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Provides information on the U.S. Navy deployment plan dubbed Fleet Response Plan aimed at allowing the service to quickly send six carrier strike groups to trouble spots. Level of awareness of the average sailor about the deployment plan; Assessment of the operational readiness of the Navy; Impact of the deployment plan on the families of the Enterprise strike group.

Reports on the role of AV-8B Harrier jet fighters during the war in Iraq in 2003. Details of the operations of the crew responsible for the Harriers; Capabilities of Harriers; Comments from Marine Corps Colonel Mark Savarese.

Presents a list of people whose actions in 2001 affected the United States Armed Forces. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Terrorist Osama bin Laden; Senator Max Cleland; Doctor J. Jarrett Clinton.

Focuses on the factors that led soldiers in the United States to bear the long-distance commute from home to their place of assignment. Quality of life outside the base; Cost of housing; Concerns about gasoline prices.

Reports on the new features of the U.S. Navy amphibious ship San Antonio, the lead ship of the Navy's new LPD 17 class of amphibious ships. Design of the berths of the ship; Percentage of storage space in the berths; Remarks from Bat Robinson of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on the berths.

Focuses on the increased number of terminated commanding officers (CO) in U.S. Navy. Information on the screening process for officers in the Navy according to Vice Admiral Al Konetzni; Factors which affect the firing of CO; Impact of war pace stress on commanding of troops; Commentary from Vice Admiral Timothy LaFleur on relieving CO.

Presents a guide to Fleet Response Plan, the U.S. Navy's strategy of off-schedule deployment. Effects of the plan on training and deployment cycles; Goal of the plan; Life of sailors in surge deployment.

Presents views of several U.S. naval officers on being a commissioned officer. Details on being a warrant officer, according to former submariner Marc Harrington; Opinion of U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer 5 Leon Cole on their military duties and responsibilities; Discussion on the authority of officers, according to Master Chief Mess Management Specialist Jesus Saenz.

Reports on the U.S. Navy's three-tiered plan for damage control. Plan to reduce the number of calls for general quarters; Method for fighting fires and stopping floods; Comments from Captain Rick Daniel, assistant chief of staff for training and readiness for Commander, Naval Surface Force.

Focuses on Optimal Manning, an experiment using smaller number of sailors deployed in destroyers and cruisers of the U.S. Navy. Details of the creation of Optimal Manning; Phases of reducing sailors on Navy ships; Details on the implementation of Optimal Manning aboard the destroyer Milius.

Focuses on a trend in the U.S. Navy wherein a qualified enlisted sailor is assigned to a senior watch position on a naval ship. Discussion on the transformation in training provided to junior sailors; Significance of the designation of an enlisted sailor to a senior watch position; Information on enlisted sailor Brady Ben, who had been assigned as engineering officer of the watch on the destroyer Higgins.

Focuses on the preparation of the United States Navy for the maintenance, training and deployment of its aircraft carrier battle groups and forces. Remarks of Admiral Vern Clark on the preparation; Plans for the Fleet Response Concept; Preparation phases before the deployment.

Focuses on the U.S. Coast Guards and Navy units which protect the Khawr Abd Allah port and its entry points along the Iraqi soil. Challenges faced by the units; Details on the security corridor; Difference between Navy and Coast Guards units.

Deals with the special warfare and special operations teams in the U.S. Navy which offer career opportunities for sailors as of March 2003 in support for the war on terrorism. Description of the training regime of the Sea-Air-Land Force; Challenges of becoming a Navy diver; Role of Special Warfare Combatantcraft Crewmen.

Reports on the Sea Swap, a manning experiment involving the Spruance-class destroyers Fletcher and Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy. Significance of the Sea Swap; Process of the deployment; Efforts of the crew for the success of the program.

Deals with unmanned vehicles to be used by the U.S. Navy. Description of the vehicles' missions; Details on the actual military use of unmanned aerial vehicles; Features of the Fire Scout from Northrop Grumman; Information on unmanned underwater vehicles.

Deals with the controversy over the breaking of traditional rules in naming U.S. warships as of December 2002. Criticisms on the decision to name an aircraft carrier after former President George Bush; Violations of traditional warship naming systems by Democrats and Republicans; Influences behind the naming of warships; Framework in which ship names in the 20th century worked.

