Monday, July 07, 2014

Gulf of Guinea Pirates: A Boko Haram Connection?

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A CNN investigative report suggests there is in Kidnapped captain told ransoms may go to Boko Haram : Yan St-Pierre, CEO of Modern Secu...
Saturday, July 05, 2014

Saturday is Heinlein Quote Day #15

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From Chapter 35 of The Puppet Masters '... [T]he price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with ...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Independence Day Video - War of Independence: History of the United States Navy (1956)

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Happy 4th!
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Terrorist Hazards

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There are all those natural disasters to prepare for - and disasters caused by accidents - but, sadly, there are also those events that can...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Saturday is Heinlein Quote Day #14

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From Starship Troopers : " . . . War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The ...
Friday, June 27, 2014

On Midrats 29 June 2014 - Episode 234: "Asking the right questions to build the right leaders"

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Please join us at 5pm (U.S. EDT) on Sunday, 29 June 2014 for Midrats Episode 234: "Asking the right questions to build the right lead...

Friday Fun Film: Operation Deep Freeze (1957)

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Exploring Antarctica . . . the logistics force supporting the effort: Operation Deep Freeze was a massive scientific expedition to Antarcti...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

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Should there be a "cost-benefit analysis of fighting maritime piracy? The Government Accountability Office says it might be a good idea...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 22-28, 2014

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Summer begins - people are outdoors more and so it's time for Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 22-28, 2014 : Summer is the peak ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

People Smugglers: US Coast Guard Rescues and Repatriates Migrants from Haiti

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Poor and desperate people who are taken advantage of by thugs. So, the U.S. Coast Guard has to spring into action - a sad response to a fa...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Maritime Crime Threat: People Smugglers at Sea

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There ought to be a special level of hell for the people who engage in the sea smuggling of people for profit. Ruthless hardly covers it. ...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Midrats 22 June 14 - Episode 233: "Global Combat Fleet Development With Eric Wertheim"

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Please join us today on Midrats at 5pm Eastern (U.S. EDT) for Episode 233: Global Combat Fleet Development With Eric Wertheim : From the US...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Saturday is Heinlein Quote Day #13

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From Robert Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo “There is a world of difference, under the laws of free men, between an unprovoked atta...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Friday Fun Film: War with Iraq (Desert Storm Portion)

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The war in the Middle East: An over-reaching dictator. Twelve years later he was fixed and the Iraqis given a chance. The Navy was th...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Strategy: Naval War College: Current Strategy Forum 2014 (in part)

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From the DVIDS site, videos of the 2014 Current Strategy Forum held at the Naval War College: The videos are posted here As noted on the...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

South China Sea Pirates? Another small tanker goes missing in the SCS

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 According to the Norwegian Maritime Authority, there is another Missing vessel in the South China Sea 1. IFC received information from ...

South China Sea Pirates: Another Tanker Robbed of Cargo Fuel

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Ai Maru with Malaysian MMEA vessel alongside Reported in the New Sabah Times : The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has co...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Where does ISIS get its logistical support?

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There is this, "The Economist explains: What ISIS, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, really wants" ISIS originated as an al-Qae...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Father's Day

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Korea 1952, Dad on the flight line at Kunsan, the B-26s he flew in the background: Some wag wrote on the back of the photo, "So...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Saturday is Heinlein Quote Day #12

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“A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free'...
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