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Navy League President's Message

By JOHN R. FISHER

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"No Better Time to Be a Surface Warfare Officer"

Interview with Vice Adm. Henry C. Giffin III, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 

By GORDON I. PETERSON

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Compromise Reached on Vieques; Referendum to Decide Future

Sea Services  

Impasse on combined-arms training broken. Also: New Bob Hope LMSR launched, and Navy restores ties with Tailhook Association

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

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Historical Perspective

By DAVID F. WINKLER

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Navy's CH-60S Knighthawk Makes First Flight at Sikorsky

Industrial Base  

New combat support helicopter heads for evaluation. Also: Lockheed Martin selected for CVN 77 warfare integrator, alliances formed by Ingalls and Lucent, and by Dassault and Intergraph. 

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

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Preview of Sea-Air-Space 2000

By EDWARD J. WALSH

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The Distributed Engineering Plant

Navy warfighting capabilities and interoperability are enhanced by multiple engineering facilities networked together.

By F. EDWARD BAKER JR. and GREGORY E. MONTEITH

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Breaking Down the Barriers

The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet promises to give the shore establishment instant access to information.

By OTTO KREISHER

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Changing the Face of War

Navy seeks to implement its Cooperative Engagement Capability concept by netting sensors and shooters.

By DANIEL BUSCH and CONRAD J. GRANT

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The Future of Airborne Electronic Warfare

DOD weighs its options to improve and eventually replace the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft.

By LOREN B. THOMPSON

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The Timeline is the Present

NAVSEA's combat systems engineering community is rewriting the book on engineering-service support.

By BERNARD CRAMP and STEVE ROBERTSON

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The "Unplugged" Battlefield

The Marine Corps wants its future communications systems to match the capabilities of its mobility triad.

By PHILLIP THOMPSON

46

Pride, Prestige, and Patriotism

The Naval Sea Cadet Corps helps instill the qualities needed in tomorrow's sea-service leaders.

By JOHN BURLAGE

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Navy League News

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