Virginian Pilot – The Navy has decided to send the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier George Washington to Japan to replace the aging carrier Kitty Hawk when it is retired from service in 2008
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Intelligence – Engineer Indicted As Chinese Agent
Washington Post – A federal grand jury indicted a military engineer, his wife and his brother Tuesday for failing to register as Chinese agents in a case that the FBI had said involved an attempt to smuggle “extremely sensitive” U.S. warship technology to China.
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Iraqi Navy – Resurrection
Sea Power – The Iraqi Navy is making a comeback as a viable force in the Persian Gulf.
US Marines – Operation Mountain Storm ó Afghanistan, 2004
Marine Corps Gazette – 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) embedded explosive ordnance disposal in every aspect of their Marine air-ground task force operations.
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Indian Navy – Pentagon announces plans to lease planes to India
Sify – The Pentagon has notified the Congress of plans to lease two P-3C reconnaissance aircraft to India.
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US Marines – U.S. Widens Offensive In Far Western Iraq
Washington Post – US Marines broadened their offensive in western Iraq on Monday, launching a major attack on insurgent positions in the town of Ubaydi near the Syrian border and killing about 50 insurgents in precision airstrikes and house-to-house street fighting
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US Navy – A New Missile Threat?
Sea Power – Industry experts believe the nation is vulnerable to a sneak attack from the sea, and the idea is gaining traction in Washington.
Iraq – Wrestling With History
Washington Post – An interesting assessment of the legacy of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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Terrorism – Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?
Foreign Affairs – The Bush administration contends that the push for democracy in the Muslim world will improve U.S. security. But this premise is faulty: there is no evidence that democracy reduces terrorism. Indeed, a democratic Middle East would probably result in Islamist governments unwilling to cooperate with Washington.
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US Marines – Major Offensive Hits Insurgents on Iraqi Border
CNN – A street-level look at fighting in Husayba.
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Piracy – 'Mother ship' behind pirate raids
BBC – Pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast are being organised from command vessels, or “mother ships”, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has said.
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History – Japan's Underwater Convoys
World War II – A series of top-secret Japanese submarine missions could have altered the course of World War II.
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US Navy – Cultural Links
Sea Power – Foreign area officers help forge relationships between U.S. forces and indigenous populations.
US Navy – Nimitz returns following six-month deployment
San Diego Union Tribune – The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returns from a deployment in the Gulf.
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Piracy – Piracy 'on the rise' off Somalia
BBC – Serious pirate attacks off the Somali coast have jumped dramatically after a two-year lull.
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Nonlethal Weapons – Cruise lines turn to sonic weapon
BBC – A closer look at the nonlethal weapon that was used to protect a cruise ship from pirate attack.
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US Navy – The Flyer
Sea Power – An interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Hough, Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation
Piracy – Ship Blasted Pirates With Sonic Weapon
Associated Press – The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a non-lethal sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend
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Iraq – Newsmaker: Peter Pace
PBS NewsHour – An interview with Marine General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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US Navy – Pitching In
Sea Power – Sea-going helicopters will help relieve the operational load faced by U.S. Army ground forces in Iraq.
Piracy – Cruise ship repels Somali pirates
BBC – A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.
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US Marines – Major Offensive Hits Insurgents on Iraqi Border
New York Times – Thousands of American and Iraqi troops laid siege on Saturday to this town near the Syrian border in one of the largest military assaults since American-led forces stormed the guerrilla stronghold of Falluja last year.
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US Marines – Realignment puts Navy's land forces under one command
Virginian Pilot – Recognizing a growing need for sailors trained in close combat and security, the Navy has realigned and plans to expand its land-based forces under a single command.
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Geopolitics / Europe – Transatlantic Tension and Threat Perception
Naval War College Review – Because of profoundly different understandings about both the nature and responsibility of federal authority, Washington and European capitals are talking past each other. The answer to the question, ìWhat are the threats to domestic security for which the federal authority is responsible?î sounds very different on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Ground Warfare – The Rise of the Body Bots
IEEE Spectrum – Science-fiction fans have long become accustomed to the idea of steely commandos clad in robotic exoskeletons taking on huge, vicious, extraterrestrial beasts, shadowy evil cyborgs, or even each other. Supersoldiers encased in sleek, self-powered armor figure memorably in such works as Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel Starship Troopers, Joe W. Haldeman’s 1975 The Forever War, and many other books and movies???Today, in Japan and the United States, engineers are finally putting some practical exoskeletons through their paces outside of laboratories.
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