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Sea Pirates: Reverting to Form 26 Aug 2013 | 05:42 pm
There was a time - before the private security ship-riding teams and before the EU, NATO,China, Japan, South Korea, the U.S. (and, of course, the mighty battle fleets of Iran) took on patrolling the G...
Midrats 25 Aug 2013: Episode 190: "Crowdsourcing the Admin Overhead" 24 Aug 2013 | 06:07 am
Join us on 25 August 2013 at 5pm (Eastern, U.S.) for Midrats Episode 190: "Crowdsourcing the Admin Overhead": If the CNO's #1 priority is war fighting, how do leaders focus on that priority inside a ...
Friday Fun Film: "Getting Ready Physically" 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Advice on getting fit to go fight one "police action" or another. Another classic Coronet film from the olden days when the AV club members had to know how to thread film (a skill, I might add, that m...
The Littoral "Combat" Ship Fantasy Goes On and On and . . . 22 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
Our friends at USNI News set out the "basics" of the Littoral Combat Ship and its amazing "mission modules" in "LCS Mission Packages: The Basics" The beating heart of both variants of the littoral co...
African Trade: China, India and others 20 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
Nice report by BBC News "China and India: The scramble for business in Africa": Throughout Africa - at building sites, on the street, and at ports and airports - the Chinese presence is growing. Com...
Gulf of Guinea Pirates: What Happens When Pirates Face A Navy? 12 Dead Pirates 20 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am
If it were Somalia, the captured ship and its crew would be stashed while awaiting negotiations to begin. But off Nigeria, something a little different happened, as Reuters reports "Nigerian navy says...
Monday Movie: Old School Capitalism 19 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
From the "substitute teacher" film file:
On Midrats 18 August 13, Episode 189: "The Union and Confederate Navies" with James M. McPherson 16 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Please join us for Midrats at 5pm (Eastern U.S.) on Sunday, 18 August 13, for Episode 189: "The Union and Confederate Navies": The War Between the States, the American Civil War - whichever descripti...
Friday Fun Film: History of the U.S. Navy 1815 - 1860 16 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Forty-five years of U.S. Navy history - protecting sea lanes, fighting pirates, anti-slavery patrols, setting up trade with countries in Asia, enforcing the Monroe Doctrine, steam engineering, screw-d...
An Odd Iran -India Confrontation 15 Aug 2013 | 05:35 pm
Oil spill and arrest or bold international governmental hijacking? Maritime Bulletin reports that India accused Iran of hijacking Indian suezmax tanker Desh Shanti, but there might be more to the sto...
