CNN – North Korea has accused the South’s navy of staging a serious provocation that could lead to a maritime conflict.
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US Marines – American firepower in place as battle for Fallujah looms
The Times – Only a few miles separate the rebel city of Fallujah from the sprawling complex of US Marine bases. While the Iraqi city is steadily emptying of people, the American camps are rapidly filling up with extra men and armour, ready for what is expected to be a fight for the very soul of Iraq.
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US Navy – Affordability is Key to Future of Naval Aviation
Sea Power – An interview with the commander of the Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm Walter Massenburg.
Norwegian Navy – Submarine collides with tanker
BBC – A Norwegian submarine on a UK-organised military exercise has collided with a tanker in the Minch.
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US Navy – Admiral says Navy must practice fiscal restraint
Virginian Pilot – The Navy must learn to operate more frugally.
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Iraq – The Believer
New Yorker – Paul Wolfowitz defends his war.
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Iraq – U.S. Hopes To Divide Insurgency
Washington Post – Facing an entrenched insurgency in Iraq whose ranks have grown significantly over the past year, the Pentagon has devised a new military strategy aimed at driving a wedge between various factions.
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Geopolitics / Europe – A Different Course? America and Europe in the 21st Century
Parameters – Understanding the changes and challenges within Europe could help Americans respond to the changes and challenges facing the transatlantic community.
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Miscellaneous – Curbs On Sonar Use Sought In Europe
Washington Post – The European Parliament called on member nations yesterday to suspend the use of high-intensity sonar during naval maneuvers until research determines whether the very loud sounds are leading to the deaths of whales and other sea creatures.
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US Navy – Carrier crews to shrink
Virginian Pilot – Experiments to reduce the number of sailors aboard cruisers, destroyers and amphibious ships have shown so much promise that the Navy has decided to take its next big step: shrinking the crew of an aircraft carrier.
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History – Swift Boats: Hard Day on the Bo De
US Naval Institute Proceedings – In an edited excerpt from an oral history conducted by the Naval Instituteís Paul Stillwell, the former Coast Guard Commandant recalls in vivid detail a Swift boat operation he led as a commander up the Ca Mauís Bo De River on 12 April 1969. His initial service in Vietnam was from a base at An Thoi on Phu Quoc Island, where he was Commander Task Group 115.4, a component of the U.S. Market Time coastal surveillance patrol.
US Marines – U.S. officers expect a drive against Falluja
New York Times – With the Marines outside Fallujah.
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US Marines – Corps Fashions ëProvisional Units,' Tighter Deployment Schedules
Sea Power – Among the messages delivered by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee during the past year, one resurfaces time and again: the Marine Corps does not want ó or need ó a larger force.
Fourth Generation Warfare – Fallujah And The Moral Level Of War
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind comments on how he thinks the US has adopted the right approach on Fallujah.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force -U.S.-Led Naval Exercise Sends Clear Message to North Korea
New York Times – More on the international naval interdiction drill, code-named Team Samurai, off of North Korea.
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US Navy – High-Speed SEALION is Slated For Transformational Experiments
Sea Power – The U.S. Navy plans to use its stealthy SEALION (SEAL Insertion, Observation, Neutralization) technology demonstration watercraft in future experimentation sponsored by the Department of Defenseís Office of Force Transformation.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan, U.S., Allies Start Naval Security Exercise
Reuters – Ships from Japan, the United States, Australia and France steamed out to sea under cloudy skies on Tuesday for Asia’s first naval exercise to clamp down on weapons of mass destruction, a drill that communist North Korea has called hostile and provocative.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan Will Provide Support in Afghanistan
Reuters – Japan extended its naval mission to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan by six months on Tuesday and approved a plan to supply fuel for the coalition’s helicopters.
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US Navy – Submarine Virginia is brought to life in Norfolk
Virginian Pilot – More on the newly commissioned USS Virginia.
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Iraq – Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars Collide
Washington Post – An excellent analysis of how the war in Iraq has negatively impacted the war on terror; and how the war on terror is changing over time.
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US Navy – Who's Responsible for Losing the Media War in Iraq?
US Naval Institute Proceedings – The military laments that its successes in Iraq and Afghanistan have gone unnoticed, while any bad news is immediately set on by a national media intent on painting every U.S. commitment as a quagmire. This might be true, but the military is not without responsibility for this state of affairs.
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US Marines – Leathernecks Guard the Streets of Ramadi, Itching for a Fight With an Invisible Foe
New York Times – With the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines in the town of Ramadi.
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US Navy – Navy Eyes $1 Billion Support Ships To Supply Carrier Strike Groups
Sea Power – The U.S. Navy has begun studying operational alternatives for a new class of fast combat support ships (T-AOEs) to keep its carrier strike groups resupplied at sea. The ships will be designed as a sea-basing asset and to sustain the combat effectiveness of the next-generation aircraft carrier.
US Navy – The Virginia offers it all, minus the periscope
Virginian Pilot – More about what life is like on the newly commissioned USS Virginia.
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