US Navy – The USS Harry S. Truman and USS Theodore Roosevelt may move from the Med to the Gulf if Turkey does not grant overflight rights.
Background – Turkey – James Dunnigan’s analysis of why the Turks won’t let US troops in.
US Navy – The USS Nimitz battlegroup makes a port call in Pearl Harbor.
Background – Iraq – James Dunnigan on why Saddam is the master spin-meister.
Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lanka is back in combat with the Tamil Tigers.
Royal Navy – The biggest threat to the Royal Navy in the Gulf – terrorists on speed boats.
Canadian Navy – Canada takes delivery of its third Upholder-class submarine.
US Navy – Setting records aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Background – Iraq – James Dunnigan and Thomas Ricks on why keeping the peace in postwar Iraq will be no piece of cake.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Comfort in the Gulf.
Background – Iraq – John Keegan gives the historical parallels to the current situation outside Iraq.
Background – War on Terror – James Dunnigan on how the War on Terror is going.
Singaporean Navy – Singapore lays the keel of its first locally built stealth frigate.
US Marines – With the Marines in the desert, learning about operations other than war.
US Navy – Rest and Relaxation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk.
I apologize for the inability to update daily several times over the last 2 weeks, but Internet connectivity was not always assured where I was traveling. All is back to normal now, and I will be posting daily again, starting today.
US Marines – US Marines are operating in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and large holes are being cut in the fence that separates the two countries.
US Marines – The Marines latest UAV for use by troops in the field, the Dragon Eye.
US Marines – The importance of history to the Marines.
Iranian Navy – Is India about to help the Iranian Navy?
US Navy – The USS Carl Vinson will make a port call in Korea.
US Navy – Osprey flight testing is suspended again.
Background – Iraq – Austin Bay shares his possible scenarios for war against Iraq.
Background – Iran – After Iraq, Iran is next.
Background – Indian Ocean – China’s plan for dominating the Indian Ocean.
US Marines – How the Marines plan to deal with civilians in Iraq.
US Navy – With the airwing aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
NOSI will next be updated on March 8th. See you then!
Royal Navy – HMS Iron Duke is off of Sierra Leone, to lend support if needed.
US Navy – Pearl Harbor is an al Qaeda target.
US Navy – Aboard the fast combat support ship USS Camden in the Gulf.
US Marines – With the 2nd MEF exercising in Kuwait.
Canadian Navy – Canada sends more warships to the Gulf.
US Marines – With Marines in Kuwait, waiting.
Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks reviews the latest war plan for Iraq.
Background – Iraq – General Zinni’s sage advice on how to conduct operations other than war.
Please note that there is again a slight chance that NOSI will not be updated again until March 8th???but I consider this highly unlikely.
US Marines – The USS Iwo Jima amphibious ready group deploys early.
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard moves out of the Department of Transportation into the Department of Homeland Security.
Background – North Korea – Is the US drifting towards war in Korea?
Background – International Law – Ralph Peters on how countries should not take their sovereignty for granted; they should have to earn it through good behavior towards their citizens.
US Navy – The Nimitz carrier battlegroup will sail for the Gulf next week, meanwhile the hospital ship USNS Comfort will be fully manned.
Canadian Navy – Canada’s third Upholder-class submarine sets sail for Canada.
Military Sealift Command – MSC ships are already unloading US supplies in Turkey.
US Marines – The Marine’s chemical detection gear is not always fullproof.
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on what will happen to the troops if they have to wait several months to attack Iraq.
US Navy – The USS George Washington will not be sent to the Gulf.
US Navy – The US submarine fleet is being worked extremely hard.
US Navy – A look at the evolution of US aircraft carrier airwings since 1991???
US Navy – More about the Navy’s use of sea lions.
Background – Information War – A look at the information war currently being waged against Iraq.
Background – Poor Bloody Infantry – A look at the research being performed at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies on the infantryman of the future.
Royal Navy – Iraqi oil smugglers try a new tactic to get around the naval blockade – the use of dhows.
Canadian Navy – Canada is extending its deployments to the Gulf as well.
Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Montreal in the Gulf.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, her crew is ready for war.
