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Waves crash over the bow of the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) as she deploys in 2007 with the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group in the South Pacific. Our Surface Warfare Spotlight begins on page 14.
Combat medic and Army Specialist Timothy Jovanovic administers an IV to a wounded Iraqi after an attack on the man's Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint in Owesat, Iraq, on 18 December 2007.
Our International Navies coverage begins with The Commanders Respond.
Capitalizing on al Qaeda’s Mistakes By Colonel Mark Cancian, USMC (Ret.) - A former Assistant Chief of Staff for Assessments in Iraq reviews how we took advantage of errors made by the enemy....
Where Are the Ballistic-Missile-Defense Cruisers? By Rear Admiral Thomas Marfiak, USN (Ret.) - Faced with the threat of a ballistic-missile attack on America, it’s time to talk seriously about...
NEW Answering the Call - Bob Feller Leads Off
Sprinting Through the Tape By Major General Thomas L. Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.) - After the ouster of the Air Force’s secretary and chief of staff, the Naval Institute’s CEO assesses the...
U.S. Coast Guard Spotlight
Admiral Allen’s Blue Tsunami By Art Pine - The Commandant shakes up the Coast Guard.
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An Affordable Global Presence By The Honorable Donald C. Winter - The Secretary of the Navy looks at shipbuilding challenges in an era of tight budgets.
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Homeland Security Spotlight begins with Friend or Foe? Tough to Tell by Admiral Thas Allen, USCG - The Commandant of the Coast Guard warns of terrorists using small boats to...
The Marine Corps Features begin with From the Banks of the Euphrates to the Shores of the Severn - Two Marine combat veterans who are now U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen reflect...
PIRACY AND OTHER PERILS ON THE SEA
What Makes Piracy Work? By Virginia Lunsford - A piracy expert surveys the history of the phenomenon and highlights the five factors that...