SEAPOWER
Volume 54, Number 9, September 2011
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. MARINE CORPS
4 Editor’s Note
20 INTERVIEW: Gen. James F. Amos
Commandant of the Marine Corps
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS AND AMY L. WITTMAN
6 A Point of View
9 Intercepts
57 Program Snapshot
30 Navy-Marine Corps Team Showcases Value of
Forward Presence, Sea Basing
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
58 Seapower International
60 Historical Perspective
34 DoD Presses Ahead With Plans To Move Marines from Okinawa
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
61 Ship’s Library
62 Navy League News
38 Synchronized Approach Will Drive Vehicle Acquisition Programs
BY OTTO KREISHER
64 Council Digest
42 The Corps Looks To Maintain Forward Deployment Capabilities
BY JOHN M. DOYLE
8 Washington Report:
Panetta: Big
Across-the-Board
Cut ‘Would Do Real
Damage’
46 Teaching Navy Corpsmen To Be ‘Doc’ to Their Marines
BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST
FEATURES
3 Forging Relationships
BY DANIEL B. BRANCH JR.
6 A Point of View
BY LT. GEN. TERRY G. ROBLING
U.S. MARINE CORPS DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION
14 Despite Delays, Navy Is Eager for MUOS
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
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16 Commercial Satellite Imagery Augments Government Capabilities
BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST
50 Navy Tests Unmanned Surface System Applications
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
72 In My Own Words
BY BOATSWAIN’S MATE 1ST CLASS ANDREW NEWMAN
DUTY SECTION LEADER
COAST GUARD STATION SEATTLE
COVER PHOTO OF GEN. JAMES F. AMOS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, ADDRESSING MARINE AIR CREW MEMBERS AT THE FLIGHT LINE ON CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN,
MAY 14 BY SGT. MALLORY S. VANDERSCHANS. COVER DESIGN BY AMY BILLINGHAM, PENSARÉ DESIGN GROUP LTD.
