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Standard Missile 2 (SM-2)

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile Part 16: From Tartar and Terrier to the SM-3

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It’s the Missile that Hits the Target

The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis ballistic missile defense development. While there are countless components to …

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A unitary medium-range ballistic missile target launches from the Pacific missile range facility and flies northwest towards a broad ocean area of the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2013. The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70), equipped with the second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, used a launch-on-remote doctrine to engage the target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) block IA guided missile. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Strategic Framework for Aegis BMD Part 13: Organizing

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As noted in previous posts of this series, the nation’s early ballistic missile defense efforts were understandably focused on protecting against large-scale missile attacks from the Soviet Union and, subsequently, …

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Assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) crewman from 2nd Assault Amphibian Vehicle platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) make their way to the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima from the USS New York on Oct. 26, 2011. The AAVs practiced loading and offloading from the Iwo Jima as part of the Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8)/MEU Integration Exercise, known as PMINT. Modernization of the AAVSs, as well as procurement of a next-generation Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), are top priorities for the Marine Corps. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

U.S. Marine Corps 2012: Year in Review

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The past decade has been one of major changes for the U.S. military, none perhaps as extensively affected as the Marine Corps; 2012 was more of the same, as the …

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Lt. Gen. John Wissler, the U.S. Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, listens to a brief by Lt. j.g. Joseph Kenworthy, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during visit to familiarize with amphibious assault capabilities. Kearsarge is underway providing surface orientation for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen in support of Career Orientation Training for Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) East. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Vargas

Interview With Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Programs and Resources Despite the drawdown, a new era for the Marine Corps

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Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler is deputy commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. The son of a Marine, Wissler graduated with honors from the United …

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Ex-USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) is used as a target vessel for Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Victoria (SSK 876) during a sink exercise at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, July 17 2012. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. Photo courtesy of Canadian Navy

SINKEX Live-fire Exercises Deliver Realistic Training

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Conducting live-fire exercises using live ordnance and actual ships enhances realism and the effectiveness of training. Three decommissioned U.S. Navy ships were used as targets and sunk during the RIMPAC …

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M50 Ontos

M50 Ontos: The Forgotten Tank-killer

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It is the tradition in the U.S. Army to name its tanks after great generals. Over the years there has been the Stuart, the Grant and Lee, the Sherman, the …

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Marine Corps Tropical Uniforms

U.S. Marine Corps Looks to New Tropical Combat Uniform

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The Product Manager Infantry Combat Equipment (PdM-ICE) at United States Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is conducting market research with potential application toward a new Marine Corps “tropical combat uniform.”…

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VH-3D

The New “Marine One” Will Have to Be Cost-effective

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Caution is the keyword as industry prepares to compete in the Pentagon’s looming VXX competition for a new “Marine One,” or presidential helicopter.

“It’s a legitimate feeling to worry about …

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CAC2S

Air Command and Control and Sensor Netting PEO Land Systems: Marine Air Command and Control System, Composite Tracking Network, and Common Aviation Command and Control System are now all part of AC2SN.

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When it came under the PEO Land Systems umbrella just a few years ago, the Marine Corps’ Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) program was nearing its planned Initial …

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24 MEU Deployment 120 mm EFSS live fire

Marine Corps PEO Land Systems: Light Tactical Vehicles JLTV, HMMWV, ITV, trailers, and associated equipment are now part of the PMO LTV portfolio.

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The recent announcement of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) awards only added to an already crowded plate of activities being managed and balanced by …

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