USS Vincennes (CG-49) firing a SM-2 missile at Iran AIr flight 655

Vincennes: A Case Study

By Lieutenant Colonel David Evans, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
August 1993
It is important for the Sea Services and for all Americans learn from the the Iran Air shootdown of 3 July 1988.

Reserves Can Do It

By Captain Timothy E. Prendergast, USN
August 1993
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Comment & Discussion

August 1993
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Notebook

August 1993
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Combat Fleets

By A. D. Baker III
August 1993
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World Naval Developments

By Norman Friedman
August 1993
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The U.S. Navy

By Norman Polmar
August 1993
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The Russian Naval View

By Commander George F. Kraus, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 1993
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Book Reviews & Books of Interest

August 1993
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Professional Notes

August 1993
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Nobody Asked Me, But …

August 1993
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Eyes for the Corps

By Gunnery Sergeant Anthony M. Tang II, USMC
August 1993
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Answering the Mail

The Publisher's Note
August 1993
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Mission Accomplished—In Full

By Lieutenant General Ronald H. Griffith, USA
August 1993
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Compounding the Error

By Colonel Richard M. Swain, USA
August 1993
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Counterbattery

By Captain Will Rogers, USN (Ret.)
August 1993
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I Had the Time of My Life

By Captain Jeff Smiley, South Carolina Air National Guard
August 1993
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Environmental Liability—Now It's Personal

By Commander David S. Shepherd, USN
August 1993
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We Need to Learn ABCs of NBC

By Major Victor J. Riley III, USMC
August 1993
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A New Era

By Lieutenant General John H. Cushman, USA (Ret.)
August 1993
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Eject! Eject!

By Lieutenant Colonel James G. Zumwalt, USMC (Ret.)
August 1993
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Peacemaking from the Sea

By Admiral William D. Smith, USN
August 1993
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August 1993
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