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...Navy, for one, has long understood that it would be virtually impossible to rely solely on Western-owned companies for critical services. It simply couldn?t operate without local firms providing logistics support at the 200 ports its ships visit around the world. After the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, the Navy undertook a wide-scale review of contracting procedures, including those involving ship husbanding. As a result of that review, the Navy took several steps to increase the security of ships in foreign ports, but maintained its system of contracting. ?We've been doing business...
...what the military calls ?force protection.? Husbanding agents often learn weeks in advance of a ship?s schedule so as to be prepared when the vessel arrives, information that the Navy keeps closely guarded since it could be invaluable in the hands of terrorists. The suicide bombing of the Cole, for instance, occurred less than three hours after the ship had completed mooring in the harbor of Aden, Yemen. ?It would have been much more difficult for the bombers to execute the attack without some previous knowledge of the ship's schedule and its intent to pull into Aden,? says...
...Other uncertainties in the lineup as the season approached have also been resolved. Sophomore Shawn Haviland, freshman Adam Cole, and senior Javier Castellanos emerged as the starting hurlers for this weekend, and they will be throwing to junior Andrew Casey, who earned the job behind the plate...
...Kenneth Cole...
...heavily-touted rookie, for his part, is undaunted by the challenges and eager to toe the rubber for the first time as a member of the Crimson this weekend.“I’m really excited for the season,” Cole says. “I can’t wait for it to get started. I know it’s a lot of pressure but I’m ready for anything Coach Walsh expects out of me and whenever he needs me, I’ll be ready.” Rounding...