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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Annual Pentagon Report on China’s Military Capabilities

August 25, 2011
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The August 25th Wall Street Journal article “China Naval Power Draws U.S. Notice” by Nathan Hodge reported on the release of the congressionally mandated annual Pentagon report on China’s military capabilities and strategies. “The pace and scope of China’s sustained military investment have allowed China to pursue capabilities that we believe are potentially destabilizing to [...]

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China Launches First Aircraft Carrier

August 15, 2011
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USS George Washington, photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Summer M. Anderson The August 11 Wall Street Journal article “China Flexes Naval Muscle” by Jeremy Page reporting from Beijing began: China sent its first aircraft carrier to sea, a defining moment in its effort to become a top-tier naval power that seeks to challenge U.S. [...]

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We’re Watching China

July 18, 2011
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“[The U.S. has] had a presence in the Western Pacific and the South China Sea for 50 to 60 years, even going back before World War II,” Rear Adm. Tom Carney, who is leading the naval exchange, told reporters in Danang [Vietnam], according to the Associated Press. “We have no intention of departing from that [...]

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LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS Novel Released on ePub Platforms Same Day as South China Sea in the News

July 13, 2011
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Full disclosure: My husband Mitch Miller and I wrote the screenplay “Lt. Commander Mollie Sanders” several years ago. The screenplay was a quarterfinalist in the 2005 Nicholls Fellowship competition run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the org that runs the Oscars). The screenplay features the now brewing conflict in the South [...]

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