Proceedings Magazine - November 2011 Vol. 137/11/1,305

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Balancing the Science behind Warfighting
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - November 2011 Vol. 137/11/1,305
Even in lean times, the Office of Naval Research must maintain both long-term research and technical support to current operations.

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  • National Policy and Reaching the Beach
    Times—and strategic imperatives—may change, but as long as the United States needs the sea, the United States...

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Although the Marines’ Hymn proclaims that Leathernecks will “fight our country’s battles in the air, on land, and sea,”...

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Now Hear This - The Navy in a Time of Less Money

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Balancing the Science behind Warfighting
Even in lean times, the Office of Naval Research must maintain both long-term research and technical support to current...
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National Policy and Reaching the Beach
Times—and strategic imperatives—may change, but as long as the United States needs the sea, the United States...
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Get the Marketplace Off the Battlefield
The corporate mentality threatens our military’s warrior ethos.

When something becomes an...

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The Next Wave: Assault Operations for a New Era
What will future amphibious operations look like? Increasingly multi-dimensional—and enhanced by unmanned...
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Proceedings Digital Edition

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Comment & Discussion

Sail Ho or Sail No?

(See A. Pine, pp. 66–70...

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Nobody Asked Me, But... - Appoint a Marine for Superintendent

Although tradition is an important cornerstone in military institutions, it can sometimes be a roadblock to progress if applied too strictly. A...

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2011 General Prize Photo Contest

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U.S. Marine Corps Resources

Click on the links below to download or open a PDF of these resources from the November 2011 issue of Proceedings.

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The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA

Joby Warrick. New York: Doubleday, 2011. 272 pp. Prologue....

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A Simple Way to Lighten the Load

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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest (maximum depth, 16,400 feet) of the five oceans. It contains 22 percent of the world’s...

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U.S. Navy - Please Keep the Marines Off the Beach

The Secretary of Defense in January canceled the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), the advanced amphibian assault vehicle under development...

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World Naval Developments - Jointness on the Block?

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As a young lieutenant, Oliver Hazard Perry had been impressed with the courage and audacity of fellow-Lieutenant James Lawrence. The latter had...

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‘The next way home’s the farthest way about.’

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