Admiral Stavridis has a Fourth Fleet review on his blog worth a look. I am particularly impressed with the statistics given regarding Continuing Promise 2008.I've been wanting to post a link to William S. Lind's On War #285 for at least a month now. If you read it, you may find it to be one of the most thought provoking things you read today.
Eagleone highlights China Plays maritime chess from the Japan Times Online.
Observing the details of the 26 MEU and CTF-151, even as USS San Antonio (LPD 17) acts like a CTF-150 ship. Meanwhile, CTF-152 gets a new warship.
I've talked about evangelists on the blog. The Navy doesn't have one, but I think the Army does. I think Army Lt. Col. Paul Yingling is like a young 21st century version of A.T. Mahan. Thomas Ricks has Yingling's latest open discussion sure to remind the Army why he is both an asset, and a threat... just how Mahan was seen when he was seeking instatutional change in the Navy over a century ago.
GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 17, 2009) An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 3 takes off from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD) 17 during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). San Antonio is the flagship of Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John K. Hamilton/Released)
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