Washington Post – The Pentagon has drafted terms for an ambitious reshaping of U.S. forces that would put less emphasis on waging conventional warfare and more on dealing with insurgencies, terrorist networks, failed states and other nontraditional threats.
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Intelligence – Secret Unit Expands Rumsfeld's Domain
Washington Post – The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA’s historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad. This confirms details of the New Yorker story on this subject from last week???
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US Marines – NBCD Equipment Consolidation
Marine Corps Gazette – For intervals between wars, the nuclear, biological, and chemical defense equipment (NBCDE) readiness in the Marine Corps has been like the neglected stepchild. With the global war on terrorism all around us, the authors identify a much needed change in our NBCD posture.
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US Navy – The Tomcat's final flight
Virginian Pilot – As their 32-year run as the premier Navy fighter begins to wane, the F-14 Tomcats that no one needs are being fed into a junk yard’s shredder, nose first, to become blocks of aluminum for cans, crates, even cars.
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US Navy – Modeling and Simulation: Working With Systems That Do Not Yet Exist
SeaPower – Modeling and simulation (M&S) is a new reality in naval warfare. The use of mockups, scale models and computerized M&S reduces the risk involved in developing, building and testing new combat systems. With M&S, training is more available, effective and realistic, fostering rapid, less costly validation of future concepts and new rules of engagement.
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US Navy – Danger Zone That Wasn't, and a Sub's Hidden Peril
New York Times – Satellite images of the area where the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco grounded two weeks ago clearly show a wedge-shaped undersea mountain that stretches across more than a mile of a desolate expanse of the South Pacific.
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Intelligence – Book of U.S. Code Names Challenges Secrecy
Washington Post – What William Arkin is up to these days – he hopes to undermine agencies’ ability to make decisions in the dark.
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US Marines – Swan Song at FOB Salerno
Leatherneck – A combat-experienced Marine reservist deployed for one last “oorah” in Afghanistan.
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Geopolitics / Media – The News Media and the "Clash of Civilizations"
Parameters – A look at how the news media is attempting to cover Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations.”
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US Navy – U.S. Navy May Adjust UAV Plans
Aviation Week and Space Technology – The U.S. Navy is trying to harmonize its unmanned aircraft plans and is preparing to tweak its intelligence system in the coming months in response to guidance issued by the service’s top officer.
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Royal Navy – Brit sailors not used to cold
Halifax Herald – HMS Albion is exercising in the North Atlantic.
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History – Great Britain's Forgotten Commandos
World War II Magazine – In World War II the Royal Navy Commandos spearheaded British amphibious assaults in Europe and Asia. Although little known today, these commandos were vital to the success of many of the most important Allied landings, among them the July 10, 1943, invasion of Sicily.
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US Navy – U.S. Sees End to Tsunami Relief, Survivors Worry
Reuters – U.S. forces said they were prepared to wind down tsunami relief efforts in Asia.
CNN – Indonesia says it won’t expel foreign aid troops – The USS Bonhomme Richard is being replaced by the USS Essex off of Sumatra.
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US Marines – Three ships departing to help hurricane recovery in Caribbean
Virginian Pilot – The USS Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group will leave Norfolk today for the Caribbean, where its sailors will assist in a humanitarian effort to rebuild schools, dig wells and provide medical support in the aftermath of Hurricane Jeanne.
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US Marines – Marines Ground Osprey Aircraft
Associated Press – The Marine Corps has suspended flights of the experimental tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft after officials discovered that the coating of a crucial part is wearing off faster than expected.
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Intelligence – The Coming Wars
New Yorker – Seymour Hersch says the U.S. has special operations forces in Iran determining the locations of their nuclear weapons program; and he reveals the Pentagon’s plans for Iranóand for expanded covert activities.
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US Navy – With Navy changes, loss of carrier may be OK, study suggests
Virginian Pilot – Critical changes in the way the Navy uses and maintains aircraft carriers may permit the service to retire one of the mammoth ships without substantially weakening the fleetís ability to fight wars or respond to crises, a new report to Congress suggests.
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Terrorism – Iraq War is Breeding a New Generation of Professional Terrorists
Guardian – The chaos of Iraq is giving rise to a new generation of “professional” terrorists who will eventually replace al-Qaida as a global threat, according to a report by the National Intelligence Council. The report warns that the US faces an increasing risk of an attack involving biological agents.
More from the Washington Times – Inside the Ring
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Iraq – The ballot, not the bullet, will see off Iraq's religious terrorists
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan provides some perspective on the upcoming elections in Iraq.
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US Navy – Navy Organization and Missions
SeaPower – The state of the Navy in January 2005.
Information Warfare – Battle Lessons
New Yorker – Junior officers weren’t prepared for Iraq. So they’re training each other-online.
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US Navy – The Mount Whitney charts a new course
Virginian Pilot – The USS Mount Whitney takes over as command ship of the 6th Fleet.
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US Navy – Bush Is Told of Carrier's Value
Associated Press – More about the politics of decommissioning the USS John F. Kennedy.
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Editorial Note
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US Navy – Submarine Crash Shows Navy Had Gaps in Mapping System
New York Times – A look at some of the problems with the US Navy’s charts.
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