Surface combatants denotes a subset of naval fighting ships; generally speaking, they are ships built to fight other ships or submarines.

Surface combatants include cruisers, destroyers, frigates and corvettes, and several outdated types including battleships and battlecruisers. They do not include aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and mine hunters.

The term "surface" indicates that they do not fit into the two other major categories of naval platforms: submarines and aircraft.

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U.S. Army Europe Soldiers train their comrades from Republic of Georgia in force protection techniques
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
TBILISI, Republic of Georgia (July 14, 2008) -- U.S. and Georgian forces came together here July 7 to conduct force protection training in preparation for the upcoming exercise Immediate Response 2008. Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe’s 18th Military Police Brigade and 21st Theater Sustainment Command and Georgian Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade continued to develop and strengthen their relationships as they learned how to conduct personnel and vehicle searches at an entrance control point.
Army announces critical language incentive-pay program
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The U.S. Army announced Aug. 13 a financial incentive pilot program for recruiting new college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets who take courses in critical foreign languages, such as Arabic, Persian-Farsi, and Chinese-Mandarin, as well as commit to entering the regular Army, the Army Reserve, or the Army National Guard as a commissioned officer.
Army Completes Chemical Stockpile Neutralization at Newport Chemical Depot
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The United States Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) completed neutralization Aug. 11 of the chemical weapons stockpile of nerve agent VX at the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF), located at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. This achievement brings the United States one step closer to safely destroying the national stockpile of chemical weapons.

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Airmen gather for professional development conferences
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Senior Master Sgt. Sean E. Cobb ) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:51:00 -0500
Airmen from around the globe will assemble in San Antonio for the Air Force Sergeants Association Professional Airmen's Conference Aug. 23 to 27. "This conference is a tremendous opportunity for those serving in and supporting our Air Force to meet and share their knowledge and ideas," said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley. The conference consists of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force's Conference, the 14th Annual Worldwide First Sergeants Conference, the Barnes Center for Enlisted Education Commandants Conference and several other military conferences in addition to the overarching AFSA conference. more...
University course teaches principles of information operations
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Staff Sgt. Jason Lake ) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:00 -0500
In the midst of the Korean War in the 1950s an American fighter pilot came up with a revolutionary concept that changed tactical, operational and strategic war planning. Based on his tactical dogfighting experience with North Korean MiGs, Col. John Boyd coined the term - OODA (observe, orient, decide and act) Loop -which stresses the importance of collecting, interpreting and reacting to battlefield information faster than the enemy in order to maintain a strategic advantage. more...
Academy awarded $285,000 for wave energy research
afnews@afnews.af.mil () Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:23:00 -0500
The next source of alternative energy could come from ocean waves, and Air Force Academy professors have been granted funding to dive into this research. The National Science Foundation has awarded the Academy's Aeronautics Department $285,619 to support a cyclodial propeller wave energy converter research project to harness the ocean's power. The concept of ocean waves turning power-generating turbines is simple -- put propellers underwater, then let the motion of incoming and outgoing waves, along with tidal currents turn the propellers and turbines to crank out electricity. But making those turbines efficient, effective and survivable in both shallow and deep water is what has prevented large-scale application in harnessing wave energy. more...

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Texas Guard 'biggest player" in Panamax exercise
The scenario threatened to bring world economies to their knees: A fictional terrorist group took control of an island off Panama, planted mines at approaches to the Panama Canal and threatened to cut off free access to the pivotal waterway...
Predator passes 400,000 flight hours
The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system surpassed 400,000 flight hours during a mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 18...
Combat vets prepare Guardsmen for war zone
When Maj. Donald McArdle deployed to Iraq with the 42nd Infantry Division in October 2004, he was afraid that he wasn't really ready for war...

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