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  Navy, Marines Game Out Their Future

  Posted by Paul McLeary 2:36 PM on Dec 15, 2010

  U.S. Navy delivering humanitarian supplies ashore in Colombia. (Pic: Paul McLeary)  With the Marine Corps leadership itching to get “expeditionary” again and start... Read More >>

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  Happy Thanksgiving and Yah-ta-hey

  Posted by John M. Doyle 5:46 PM on Nov 27, 2010

  At Thanksgiving, folks in the United States give thanks for all the things they treasure from food and family to freedom and football. The national holiday also commemorates a gath... Read More >>

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  The Other Battle in Afghanistan

  Posted by John M. Doyle 2:30 PM on Jun 25, 2010

  Darren Richardson, a U.S. Agriculture employee, points out a nearby canal to Kuchi tribesmen while Marine Corps Major Jeffrey Seavy looks on in the Bawka district in Afghanistan's ... Read More >>

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  Winter Warfare

  Posted by John M. Doyle 8:21 PM on Mar 11, 2010

  Cold Response 2010, the multi-national, cold weather military exercise hosted by Norway above the Arctic Circle recently ended. More than 8,500 troops from 14 nations participated... Read More >>

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  The EFV at Lima: A Short Film

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 12:52 PM on Oct 13, 2009

  I promised you a video of my trip out to General Dynamics' EFV plant in Lima, and here it is - just a quick tour around the factory and the high-tech equipment they're using to put... Read More >>

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  Cartwright Sinks EFV Hopes

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 2:37 PM on Aug 19, 2009

  Advocates of the Marines' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle won't be encouraged by comments made today by Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Staff, after his prese... Read More >>

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  Pirates, Ye Be Warned!

  Posted by John M. Doyle 2:52 PM on Apr 15, 2009

  Does the successful rescue of an American cargo ship captain from pirates of Somalia signal a coming change in U.S. strategy for combating crime on the high seas?Experts and policy... Read More >>

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  Navy/Marine STUAS/Tier II - Who Will Bid?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 6:18 PM on Apr 07, 2009

  Finally, after a delay of more than 18 months, the U.S. Navy has released the request for proposals for its Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS), which the Marine Corps ... Read More >>

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  Border Watch

  Posted by John M. Doyle 2:24 PM on Mar 02, 2009

  Add Mexico to the list of world trouble spots keeping Pentagon planners up at night.The U.S. Marine Corps’ Strategic Vision Group has placed Mexico on its list of places... Read More >>

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  On Target

  Posted by John M. Doyle 8:59 PM on Feb 24, 2009

  They say the tenacity and marksmanship of the U.S. Marine Brigade so impressed the Kaiser’s troops at the battle for Belleau Wood in 1918 that the Germans tagged the Cor... Read More >>

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