Monday Morning Reading

I define stealth on the sea as cover, just as Captain Hughes does. This isn't what I meant, but interesting nonetheless.

Cutting money for defense will not be easy.

Joel at TSSBP will be in my prayers this week. Be sure to remember him in your prayers as well.

Apparently an activist organization called Knitting for Dolphins (R U F-IN KID-N ME!) is against the use of dolphins to protect nuclear powered submarines because it might harm the dolphins or the ecosystem of Washington state. What is interesting is that the activists act like the Navy, who spends a lot of money and time training the dolphins to do this task, is somehow not interested in the well being of the dolphins. It is also noteworthy the apparent harm to the rest of the marine life and ecosystem in the area that would result from a terrorist attack isn't that big a deal. Lex has more.

I'll post more on this in detail... Here comes the MLP!

Picture of the day: PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 12, 2009) A P-3C Orion from the "Mad Foxes" of Patrol Squadron Five (VP) 5 patrols as the Seawolf-class submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) participates in an under sea warfare exercise involving the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliott Fabrizio/Released)