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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Navy League President's Message

By JOHN R. FISHER

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A Band of Warriors

Interview with USMC Commandant Gen. James L. Jones Jr. His views on today's Corps and the Marines of the 21st century. 

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Military Spending Bill Signed; Clinton: "Putting People First"

Washington Report  

Pentagon's FY 2000 budget bill represents the first step in what is projected to be a long-term increase in defense spending. 

By GORDON I. PETERSON

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USCG Sets Record for Cocaine Seizures

Sea Services  

More than 55 tons interdicted through September. Operation New Frontier, Enforcer helicopters escalate total. 

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

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Bollinger Launches Stealthy Cyclone PC

Industrial Base  

Versatile ships now used on missions never previously contemplated. ALSO: DD 21 teams select gun configurations. 

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

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Russian Navy Reported "Ready to Modernize"

Patrushev seeks more resources for aging fleet. ALSO: U.S. emphasizes support role in East Timor peacekeeping operation.

By ANTONY PRESTON

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A New Course, An Unprecedented Vision

Special report on the Navy/USMC "Mobility Triad": LCACs, AAAVs, and the revolutionary Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

By RICHARD R. LAZISKY

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Leading the Way in Ship Design

The San Antonio-class LPDs are setting new standards for the way U.S. Navy ships are being procured, designed, developed, and built.

By WILLIAM H. LUEBKE

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"The Iron Fist of Our Nation's Resolve"

Balkan operations give new meaning to Marine Corps' "First to Fight" reputation.

By C. MARK BRINKLEY

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The Three-Block War

The urban warfare concept transforms into deadly reality for 26th MEU--"good peacekeepers because they are good warfighters."

By ARTHUR P. BRILL JR.

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Air War Kosovo: Lessons Learned and Relearned

Postwar analyses answer some questions about earlier "miscalculations," but raise new and troubling issues yet to be resolved.

By L. EDGAR PRINA

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USCG to Go Fasts: Not So Fast!

Armed helicopters close the gap between drug-runners and Coast Guard's law enforcement community.

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

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NLUS Award Nominations Due 7 January

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Final Report on Sea Cadet Training

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Ship's Library - currently unavailable

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Spotlight on Industry: Combat Systems Group, General Dynamics

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