Reports on the soldiers affected by the error in the reduced military retirement benefits program of the U.S. Defense Department. Efforts of the Defense Department to address the problem; Details on the Redux retirement plan; Cause of the erroneous bonus payment.

Provides an overview of the changes in the U.S. naval training initiated by Admiral Vern Clark to match what sailors do in the fleet. Cases in which changes in naval training had been adopted; Alignment of some training schemes with civilian job responsibilities; Reaction of sailors to the changes in naval training.

Features the technological developments that will be tested by the Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group of the U.S. Navy. Introduction of the Electronic Chart Display and Information System on the cruiser USS Mobile Bay; Deployment of a squadron of F/A-18E Super Hornets; Details of a device that will alert the ship if one of the sailors has fallen overboard.

Discusses the outlook for promotion to chief petty officers in the U.S. Navy as of July 2002. Expectations on the advancement rates for would-be chiefs; Views of Commander Chris Arendt on promotions; Overview of advancement quotas by rating.

Describes the experience of U.S. sailors with international naval services during its war on terrorism. Discussion on teamwork; Overview of the role of each country's naval service; Challenges faced by the sailors.

Discusses Sea Swap, an experimentation plan that revolutionizes the deployment of U.S. sailors. Overview of the plan; Benefits from the plan; List of destroyers included in the experiment.

Reports on the experiment being conducted by the U.S. Navy on the warship Milius with the aim of operating the ship with minimal personnel. Significance of the experiment; Employment of strategies to reduce the workload; Reason of Admiral Vern Clark, chief of naval operations, for conducting the experiment.

Discusses how the United States (U.S.) Armed Forces functioned in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. How U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld led the Armed Forces during the terrorist attacks; Number of ships dispatched by the U.S. Navy to the east and west coasts; Influx of rescue workers and volunteers in New York City.

Describes the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon in the United States on September 11, 2001. Chaos brought by the terrorist attacks; Presence of rescue workers and volunteers on the site of the tragedy; Damages caused by the terrorist attacks.

Reports on issues on the U.S. Armed forces as of September 2001. Factors affecting the morale of the military; Discussion on problems in maintaining aviators and aircrews; Description of the condition of the Navy aviation.

Discusses the promotion board process in the United States Navy. Functions of the board members; Components of the promotion process; Issue on the accuracy of the voting system. INSET: Make sure package is complete.

Deals with the plan for the deployment of DD-21 Zumwalt-class United States destroyers which will reduce manpower needs. Reduction in crew members that man destroyer ships; Concerns on the plan for crew reduction; Overview of a ship manning profile proposed by defense contracting teams.

Investigates the controversies surrounding the espionage charges against Daniel King, first class cryptologic technician of the United States Navy. Allegations that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) forced King to confess for the charges; Claims of the NCIS that King voluntarily gave information about his alleged espionage activities; Facts of the investigation. INSET: Time line of events.

Reports on the surface warfare officers (SWO) of the United States (U.S.) Navy. Challenges facing SWO; Statistics on SWO retention between 1997 and 2001; Action taken by the U.S. Navy to keep SWO in uniform; Things that SWO can do to survive or thrive as a surface warrior.

Focuses on the bombing of the United States (U.S.) Navy destroyer Cole in Aden, Yemen. Factors that affect in-port ship protection; Rules of engagement applied by the crew; Actions that could have done to prevent the attack; Suggestions for improving in-port ship protection; Lack of specificity in threat-condition measures.

Looks at Dutch shipboard living conditions and electronic technology. Visit of United States Navy Secretary Richard Danzig aboard the Dutch frigate Tjerk Hiddes; Plans of Danzig for the DD-21 Land Attack Destroyer; Pros and cons of a smaller crew for the DD-21.

Focuses on the conflict on the treatment between married and single sailors in the United States Navy, in terms of duty, salary and benefits. Reasons for the different pay scales among Navy service members; Anecdotes of single sailors who felt cheated by the US Navy; Allowances being received by sailors with dependents which are not eligible for single sailors.

