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U-570 captured on the surface

The Capture of U-570 and its Enigma Cipher Machine Christmas in August

“It was thanks to Ultra that we won the war.”

– Prime Minister Winston Churchill

The use of secret messages to communicate sensitive information is as old as the art …

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U.S. soldiers from Route Clearance Patrol 45, 57th Engineer Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, arrive at Combat Outpost Nerkh after making sure the route is clear from Forward Operating Base Airborne in Wardak province, Afghanistan, June 9, 2010. Some 26,000 MRAPs have been built and are still in production, but they are not suitable for all terrains and tasks, and the Marine Corps and Army are working to determine their future tactical vehicle fleets in a constrained budget environment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson

Rewriting the 2011 Defense Budget: Raymond F. DuBois Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Earlier in the year, as part of the article that details the 2011 Department of Defense Authorization Bill, which was signed into law Jan. 7, 2011, we asked a select …

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Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS second flight

Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition

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In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense

Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his views of various defense issues as a veteran and a …

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Restoration of "Royal" names to RCN, RCAF

Canada Restores Historic Identities of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force

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Peter MacKay, Canada’s Minister of National Defense, announced Aug. 16, 2011 that the government of Canada had restored the use of the historic designations of the three former services: the …

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Headed Down? U.S. soldiers walk down the side of a mountain outside of Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Afghanistan, June 19, 2007, during a foot patrol to an observation post overlooking a nearby village. The soldiers were assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard. While proposals for budget cutting vary, the consensus is that the U.S. defense budget is going to shrink in real terms in coming years. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac A. Graham

Rewriting the 2011 Defense Budget: Thomas Donnelly Resident Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Studies at the American Enterprise Institute

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Earlier in the year, as part of the article that details the 2011 Department of Defense Authorization Bill, which was signed into law Jan. 7, 2011, we asked a select …

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Brig. Gen. Omar Bradley (left) and Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair during the Louisiana maneuvers.

The Last and Largest Wargame Before World War II: The Louisiana Maneuvers

“I want the mistake [made] down in Louisiana, not over in Europe, and the only way to do this thing is to try it out, and if it doesn’t work, …

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Challenge coins Afghanistan

The Origins of the Challenge Coin The reawakening of a military tradition

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Many Americans saw their first military challenge coins in November 2009, when President Barack Obama, at memorial services for the 13 victims of the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, …

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Alvin, deep diving submarine

China Takes Race for Resources to Oceans, Moon

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China’s decision to launch a deep-sea submersible that beats current U.S. capabilities and its plan for a lunar landing illustrate how dedicated the world’s most populous nation remains to finding …

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Spitfire, the type flown by Magee, author of High Flight

High Flight: The Most Famous Aviation Poem Is Born World War II: 70 Years

“An aeroplane is not to us a weapon of war, but a flash of silver slanting the skies; the hum of a deep voiced motor; a feeling of dizziness; it …

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N Company 301st Ordnance with World War I helmets and Springfield M1903 bolt-action rifles in Sept. 1942

A Matter of Priorities: American Production in World War II, Part 2 Robbing Peter to pay Paul

“If we do not watch our step we shall find the White House en route to England with the Washington Monument for a steering oar.”

Adm. Emory S. Land, Commander, …

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