TigerHawk – A brief given by Lt. General David Petraeus at Princeton that summarizes his views on Iraq. General Petraeus was the commander of the 101st Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq and subsequently was in charge of training the new Iraqi Army. Interesting insights from a brilliant soldier???
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US Marines – Marines Who Stormed Fallujah Back in Iraq
Associated Press – The 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment from Camp Pendleton, Calif., is one of three Marine battalions sent to Iraq three times. Last November it joined in the battle for Fallujah, where several of its Marines were killed and dozens earned Purple Hearts while clearing out insurgents. Now it is trying to tame Anbar Province’s Sunni Arab cities in the west that previously had no U.S. or Iraqi security forces.
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Royal Australian Navy – Navy ship heads for Iraq
The Advertiser – The frigate HMAS Parramatta has been deployed to the Gulf, becoming the 12th Royal Australian Navy ship to serve in support of operations in the Middle East.
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US Navy – Redefining Tech Support
Sea Power – The Operational Readiness Test System Tech Assist Remote Support (ORTSTARS) redefines the Navyís current notion of long-distance technical support, and is improving readiness and reliability during its initial deployment.
Operations Other Than War – The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development
Parameters – The purpose of this article is to introduce and analyze the Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development to the military community.
US Navy – Technology and Naval Blockade: Past Impact and Future Prospects
Naval War College Review – Major changes in the ability of states to prevent the movement of ships or goods over the sea lanes have profoundly affected the ways in which maritime blockades are conducted. These changes have rendered the traditional law of blockade largely obsolete. The objective of maritime blockade operations, however, has remained constant.
Royal Australian Navy – History afloat: Navy's newest ship embraces the past
ABC – The Australian Navyís newest ship will be commissioned this weekend, and Brisbane will host the ceremony for the first time in many years. The 118-meter ANZAC class frigate will become the HMAS Toowoomba on Saturday.
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Information Warfare – Digging Deep
Sea Power – The use of data mining reportedly helped unmask a terrorist leader months before 9/11, but there are concerns about coordination and privacy.
US Navy – Remote Control
Sea Power – Ordnance disposal robots are being deployed against deadly concealed explosives in Iraq, Afghanistan.
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US Marines – Iraq Town Yields Arms, Not Men
Washington Post – More on the current US Marine sweep operations in the city of Sadah near the Syrian border.
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Royal Navy – Scotland to get bulk of £4bn navy carriers
The Times – Scotland will get the lionís share of the Royal Navyís new £4 billion aircraft carrier contracts in a decision that will determine the future shape of the British shipbuilding industry and will guarantee hundreds of Scottish jobs for more than a decade.
The Times – Four shipyards to share £4bn carriers contract.
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US Marines – US forces attack Iraqi insurgents
BBC – US marines are conducting a major assault on al-Qaeda-linked militants in western Iraq.
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Operations Other Than War – 3 ships headed home after gulf relief effort
Virginian Pilot – The Navy has ordered the return of its last three large amphibious ships from the Gulf Coast, where they were part of a 19-ship task force that spent the past month in hurricane relief operations.
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Geopolitics / China – China's Search for Stability With America
Foreign Affairs – No country can affect China’s fortunes more directly than the United States. Many potential flashpoints — such as Taiwan, Japan, and North Korea — remain, and true friendship between Washington and Beijing is unlikely. But their interests have grown so intertwined that cooperation is the best way to serve both countries.
History – Hill 881 South
Leatherneck – Captain Bill Dabney led his two companies in a desperate 77-day fight, where the only way out was to be “flown off or blown off” the mountain.
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Miscellaneous – 17.432 Causes of War: Theory and Method
MIT Open Courseware – The material for this course has just been placed online by MIT.
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Operations Other Than War – Navy Teams Lift Residents From Rita's Murky Waters
Washington Post – A look at how the USS Iwo Jima helped victims of Hurrican Rita.
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Indian Navy – India sees new strategic sea lane in Andaman Sea
Reuters – Indian naval exercises with Thailand and Indonesia are aimed in part at ensuring security for a new sea route linking the Indian and Pacific oceans, a top Indian general said.
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US Navy – LRLAP Test Successes Advance Prospects for Naval Fire Support
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry.
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US Navy – A sea of changes for Navy's chaplains
Virginian Pilot – As the Navy shrinks its ranks and sends its sailors to spend more impromptu time at sea, the serviceís chaplain corps is undergoing a transformation, too.
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US Marines – Pentagon Gives Osprey Production Go-Ahead
Associated Press – The Pentagon on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to begin full-rate production of the V-22 Osprey, the hybrid helicopter-airplane that the Marine Corps considers vital to the future of its air fleet.
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Royal Navy – Faslane 'vulnerable to terrorists'
The Scotsman – Faslane submarine base and the nearby Coulport missile depot are vulnerable to a deadly mortar or suicide boat attack, a nuclear weapons expert warns in a new book.
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Spanish Navy – Spanish Navy Orders New Fleet Replenishment Ship
Sea Power – Naval news from the Spanish, United Arab Emirates, Turkish, Swedish, and Latvian navies.
Indian Navy – Russia, India to hold joint naval, air exercises in October
Associated Press – Russia and India will hold joint naval and air exercises in mid-October.
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Indian Navy – Indo-US joint Naval exercise underway off Goa coast
New Kerla – Aircraft carriers from the Indian Navy and the US Navy began a ten-day long joint naval exercise on Monday off the Goa coast.
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