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Embassy Security: The Strategic Context

September 18, 2012 10:18 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 8:46 PM
On the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, al Qaeda affiliates staged a series…

More Marines to Libya: FAST Companies

September 12, 2012 10:02 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 4:25 PM
Editor’s note: The Pentagon is sending additional U.S. Marines to Libya to reinforce existing U.S. security forces following the attack…

Marines Plotting New Course

September 3, 2012 4:53 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 2:31 PM
Every defense document in recent years stresses the chaotic, unpredictable, and dynamic nature of present and future operating environments. Defense…

The Cost of a Syrian Intervention

August 22, 2012 3:52 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 2:16 PM
A Libya-style military intervention in Syria could take up to six times as many combat aircraft as last year’s Operation…

The Makin Island Raid at 70

August 16, 2012 9:39 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 8:24 PM
On August 17, 1942 211 Marines set out from two submarines to Makin Island, the home of a Japanese seaplane…

Next Generation USMC Unmanned Vehicles

August 6, 2012 8:19 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:27 PM
Today the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory will complete a more than weeklong experiment to test unmanned ground vehicles designed…

Sailor and Marine Olympic Medal Winners

August 3, 2012 8:43 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:28 PM
Carl T. Osburn You would think that the affinity that Americans have for guns would make competitive shooting a more…

An Unmanned Joint Strike Fighter?

July 12, 2012 10:22 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:49 PM
CRYSTAL CITY, VIRGINIA — Three nautical miles from an amphibious assault ship, I toggled a small button labeled “STOVL,” or short…

Scenes from Guadalcanal

July 11, 2012 10:35 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:28 PM
On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal, The U.S. Naval Institute has collected a series of photos from the…

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