Tag Archives: Navy

Dr. Earl Tilford

Military Modernization: Back to the Future

Posted by Dr. Earl Tilford Jan 20th 2012 at 6:35 am in Featured Story, Military Funding, Obama | Comments(29)
President Barack Obama’s vision for modernizing the U.S. military is little more than an exercise in “back to the future.” Consider: Back in 2001, the armed forces were nearly a decade into positing what 21st-century warfare would entail. These considerations were based on notions set forth by the individual (military) services. They also considered how the [...]
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Sun Tzu

Report: Iran Testing Long-Range Missiles During War Games

Posted by Sun Tzu Dec 30th 2011 at 2:01 pm in Foreign Policy, Iran, News | Comments(16)
From Reuters: Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf on Saturday, a semi-official news agency reported, a show of force at a time when Iran has threatened to close shipping lanes if the West imposes sanctions on its oil exports. Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the [...]
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Paul Hair

Courts: Is It Okay For Service Members To Wear Partial Uniforms To Make Porn?

Posted by Paul Hair Oct 4th 2011 at 4:33 am in Justice/Legal, Soldiers | Comments(18)
Gawker picked up a story from McClatchy’s “Suits & Sentences” blog. The story, “Court case a reminder to Marines not to wear full uniforms during porn shoot,” links to the primary source document from the Navy JAG website. Based on that primary source document I have to ask the question: Is it okay for currently [...]
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Dave Reaboi

Ex-Secretary of the Navy John Lehman: In Praise of Swagger

Posted by Dave Reaboi Sep 20th 2011 at 9:32 am in Soldiers | Comments(12)
This past summer, my colleagues and I at the Center for Security Policy honored Dr. John Lehman, former Secretary of the US Navy under President Reagan and the individual most identified with the maritime aspect of that president’s “peace through strength” philosophy, the 600-ship Navy. (Watch Dr. Lehman accept the 2011 Freedom Flame Award here.) This [...]
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Sun Tzu

Video Of China’s First Aircraft Carrier

Posted by Sun Tzu Jun 9th 2011 at 11:21 am in China | Comments(71)
Made out of a half-built Soviet warship,  China bought it and completed it as an aircraft carrier.  The ship is not yet completed. embedded by Embedded Video jQuery('#lazyload_post_4 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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Lawrence Meyers

Who Deserves The Credit For Getting Bin Laden?

Posted by Lawrence Meyers May 3rd 2011 at 11:36 am in Featured Story, Intelligence, Islamic extremism, Justice/Legal, Middle East, Soldiers, Terrorism, veterans | Comments(31)
I wish I could say I wrote this piece.  All I can tell you is that it comes from one of the many anonymous Armed Forces veterans to whom we owe our undying gratitude. Who deserves the credit? The interrogator who pulled the thread at Guantanamo. The analyst who put that, and a couple of other pieces [...]
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Charles C. Johnson

America’s Response to the 1923 Japanese Earthquake: Lessons for Obama?

Posted by Charles C. Johnson Mar 11th 2011 at 11:15 am in Asia, Featured Story, History | Comments(52)
The left often dismisses Calvin Coolidge for not being activist enough in forcing Americans to submit to their favorite charity– government. But when it came to real charity, such as when the Japanese people suffered a horrific earthquake in 1923 that ultimately toppled the government, Coolidge acted decisively. Before the Japanese fleet had itself even arrived, [...]
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Bob McCarty

Congress Leading Border Patrol Down Wrong Path

Posted by Bob McCarty Dec 29th 2010 at 7:16 am in Border Security, Homeland Security, Military Technology, Soldiers | Comments(35)
Fresh on the heels of another agent's death, Congress is leading Customs and Border Patrol down the same wrong path taken by the Defense Department in 2007.
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Seth Mandel

Straight Talk on Properly Funding the Military

Posted by Seth Mandel Oct 16th 2010 at 1:32 pm in Military Technology, Obama, Soldiers, Weapons | Comments(60)
Most people don’t think of the U.S. armed forces safeguarding shipping lanes and routes of commerce while they’re shopping at Target. But the Heritage Foundation’s Mackenzie Eaglen says full shelves at the store means the U.S. is securing air, land, and sea around the world. “You build up a military not just to win the war [...]
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Maggie Miller

Like A Good Mystery?

Posted by Maggie Miller Jul 12th 2010 at 8:52 am in History | Comments(3)
Me too. Like stuff about USS Constitution? Me too! So that must mean you will be watching “History Detectives” on PBS tonight. All my favorite stuff; history, Navy, Old Ironsides, politics, hooliganism, proper Bostonians acting improperly…. I wouldn’t miss it. jQuery('#lazyload_post_8 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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