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National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean |
Navy's Virtual Training Exercises Expanding in Realism and Scope The Navy's use of modeling and simulation-based training has increased during the past several years, in part because of improvements in computer technologies and network capabilities.  |
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean |
Recruits Virtually Experience the High-Tech Navy With sophisticated warships poised to enter its fleet during the next several years, the Navy is relying more and more on technology to train sailors.  |
National Defense February 2005 Bill Daniels & DiRenzo |
Maritime Anti-Terrorism at the Crossroads Of National Security and Homeland Defense At issue is how do the homeland defense and homeland security duties contribute to enhanced protection of national assets in the territorial seas of the United States.  |
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean |
Navy Faces Expanded Mission Portfolio, Declining Resources In preparation for future shifts in military priorities and resources, Navy officials have gone to great lengths to spell out their vision for the service's roles in protecting U.S. interests and bolstering global security.  |
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling |
Coast Guard Boosting Cooperation with Military Last summer, as Russian forces lay siege to the nation of Georgia, the Coast Guard cutter Dallas, along with two Navy ships, sailed to the Black Sea to provide relief.  |
National Defense January 2004 Harold Kennedy |
U.S.-Led Coalition Seeks To Block Weapon Shipments The United States and 10 other nations have embarked upon a controversial plan to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction by blocking suspect shipments by air, land or sea.  |
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Multinational Naval Exercises Welcome in Southeast Asia In an effort to increase force interoperability and security in Southeast Asia, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet participates in a series of bi-lateral exercises with other navies in the region. The planner behind some of these exercises is the Logistics Group, Western Pacific.  |
National Defense June 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Security Operations In Persian Gulf Require a Broad Coalition Continuous operations in the Persian Gulf are reshaping the U.S. Navy's maritime security tactics and its approach to forming coalitions.  |
National Defense April 2015 Edward Lundquist |
Coastal Patrol Boats Boost Naval Presence A little more than a decade ago, the U.S. Navy's coastal patrol boats were destined to be decommissioned. But after 9/11, the Navy came to realize that the small PCs could fill a big gap.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Sailors Move From Classrooms To Shipboard Simulators The U.S. Navy will be plowing millions of dollars into new simulators that will be used aboard ships, rather than ashore, to help sailors acquire specialized skills before they depart on a mission  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Navy Reshuffle Will Move Thousands Of Sailors to Brown-Water Duties The Navy plans to tackle terrorism and other unconventional threats via a massive reorganization that will shift thousands of sailors from traditional duties. This new approach will permit the sea service to conduct operations on land and close up in shallow water.  |
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators.  |
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Commanders Grapple With Changing Missions, Smaller Fleet As the size of the fleet continues to shrink, decision makers at the Pentagon are grappling with how to reshape a Navy that is fighting unconventional wars largely with Cold War weapon systems.  |
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy |
At War, Navy Finds New Uses for Reserve Forces As part of its effort to reduce the strain of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy is moving to integrate its 83,000 reservists into active-duty operations. "We are moving away from the `weekend-warrior' culture," said Vice Adm. John G. Cotton, chief of the Naval Reserve.  |
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots.  |
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Computer Simulations Bolster Joint-Service Combat Training Connecting combat simulations in real time, so commanders and war planners from all services can train together, has proved to be a tough technical issue for the Defense Department. Last year, the Pentagon cancelled the multibillion-dollar Joint Simulation Systems program, as a result of cost overruns and poor performance.  |
National Defense March 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Middle East Turmoil Disrupts Navy's Ship Maintenance Plan Despite the fact that the Navy has come up with new maintenance plans, actors like the Islamic State -- also known as ISIL or ISIS -- may compromise its ability to get ships repaired on schedule.  |
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Greater Demand for 'Soft Power' Reveals Shortfalls in The Navy They seek naval expertise in nontraditional missions such as training foreign navies to protect their coastlines.  |
National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Efforts to Deploy Sea Bases Could Draw Lessons From Special Warfare As the U.S. military attempts to develop the technology and doctrine that will allow it to launch and sustain missions solely from the sea, special operations forces have been carrying out such operations on a smaller scale for more than two decades, according to a top Navy official.  |
National Defense June 2006 David Axe |
Navy's Smallest Fighting Ships Prove Littoral Warfare Concepts The Navy's smallest fighting ships -- 180-ft Cyclone-class patrol boats -- are blazing the way for a future fleet of littoral combat ships.  |
National Defense November 2006 Grace Jean |
Navy Leaders to Articulate Current and Future Missions Recent efforts by the Navy to deploy forces for ground combat and engage in other non-traditional duties are signs that the service intends to be relevant in the U.S. war on terrorism.  |
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Naval Officials Seek `Intellectual Renaissance' in the Sea Services As they continue to ponder the value of naval forces in the nation's wars, Navy leaders want to broaden the debate by encouraging participation from all levels of command.  |
National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck |
Battle Experiments Mixing live and virtual troops in a multinational force was one of the biggest challenges facing organizers of a Joint Forces Command exercise last summer.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale |
Key Tactical Data Link Systems Clear Operational Testing U.S. Navy experts are moving ahead with an upgrade to the Tactical Data Link (TDL) system onboard Navy ships after testing the data link earlier this year. The TDL will transfer information quickly and securely among military assets.  |
