Controversy Over South China Sea Motivates Regional Cooperation

October 2, 2011
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The September 30th Wall Street Journal article “Asian Bloc Agrees to Counter China Heft” by Yoree Koh begins: TOKYO—Japanese defense officials and their Southeast Asian counterparts agreed this week on the need to deepen regional cooperation amid concerns about China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, as Tokyo again signaled its willingness to play [...]

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Technical Skills of Women Needed on Submarines

September 18, 2011
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(Reprinted from www.MrsLieutenant.blogspot.com) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Barry Bruner, Commander Submarine Group Ten and lead for the Task Force for Women in Submarines, spoke in May of 2010 to an online Bloggers Roundtable on which I had the privilege to participate. Admiral Bruner very articulately stated the case for women on submarines. And as a [...]

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Help Save Our Troops

September 12, 2011
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In the September 12th New Yorker article “Coming Apart” by George Packer, I learned a disturbing piece of information: A former Navy SEAL has come up with a manufacturing strategy to make “armored” vehicles much more resistant to IEDs and other attacks – BUT the former Navy SEAL cannot bid on undertaking this important mission [...]

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In Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

September 10, 2011
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According to the September 10th Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Judith Miller (no relation) titled “How the NYPD Foiled the Post-9/11 Terror Plots”: A specter has haunted the New York Police Department during this week’s torrent of 10th anniversary commemorations of 9/11 — the 13 terrorist plots against the city in the past decade [...]

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Active Duty Military Personnel Portrayed in Movies and TV

August 26, 2011
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The August 26th Wall Street Journal article “Hollywood Tries a New Battle Plan” by John Jurgensen focuses on the upcoming fictional film “Act of Valor” from production company Bandito Brothers. The film stars real Navy SEALs (their names will NOT be listed in the film credits) and includes real Navy SEAL exercise footage although the [...]

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