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Harbor Protection Table-top Exercise (HPT2E) participants during the gaming exercise. HPT2E focused on protecting military forces, cargo, and critical infrastructure, such as ports and harbors, in high alert situations. NATO photo

Force Protection and Port Security Game is Serious Business Simulation allows dynamic engagement with potential threats

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Anti-terrorism and force protection measures are no game. But gaming technology is helping NATO navies and coast guards better prepared for potential threats.

The NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) hosted …

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Marine Corps MV-22B Crashes in Morocco

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A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey (bureau number 165844) crashed in Morocco on April 11, killing two U.S. Marines and injuring two more severely.

The tilt-rotor aircraft was deployed as part …

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U.S. Marine Corps Deploying to Afghanistan

U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review

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After a decade of growth in size and capability, 2012 – the centennial of Marine Corps aviation – should have been one of the best in Corps history. Instead, the …

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Brig. Gen. Gary Thomas

Interview with Brig. Gen. Gary L. Thomas, U.S. Marine Corps Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation

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The U.S. Marine Corps is the nation’s second-oldest combat aviation component, celebrating its 100th year of flight in 2012, one year after the U.S. Navy’s centennial of flight. And while …

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"Dutch Wader" drills on Red Beach in the Exercise Cold Response 2012 area of Harstad, Norway. The Royal Marines, seen here, were practicing landing and extraction routines during the biennial exercise. LA(Phot) Martin Carney, © Crown Copyright/MOD 2012

Exercise Cold Response Participants Get Chilly Reception in Norway

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Allied naval expeditionary forces are working together in the cold harsh environment of northern Norway as part of the NATO Exercise Cold Response 2012 currently under way. Altogether more than …

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Social Media Marines

Military Security Issues of Social Media: Marine Corps New Social Corps handbook, eMarine websites lay out rules and provide networking for Marines and loved ones

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Today, most military commands and senior commanders have their own Facebook and Twitter accounts. And the services are issuing government cellphones to some officers and enlisted personnel – albeit with …

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Marine Corps Realigns and Transitions PEO Land Systems Portfolio PEO LS gains new responsibilities for a range of vehicles and equipment

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A number of changes within the portfolio of the Marine Corps’ first Program Executive Office over the past year have served to emphasize the dynamic nature of activities surrounding those …

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Artist's Rendering MLP

First Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Begins Construction Flo/Flo ship is key to Navy/Marine Corps seabasing concept

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The U.S. Navy recently laid the keel for a new class of ship designed to bridge the gap between sea and shore.

The keel-laying ceremony for the first mobile landing …

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Marine Corps Outlines Ground Equipment Reset Strategy

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The United States Marine Corps has released a draft of its Ground Equipment Reset Strategy for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) [See DMN: U.S. Army “Responsible Reset Task Force,” posted Jan. …

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Montford Point Marines l Photos

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Before 1942 no African-Americans had been officially accepted into the Marine Corps. This changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential directive that gave African-Americans a chance to volunteer for the …

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