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Navy Rethinking Mine Warfare Navy officials are now warning that potential adversaries such as China are viewing sea-mines as a viable weapon to deny access to U.S. vessels.  |
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles Currently, there are nearly 1,000 robotic vehicles being used for surveillance and reconnaissance, especially in maritime areas in the Central Command theater of operations, and combatant commanders keep asking for more.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Naval `Sea Base' Supporters Seek to Prove Worth to Army Navy officials have drawn up plans to deploy a floating military base capable of supporting two combat brigades by 2019. It is not yet clear, however, whether the sea base concept is based on solid analysis or whether its potential benefits justify the cost.  |
National Defense August 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Low Inventory, Low Readiness Plague Amphibious Ship Fleet Amphibious ships are among the most highly demanded vessels in the Navy's fleet, according to Expeditionary Force 21, the Marine Corps plan for its future force.  |
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Facing Uncertainty, Navy Contemplates `Alternative Futures' Navy officials worry that fleet expansion efforts could be wrecked if the Defense Department cuts naval budgets to pay for the addition of thousands of troops to the Army and Marine Corps over the next four years.  |
National Defense February 2007 Grace Jean |
Lack of Military-Civilian Coordination Hinders War-Zone Rebuilding Efforts Civilian groups that play critical roles in the rebuilding of Iraq have no clear guidance for how to coordinate their efforts with the military.  |
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Improvised Explosive Devices: Could They Threaten U.S. Ports? The U.S. Navy possesses one of the premier mine-hunting forces in the world, but it is ill-prepared to thwart terrorist attacks on U.S. ports and waterways, officials said.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
U.S., Coalition Troops to Rehearse For Combat in Simulated Afghan War A high-tech combat simulation now in the planning stages will seek to achieve what eight years of real combat in Afghanistan apparently has not. And that is to teach U.S. forces how to fight with allies.  |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Northern Command Not Directing Enough Attention To Maritime Defense The Defense Department is lagging behind with its plans and allocation of resources to defend the U.S. waterways, according to a top Pentagon official.  |
National Defense June 2014 Dan Parsons |
South China Sea Dispute Shaping Up as Coast Guard Showdown The U.S. Navy risks sparking an international incident by using warships to check China's westward advance.  |
National Defense June 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Coast Guard Submits Revised Wish List, Fears Funding Cuts The Coast Guard has sent to Congress a revised requirements document for new equipment that seeks to take into account the U.S. government's heightened need for intelligence and information.  |
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Taking Cues From New Administration, Naval Forces Shift Focus to Soft Power The Navy and Marine Corps will be turning more attention to "soft power" missions in the coming years, officials said.  |
National Defense December 2009 Shea, Willadsen & Lashlee |
Military in Korea Expands Use of Simulations in War Games More so than in most other places, modeling and simulation are critical to training in Korea.  |
National Defense June 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Defense of Iraqi Oil Depots Tests Mettle Of U.S. Sailors Two Persian Gulf oil platforms are the focal point of Task Force 58 maritime security operations. The oil platform they are defending is the lifeline of Iraq's economy.  |
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean |
Air Force to Design Specialized Simulations for Tactical Training The Air Force not only is shifting a percentage of live flying time into simulations but also small-unit tactical training.  |
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Military Steps Up Training For Joint Close-Air Support The U.S. Joint Forces Command is increasing its efforts to ensure that aviators from all military services follow the same procedures when they provide joint close-air support to ground troops during combat.  |
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel |
Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East.  |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Navy Salvage and Diving Teams Essential to `Sea Base' Concept It is going to take years and considerable investments to make sea basing fully operational.  |
National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Aerial Prowess Tested at `Virtual Flag' The U.S. Air Force is entering the last preparation phase for a mammoth weeklong training exercise intended to bring together simulations and live exercises conducted by the Air Force, Army and Navy. Called Virtual Flag, it is scheduled to take place in March.  |
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Shrewd Tactics Underpin Navy Strategy to Defeat Diesel Submarines Navy planners anticipate that adversaries will try to deny U.S. forces access to key strategic coastal areas by deploying quiet diesel-electric submarines.  |
National Defense March 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Downsizing Force to Pay for New Ships The desired expansion of the fleet--from 292 to about 375 ships--would be financed largely with cutbacks in personnel.  |
National Defense October 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Deep Blue Searches for Innovation In Anti-Terror Tactics, Technology Following a terrorist attack in the Northern Persian Gulf this spring, a small U.S. Navy research team began focusing on getting into the enemy's mindset and tactics.  |
National Defense January 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Maritime 'Target Drones' Used In Counter-Piracy Training As pirates continue to use small boats to swarm and hijack cargo ships, naval forces increasingly will be employing unmanned systems to help train merchant seaman to fend off attackers.  |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Ships' Cost Could Sink Plans For Floating Military Bases The success of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forward-looking concept of deploying bases at sea relies heavily on the development of a new class of cargo ships.  |
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean |
Air Force `Virtual Flag' Makes up for Lost Flying Hours As the Air Force's budget continues to be squeezed, officials are looking for ways to cut back flying hours. Simulations and honed in digital war games such as Virtual Flag are one way to provide pilots inexpensive training.  |
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Commandos Help Stop Weapons Smugglers on High Seas Special operators are playing an active, but low-key part in the proliferation security initiative, which the United States launched in 2003 to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.  |