Proceedings Magazine - November 2012 Vol. 138/11/1,317

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Issue: Proceedings Magazine - November 2012 Vol. 138/11/1,317
Over-the-beach capabilities remain vital to U.S. maritime operations. Lessons from the annual Bold Alligator exercises can chart a course for the future.

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Still in Demand
Over-the-beach capabilities remain vital to U.S. maritime operations. Lessons from the annual Bold Alligator exercises can...
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Amphibious Maneuver Warfare 2.0
The Navy–Marine Corps team faces new threats, new opportunities, and declining resources. ‘We should . . ....
Read More
Projecting Power in Gator Operations
To secure its operational edge, the Marine Air-Ground Task Force should enhance its capabilities in four specific ways....
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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 2012 issue of Proceedings.

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Disruptive Technologies: The Navy's Way Forward
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CEO Notes

The Naval Institute Press has published a new softcover edition—also available as an eBook—of Master of Seapower, the late Thomas B....

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Co-Ed Crew: Reality vs. Taboo

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The Twilight War: The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

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Handling a Cyclone

By Lieutenant Commander David S. Coles, U.S. Navy

Surface Warfare Officer Command School (SWOS...

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Oceans - Alvin and Trieste: Two Old Men of the (Deep) Sea

Both are Navy-owned deep submersibles. One was retired in 1963, while the other is still active. But their histories are related.

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World Naval Developments - Nationalism Unleashed

A simmering dispute over some uninhabited islands south of Japan offers insight into the way domestic politics can drive foreign policy—...

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On 3 September the first of Sweden’s newly upgraded Visby-class guided-missile patrol craft was turned over to the Swedish military after...

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Lest We Forget - Commitment

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‘A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.’

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891)

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This Thanksgiving, we salute two benefactors among the thousands of supporters to whom the Naval Institute is so grateful.

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