US Navy – There are a number of naval choke points affecting Persian Gulf bound ships.
Background – Iraq – An interview with the new British Chief of the General Staff, that includes a discussion on Iraq.
US Navy – An extremely well done, documentary, in-depth look at the Joint Strike Fighter competition.
Background – Iraq – A follow up to last week’s article on the administration’s plans for the Middle East after Iraq. – “The hawks think of themselves as neo-Wilsonian moralists. They really do want to change the whole world, through the use of, and the threat of, military force. That’s the whole idea. Whether it will work, and whether the American public will support it, is another question.”
US Navy – The Navy faces a growing gap in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaisance assets.
US Navy – Was there a plot to sink a waship on 9/11 as well?
US Marines – It is the Essex amphibious ready group that is being sent to the Phillipines.
Israeli Navy – Israel would like to buy 2 more Dolphin-class submarines, but does not know how to afford them.
Russian Navy – Russia completes another facility to help it dismantle its nuclear submarines.
US Navy A US amphibious ready group will be dispatched to actively take part in combat operations against terrorists in the Phillipines.
US Navy – With the SEALS in the Gulf.
US Navy – The deployment of the Nassau amphibious ready group has been extended, indefinitely.
US Navy – Why Navy corpsmen are key personnel in any Marine unit.
US Navy – A busy day in the life of one sailor aboard the USS Kearsarge.
Background – Iraq – Is Iraq hiding weapons of mass destruction at sea?
Background – Information Warfare – A review of directed energy weapons. Although the US appears to be leading the field in their development, paradoxically the US is most vulnerable to them.
NOSI will take a vacation day tomorrow, and next update on Friday. Please note there is a very small chance NOSI will not be updated again until March 8th???but that is highly improbable.
Background – Military Theory – The U.S. military labors under a misunderstanding of what Clausewitz meant by the ìcenter of gravityîóin fact, from several such misunderstandings. Employed as intended, and in situations for which it was intended, the concept pays dividends; misapplied, it incurs serious risk and cost.
Canadian Navy – Canada continues to do little to police her porous sea borders – mysterious ships are being seen off of Vancouver.
US Navy – More on the use of sea lions to protect US ships.
US Navy – Will the US institute a naval blockade of North Korea to halt arms exports?
US Marines – Are the Army and Marine forces on Hawaii the strategic reserve for Korea?
US Navy – The Navy needs to start sending its enlisted sailors to universities to acquire the higher educations that are just as vital to their service careers.
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on why it is in China’s interest to be with the US on the issue of Iraq.
US Marines – The Marines of Amphibious Task Force East go ashore in Kuwait.
US Marines – With the Marines aboard the USS Nassau.
Royal Australian Navy – The Collins-class submarines are temporarily tied up due to a flooding that occured aboard HMAS Dechaineux while she was submerged.
Background – US Military – Thomas Ricks takes a tour of the military, from the sands of Saudi Arabia to the waters of the Mediterranean, and from the halls of Congress to the think tanks of national security strategists and academics. He goes on to show the sources and extent of U.S. military might — and the limitations on it.
US Merchant Marine – An overivew of the US Merchant Marine.
US Navy – With the Seabees in Kuwait.
US Navy – With the Amphibious Task Force East, in Djibouti.
Background – NATO – Desert Storm suggested that even at the climax of the Cold War, the military capabilities of Natoís European members were incommensurate with those of the United States. Another decade of insufficient defense spending in Europe has made the gap much larger. If the trend continues, Nato will become capable only of token contributions to out-of-area operations, and the United States will be without European security partners for major responsibilities in international security, especially in the Middle East and Asia.
US Marines – A summary of US Marine deployments in the Gulf.
Military Sealift Command – The 101st Airborne Division’s equipment is about to set sail for the Middle East.
Royal Air Force – Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft get a new mission over London – communications relay.
Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks on how US Special Operations Forces are already operating inside Iraq.
Background – Iraq – The plan to remake the Middle East.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan will refuel all allied ships in the Gulf.
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Background – Afghanistan – A slice of life of Afghanistan today, and how it appears to be descending back into chaos???
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