global war on terrorism, and especially expeditionary warfare in the underdeveloped world, may be completely paralyzed without a wholesale commitment of leadership ìfrom the topî to environmental protection of troops under their command.
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Wargaming – War game gives Washington a lesson in power
History – The Epic Cruise of the Essex
Sea Power – The actions of the USS Essex in the War of 1812.
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Chinese Navy – Chinese Sub May Have Caught Fire in South China Sea
Agence France Presse – Did the damaged Chinese submarine catch fire while submerged?
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Ground Warfare – Bad law is making a Just War so much harder to fight
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on the difficulty of applying the rule of law in guerilla warfare.
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Geopolitics / Pakistan – Musharraf is losing his grip
New York Times – Ahmed Rashid on how Pakistan continues to unravel.
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US Navy – The F-35, Ready for Prime Time?
Air Force – The services have slashed the fighterís weight and changed its milestones to get the program back on track.
US Navy – New Looking Glass
Sea Power – Optics system technology would turn the ocean itself into a lens, enabling subs to perform some surface missions without a periscope.
Chinese Navy – Chinese sub suffers accident in South China Sea
Agence France Press – A Chinese navy submarine has been damaged during exercises in the South China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday, but officials refused to say whether there were any casualties.
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History – How Britain averted a Falklands invasion in 1977
Guardian – A look at how Britain persuaded Argentina not to invade the Falklands in 1977.
More from the Daily Telegraph – Secret Falklands task force revealed.
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US Marines – Preparing for Iraq
Marine Corps Gazette – A closer look at training all Marines should receive before deploying to Iraq.
US Navy – Vital Links
Sea Power – The Coast Guard and Navy are cooperating across the board to increase U.S. awareness of what is happening in the maritime arena.
US Navy – Wing-mounted technology gives jet pilots crisp view of battlefields
Virginian Pilot – A look at the Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) that gives today’s F/A-18 Hornets their ability to see targets on the ground three to five times better than earlier models of the system.
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Geopolitics / Lebanon – The Autumn of the Autocrats
Foreign Affairs – If the assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri sought to make an example of him for his defiance of Syria, the aftermath of the crime has mocked them. For a generation, Lebanon was an appendage of Syrian power. But now the Lebanese people, in an “independence intifada,” are clamoring for a return to normalcy. The old Arab edifice of power has survived many challenges in the past, but something is different this time: the United States is now willing to gamble on freedom.
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US Navy – The Graduating Class of 9/11
Washington Post – How the events that have transpired since 9/11 have affected the graduating class at the US Naval Academy.
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French Navy – French to arrive for NATO exercise
Virginian Pilot – Nearly 3,000 French sailors and marines will arrive in Norfolk on Friday aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to prepare for a multinational exercise that is the harbinger of NATOís first rapid-response force.
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US Navy – LaSalle to bow out of Navy service
Virginian Pilot – The command ship USS LaSalle retires from service.
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History – Donald Hamblen: One Tough Marine
Vietnam – He had been wounded twice in Korea. He had lost part of his left leg in a parachute training accident. Still, Donald Hamblen earned two more Purple Hearts while serving in Vietnam.
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Saturday May 28
NOSI is taking a short break and will next update on Saturday May 28. See you then!
US Navy – Washington Report
Sea Power – The latest from Capital Hill regarding the Navy.
US Marines – Heavy Lift Replacement
Leatherneck – The Corps’ heavy lift helicopter workhorse, the CH-53E Super Stallion, is getting long in the tooth, and plans are to move it to pasture.
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US Navy – Domain Defense
Sea Power – The Navy and Coast Guard began years ago to devise a national strategy for maritime security based on improved global intelligence.
US Navy – War with China?
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind’s analysis of Robert Kaplan’s recent article “How We Would Fight China.”
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US Navy – A Smarter Scout
Sea Power – Linked to a new communications network and fitted with torpedoes and other munitions, the Fire Scout would be a multirole weapon.
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