Sea Power back issues from January 2006:
Strike Groups
Jan 01, 2006; ... The U.S. Navy's deploying forces are organized into strike groups, which are made up of ships, aircraft and other assets tailored to the requirements of a mission. The two major types of strike groups are the carrier strike group and the expeditionary strike group, though other formations may be ...
NAVY ISR
Jan 01, 2006; ... MAJOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS SHIPBOARD SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/ SURFACE SYSTEM-NAVY (DCGS-N) BRIEFING: The DCGS-N is a component of the Navy's information architecture, ForceNet, for the processing and exploitation of intelligence, ...
United States Marine Corps Organization and Missions
Jan 01, 2006; ... Gen. Michael W Hagee, 33rd commandant of the Marine Corps, leads a service that accounts for 4 percent of the Department of Defense budget total obligation authority, while providing 23 percent of the nation's activeduty ground forces, 20 percent of the tactical fixed-wing aviation capability ...
MARINE CORPS WEAPONS & VEHICLES
Jan 01, 2006; ... SMALL ARMS AND MACHINE GUNS M16A2 5.56MM RIFLE A 5.56mm magazine-fed, gas-operated weapon, the M16A2 is an upgraded M16A1 rifle that was originally fielded in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War. Improvements to the Al included a heavier barrel, improved sights, rifling twist ...
United States Coast Guard Organization and Missions
Jan 01, 2006; ... In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in early September, the U.S. Coast Guard organized its largest disaster response effort since the interception and rescue of 55,401 Haitians and Cubans in the Caribbean Sea in 1994. For the Katrina rescue and relief effort, the Coast Guard deployed more than ...
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Jan 01, 2006; ... When Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans, the fifth-largest port in the nation by cargo volume, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) became a lifeline, dedicating seven of its ships to help keep the port operating despite an estimated $1.6 billion in damage. MARAD, an agency of the Department ...
A Maritime Policy for Our Sea Services
Jan 01, 2006; ... The primary lesson arising from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and other recent disasters is that we must not wait until tragedy strikes to refurbish and maintain the nation's critical infrastructures. The breach of the levies of New Orleans had been forecast by press reports and ...
United States Navy Organization and Missions
Jan 01, 2006; ... At the beginning of fiscal year 2006, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael G. Mullen wrote in his "CNO's Guidance for 2006" that "We are a nation and a Navy at war ... [and] on the cusp of a new era." The new era will build upon the U.S. Navy's Sea Power 21 vision, forging a ...
MEFs: The Corps' Standing MAGTFs
Jan 01, 2006; ... The Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) is described by the Marine Corps, in its annual Concepts and Programs publication, as the "principal Marine Corps warfighting organization, particularly for a larger crisis or contingency." A MEF, which is normally commanded by a lieutenant general, can range ...
MARINE CORPS ISR
Jan 01, 2006; ... MAJOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS SMALL UNIT REMOTE SCOUTING SYSTEM (SURSS) BRIEFING: The SURSS is a family of low-cost reusable or expendable sensor systems designed to give small units increased battlefield situational awareness by providing day/night ...
COAST GUARD ISR
Jan 01, 2006; ... MAJOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS INTEGRATED DEEPWATER SYSTEM C4ISR BRIEFING: The Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) modernization program includes graduated implementation of an integrated command, control, computers, communications, ...
Maritime Academies and Officer Training Programs
Jan 01, 2006; ... MARITIME ACADEMIES U.S. Naval Academy Candidate Guidance Office U.S. Naval Academy 117 Decatur Road Annapolis, MD 21402-5018 Phone: (410) 293-4361 Website: www.usna.edu Navy Officer Candidate School Officer Training Command ...
NLUS Moves Forward Into 2006
Jan 01, 2006; ... With a changeover at the national presidency and the move to a new headquarters building, 2005 was a year of transition for the Navy League of the United States. John A. Panneton took the reins as national president from Sheila M. McNeill at the Navy League National Convention in June in ...