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  K-MAX Chugging Along in Afghanistan

  Posted by Paul McLeary 3:58 PM on Feb 03, 2012

  The moment that the helicopter touched the ground on a dusty airfield in southern Afghanistan, the game had changed. After a decade of sending vulnerable, manpower-intensive, fuel-... Read More >>

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  Operational Energy Plans Give Look at Future Deployments

  Posted by Paul McLeary 4:22 PM on Feb 01, 2012

  The Pentagon can sneeze out $18 million and hardly notice—yes, even in the era of apocalyptic $500 billion budgets—but it isn’t always how much you spend, it&rsqu... Read More >>

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  The Same Old is All New

  Posted by Paul McLeary 2:56 PM on Nov 04, 2011

  I've got a new one in the November issue of DTI about how all of these new military vehicles areally aren't so new after all:At two recent shows—Defense Security and Equipmen... Read More >>

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  JLTV Program Going Through Big Changes

  Posted by Paul McLeary 4:32 PM on Aug 30, 2011

   If it’s even possible for a Pentagon acquisition program that could cost up to $70 billion (pdf) to be compared to a forgotten middle child, then the joint Army/Marine ... Read More >>

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  A Cat Is Not A Dog

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 11:30 AM on Aug 01, 2011

  The Marine propaganda offensive in support of the F-35B, carried on through events like last Friday’s media visit to Patuxent River, and through Marine-friendly websites, pou... Read More >>

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  With No Fish In Afghanistan, Osprey Eats Engines

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 1:30 PM on Jun 08, 2011

  The Marine Corps still has some issues to deal with regarding the V-22 Osprey. Although the Corps is big on how well the aircraft is operating in combat, aircraft in-theater are st... Read More >>

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  Its a Renewable Energy Summer in Afghanistan

  Posted by Paul McLeary 11:26 AM on May 24, 2011

  In 2006, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer, commander of Multinational Force-West in Iraq, had had enough of his troops being blown up while driving fuel-laden supply convoys... Read More >>

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  Getting Together on the Humvee

  Posted by Paul McLeary 3:34 PM on May 17, 2011

  While we all await the official—and for now, separate—Requests for Proposal from the Army and the Marine Corps for the long-awaited Humvee recap program that would rebu... Read More >>

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  USMC's Experiment in Afghanistan Pays Off

  Posted by Paul McLeary 5:02 PM on Mar 24, 2011

  Last fall, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment deployed to Sangin, an especially violent area of Helmand province where the unit would lose 19 comrades in the first three mont... Read More >>

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  Gates Accepts Marines' Future Plan

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 2:23 PM on Feb 17, 2011

  The Marine Corps Force Structure Review Group reported to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday of last week, and Gates endorsed its conclusions, according to Corps assistant co... Read More >>

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