Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander, U.S. Transportation Command, rolls out his new five-year strategy Oct. 12, 2012, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The strategy is the most comprehensive and collaborative in the command's 25-year history. The heart of the new strategic plan is to ensure United States can deploy, sustain and redeploy its forces as effectively and efficiently as possible. U.S. Transportation Command photo by Bob Fehringer
Marines, Army Stare Into Face Of Future War; Afghan Lessons Relevant? -- Aol Defense
QUANTICO, Va: Even though the administration's strategic guidance swears off "large-scale, prolonged stability operations" while emphasizing air and naval forces, the lessons that ground troops learned in Afghanistan and Iraq will remain vitally relevant, both because we will still do stability operations in the future and because those skills apply to other kinds of conflicts as well, declared a senior advisor to the Marine Corps Commandant.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Become Lighter, Faster -- National Defense
The Soviet Navy Lives On -- Strategy Page
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Laptop built to protect classified docs -- Defense Tech
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