Virginian Pilot – The retired aircraft carrier America is on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, sunk by the Navy in a series of explosive tests.
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Geopolitics / Law – New Rules for War?
Naval War College Review – The overarching factors of asymmetry and moralism dominate the political discourse and frame the understanding of Americans. From those factors emerge specific issues of real ethical concern. Just war principles and the law of armed conflict help, but both leave room for interpretation. Ultimately, these issues require moral reasoning and reflection.
Intelligence – The Walkers: a tale of espionage
Virginian Pilot – Twenty years ago today, Robert W. Hunter sprang from the shadows of a hotel hallway and made American history. He arrested a retired Navy warrant officer, John A. Walker Jr., for espionage, breaking what would eventually be called the most damaging Soviet spy ring in U.S. history.
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US Navy – Paper is out, as cruiser's navigation goes digital
Virginian Pilot – After hundreds of years of using nautical charts made from parchment to plastic, the Navy is preparing to throw them all overboard.
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US Navy – Inside the Ring
US Navy – Where will the US forward deploy a second carrier in the Pacific – in Hawaii or Guam?
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History – Cagey Civil War Commando Laid Groundwork for Naval Special Warfare
Sea Power – Special operations in the Civil War.
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Russian Navy – Russian Patrol Vessel, Frigate Projects Move Forward
Sea Power – The latest naval news from the navies of Russia, Bulgaria, Singapore, Iraq, and Portugal.
US Navy – How We Would Fight China
Operations Other Than War – A Quiet Transformation
Washington Post – As the United States was struggling with the postwar reconstruction of Iraq, the historian Niall Ferguson published a book arguing that America needed the modern equivalent of the old British Colonial Office to build political stability in far-flung places. The U.S. military was good at breaking things, he suggested in “Colossus,” but not so good at putting them back together. A look at the Defense Science Board’s study titled “Transition to and from Hostilities,” a blueprint for changes across the government that would give the United States the nation-building capability it has too often lacked in Iraq.
The full report is here: Transition to and from Hostilities (PDF format)
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US Navy – Adrift 500 Feet Down, a Minute Was an Eternity
New York Times – A closer look at events aboard the USS San Francisco, after its fatal collision with an undersea mountain.
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Canadian Navy – Navy submarine returns to sea
CBC – The first of four Canadian navy submarines has returned to sea, after they were all grounded in the wake of the deadly fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi last fall.
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US Navy – UAV Tests its Sea Legs
Sea Power – The Global Hawk has performed well on missions over land, but has not been assigned to long-range surveillance of the world’s oceans.
Nuclear Warfare – Not Just a Last Resort?
Washington Post – A fascinating article by William Arkin on STRATCOM’s new mission of global strike – what it means and how they intend to carry it out.
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US Marines – Looking for Battle, Marines Find That Foes Have Fled
Washington Post – Another look at last weeks battles along Iraq’s border with Syria.
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US Navy – For Shipyard and Region, Shock and Vow to Fight
New York Times – A look at the fate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – The Reality Gap
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind on the disconnect between the Pentagon and reality today.
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US Marines – U.S. Marines unit begin landing at Kuwaiti naval base for possible deployment in Iraq
Associated Press – The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the USS Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group, goes ashore in Kuwait.
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Royal Navy – Safety fears over N-sub berths
Scotsman – Nuclear submarines using little-known Highland berths present a risk of radiation leaks, an official safety assessment seen by The Scotsman has found.
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US Navy – Means of Control
Sea Power – The Navy and Army are developing common ways to manage control of unmanned vehicles and systems of many types.
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Transformation – Military Is Consolidating Into Large Installations
Washington Post – In its first round of base closures in a decade, the Pentagon announced yesterday a sweeping plan to close or reduce forces at 62 major bases and nearly 800 minor facilities — consolidating military capabilities in large installations that are best equipped to train and quickly deploy forces in wartime.
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US Marines – U.S. Ends Iraqi Border Offensive
Washington Post – U.S. Marines rumbled back across the Euphrates River on a floating bridge Saturday, ending a week-long offensive against foreign fighters that had taken U.S. forces within two miles of the Syrian border. Marines said the sweep north of the Euphrates, called “Operation Matador,” was a success. Involving more than 1,000 Marines, it was the largest sustained U.S. offensive since the assault on Fallujah six months ago.
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Geopolitics / Strategy – Grand Strategies for Dealing With Other Stats in the New, New World Order
Naval War College Review – Three broad strategies for maximizing the benefits the United States receives from state-to-state assistance programs are current todayóthe pivotal, buffer (or ìseamî), and failed-state strategies. Examination of the assumptions and conceptual approaches imbedded in them shows that none represents an adequate strategy for dealing with the security threats of the present day and age.
History – Midway: Sheer Luck or Better Doctrine?
Naval War College Review – The American and Japanese navies in the interwar years both acknowledged the transformative nature of the aircraft carrier, but they made strikingly different choices in implementing that naval revolution. The contrasting carrier doctrines and force structures these choices produced were tested decisively at Midway, in ways that speak to the nature of military technological innovation.
Ground Warfare – For Female GIs, Combat Is a Fact
Washington Post – Many soldiers support qualified women joining infantry, but Congress is moving in other direction. A look at how US women serving in the Army in Iraq are in combat every day???
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US Marines – Demise of a Hard-Fighting Squad
Washington Post – The further, tragic adventures of the Marine squad profiled yesterday.
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