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"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Know Your Opposition

Some gems in this Oil and Gas Journal opinion video about the "stakeholders" in opposition to development of "non-convention...

Monday, January 30, 2012

Naval Strategy: "Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea"

January 10, 2012 - at the Center for a New American Security, with an interesting introduction from Chief of Naval Operations Admrial Greene...

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Sea Mysteries: Something on the Ocean Floor . . .

Side scan sonar images show - what, exactly? From CNN Shipwreck hunters stumble across mysterious find : Using side-scan sonar, the team...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Exporting Good Ideas: The RiverHawk Multimission Platform Launched

MSS Image For Lebanon, as reported by MarineLink, RiverHawk's Multimission Platform Launched RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames (RHFSF) has...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Somali Criminals: SEALing their fate

Reported as U.S. Forces Rescue Kidnapped American, Danish Humanitarian Workers in Somalia : By the order of the President of the United ...

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Philippines: 15 Dead Fisherman on High Seas

Reported as "High seas massacre" : Gunmen mercilessly strafed at least 15 fishermen in a grisly massacre on the high seas off...

Monday, January 23, 2012

Things having to do with Iran

Paying a premium for strategic incoherence | Shadow Government : Here the administration's incapacity to develop a strategy has had ...

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Midrats Sunday: Episode 107 Air-Sea Battle Budgets the PACOM Shuffle 01/22/12

Episode 107 Air-Sea Battle Budgets the PACOM Shuffle 01/22 by Midrats | Blog Talk Radio 5pm Eastern U.S.: Most agree that our nati...

Somali Pirates: Indian Dhow Freed by EUNAVFOR, Pirates Wrangle Escape

FGS Luebeck and the freed dhow (EU NAVFOR photo) An interesting follow on to the failed pirate attack on a ship defended by Dutch Marine...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

World Oil Transit Chokepoints - Add One More to the List

The U.S. Energy Information Agency has a dandy list of those narrow places on the earth where oil flowing in commerce on ships can be threat...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Somali Pirates: Rejected by Dutch Marines

Somali pirates do not press encounter as Dutch marines ward off pirate attack : Dutch marines guarding a merchant ship have warded off a...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Danube River Pirates: Small Time Crime

Danube River System Danube shipping company reports pirate attacks on its ships in Romania : Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (Izma...

Somalia: Oil Exploration Starts in Puntland

Oil and Gas Journal reports Somalia: Dharoor block exploratory wells started : Horn Petroleum Corp. has spudded the Shabeel-1 wildcat on...

Monday, January 16, 2012

Cruise Ship Disasters: "Human Error?"

Story speaks for itself - BBC News - Costa Concordia cruise ship captain 'went off course' Based on reports I have heard, here...

Somali Pirates: Still Out There Attacking

Latest unsuccessful Somali pirate attack effort as reported by the fine folks at the NATO Shipping Center in All Alerts : Alert 007 16/0...

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Somali Pirates: Royal Navy Nabs 13 and Mothership (U.S. Navy gets assist)

BBC News reports Royal Navy captures 13 Somali pirates : Royal Marines apprehending pirates on dhow RFA Fort Victoria and a US Navy v...

Midrats 15 Jan 12 Episode 106: Tough Choices Hard Budgets

Join us Sunday at 5pm (Eastern U.S.) to discuss the military budget as planning of the great diversion of money from the Department of Defen...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Strait of Hormuz: Triple Carriers (Briefly?)

Let's see now, one carrier leaves the Arabian/Persian Gulf and hangs about the Northern Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea because its replaceme...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Somali Pirate Fail: "Know Your Enemy"

Surrendering survivors -EUNAVFOR photo Well, the headline "Spanish Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack in Indian Ocean" doesn't re...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Somali Pirates: Pirate Mothership "Disrupted"

Early report and not much in the way of details, but there is this from NATO Shipping Center Daily Piracy Update : The M/V LIQUID VELVET...

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About EagleSpeak

Mark Tempest: The main focus of this blog is maritime security. Other matters may appear. I am a retired attorney and a retired Navy Reserve Captain (Surface Warfare). Opinions expressed herein are my own. Sometimes I have the experience to back them up. Your opinions may vary. Don't panic. Feel free to disagree, that's what free speech is all about. Nothing contained herein should be confused as me giving legal advice to anyone. If you are confused, welcome to the club. All mistakes herein are my fault. I have sufficient academic credentials to be dangerous to myself and to others.Comment moderation is at my discretion, so your comments may never appear. You can start your own blog for free and comment there all you want. I enjoy a healthy debate, but not arguing with trolls. If you can't comment without using intemperate language, go someplace else., Under the header: A MH-60S Sea Hawk, of HSC-6 conducts a vertical replenishment with USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean.(U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Timothy Meyer)

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