Focuses on the steps and routes of getting a letter from the mailbox to the sailors of the United States Navy in the fleet. Factors that lead to increase in mail supply for Marines and sailors in Kosovo, Serbia; Process of supplying mail to submarine crews.

The article discusses the danger of fatigue in military operations and states that failure to manage fatigue in war may lead to unsafe act, mission ineffectiveness, or failure. Effects of fatigue include poor judgment, slowed reflexes, and short temper. To combat sleep certain measures can be taken like proper scheduling, operational changes without the use of drugs, or increasing alertness with pharmaceutical aids. The article also emphasizes on fatigue management through joint doctrine.

The article focuses on the strain facing sailors of the U.S. Navy and their families in line with short notice "surge" deployments. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus emphasizes the need to implement more predictable deployment schedule to ease the strain facing crews and their families. Mabus explains how the stress of the hectic pace of operations of the Navy is affecting systems, training and people. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead shares that greater demand for Navy forces has resulted to longer deployments and shorter dwell.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Navy to reimburse junior sailors who are shorted on clothing allowance for Navy working uniforms (NWUs), announced by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead. Payment is expected to start in October 2010. He added that they are locating such sailors and pay the full cost of the four sets of NWUs immediately. Shorted sailors include those who entered boot camp from October 1, 2007 to April 26, 2009 and received old utilities instead of the new NWUs due to production delays.

The article reports on the possibility that the threatening radio transmission heard at a video demonstrating harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come from a heckler known among ship drivers as the Filipino Monkey. It notes that the voice sounds different from the one belonging to an Iranian officer shown speaking to the cruiser Port Royal over a radio from an open boat in the video issued by authorities in Iran. According to some U.S. Navy ship drivers, the possibility that an imitator was featured in the video.

Focuses on the response of soldiers in the U.S. Navy to the coil-spring mattresses issued to them to replace their foam mattresses. Features and design of the coil-spring mattresses; Complaints of sailors regarding foam mattresses; Reaction of some sailors to the use of foam bedding.

Reports on the memo sent by Walter Doran, the admiral in charge of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy, to commanding officers decrying the high number of drunken-driving, assault and hazing incidents, as of May 3, 2004. Number of reported incidents in a typical week; Statement issued by Pacific Fleet spokesman Jon Yoshishige; Provision of the Navy Administrative message released on the same day as the memo.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Navy to lay off sailors in 2005. Decline in the number of sailors on active duty; Projected number of sailors who will be eliminated by 2009; Ship and aircraft procurement plans of the U.S. Navy; Challenges posed by planned downsizing initiative.

Reports on the plans of U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark for the service. Extension of the tour of duty of Clark; Program of Clark the streamline the manpower of the Navy; Focus of Clark on shore-based jobs. INSET: The CNO's goal.

Deals with the decision of U.S. lawmakers on the closure of the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico as stipulated in the 2004 defense appropriations bill. Termination of naval activities in the island of Vieques; List of military activities supported by the military base; Authorization requests included in the authorization bill.

Reports on the plan to reduce the total active force of the United States Navy as of September 15, 2003. Estimate on the number of sailors to be dismissed from active duty; Reasons for the reduction; Changes in the recruitment of the sailors.

Presents career advice for selected lieutenant commanders in the U.S. Importance of pursuing joint education and joint tours; Tour locations which some aviators try to avoid; Advantages of pursuing subspecialties.

Provides information on the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Comparison with other aircraft carriers of its class; Carrier design changes to make operations efficient; Defense system; Factors which contributed to its delayed delivery and commissioning in 2003.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Navy in 2003 to replace its helicopter fleet with MH-60S or MH-60R Sea Hawk, the Sierra or the Romeo. Shift in the role of helicopters in the battle group; Missions for helicopter aviators; Overview of the transformation plan; Helicopter types to be replaced. INSET: A 2-for-1 punch will be packed into MH-60 Romeos.

Presents information on the electromagnetic rail gun, a weapon system developed by scientists for warships of the United States Navy. Concept of the weapon system; Limitations for creating a working gun; Electricity needed to power the gun.

Reports on the task assigned to U.S. Coast Guard ship Walnut in support of the war in Iraq. Information on the ship; Location of the ship in the Persian Gulf; Buoys tendered by the ship; Missions conducted by the ship.