Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween Tales: The "Philadelphia Experiment"

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The "Vanishing Ship" USS Eldridge Lots of scary tales around the Navy but one classic is the alleged time-traveling USS Eldrid...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Gulf of Guinea Piracy, Kidnapping or Something . . . an informative look

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Nice video at The Maritime Executive 's Maritime TV "Pirates Attack Oil Supply Vessel" : Dr. Captain John A.C. Cartner, a ma...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Somali Pirates: Yacht Warning Bulletin

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The "International Naval Counter Piracy Forces" have put out a nice warning bulletin for the yachting crowd contemplating a trans...

Somali Pirates: Iran says, "Iran Navy saves cargo ship attacked by pirates"

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Sabalan The wondrous Iran forces of naval might have done it again! Or, as Press TV (the state news mouthpiece) says, "Iran Navy ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Gulf of Guinea Piracy and Kidnapping: A nice little primer

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ABC News provides a nice little primer on Gulf of Guinea piracy and its kidnapping adjunct in "Before U.S. Kidnapping, 'Widespread...

Sunday Ship History: Small Ship Firepower

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A weapon system of rockets for inshore support - lots of firepower in inexpensive platforms: Much more on the LCI variations Sunday Sh...
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday Film: "Battle of Leyte Gulf"

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From Archive.org, the Victory at Sea episode on the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the greatest series of sea battles ever: October 23-26,...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Gulf of Guinea Pirates: "Pirates kidnap two U.S. sailors off Nigerian coast"

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The old kidnap for ransom racket off Nigeria hits the U.S. (not for the first time, by the way, this has been going on for years) as reporte...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Somali Pirates: "Suspected" pirates nabbed after attacks off Somalia

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  The Independent reports "Suspected Somali pirates captured by Navy-led forces after attack on supertanker" : HMAS Melbourn...

Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Nigeria "Pirates kill policeman in Bayelsa"

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Daily Post of Nigeria reports, "Pirates kill policeman in Bayelsa" : The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed that pirates kil...
Monday, October 21, 2013

It's a Busy Monday, So - Watch "Living off the land." from the USN

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So, when we are all wandering around looking for food . . . and avoiding zombies - why, you'll have an advantage!
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Friday Fun Film: "The Powers of Congress"

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Classic old school film. Hmmm.
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Trans-National Groups: Environmental Activists at Sea

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Greenpeace photo © Will Rose / Greenpeace Been keeping an eye on the Greenpeace "yacht" that carried acti...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Strait of Malacca Piracy: Cargo Hijacked, Ship Released by Pirates

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An oil tanker without oil is an . . . alleged victim of piracy, as set out in "Pirates release ship, minus cargo" : A Thai-fla...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Somali Pirates: Belgians Talk "Stardom" But Only Star Turn for Pirate Leader Will Be in Court

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Noted yesterday that a Somali pirate "king" had been arrested in Belgium (see here ) - the best part is that the star turn the pir...
Monday, October 14, 2013

United States Navy Birthday: Now Starting Its 239th Year

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Yesterday was the official U.S. Navy Birthday : The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which the Continental Co...
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Somali Pirates: "Reformed" Pirate Arrested in Belgium

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Well, last week we had a little fun with his conversion from pirate to "counter-pirate" in Somali Pirates: Stranger than fiction ....
Sunday, October 13, 2013

DEF2013

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If you haven't been watching the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum live sessions then you have been missing some excellent discussion led by s...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

On Midrats Sunday 13 Oct 13 - Episode 197: "Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership"

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Join us this Sunday, 13 Oct at 1700/5pm (Eastern U.S.) for Episode 197: Sea Swap & Small Unit Leadership : While good ideas are often f...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Friday Fun Film: Big Guns

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From the old days when battleships roamed the seas and a 16" gun meant something.